Capacity Planning Manager, CDP EMEA

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the UK is seeking a capacity planning leader to join their team. In this role, you will work closely with demand planning, finance, construction, and development teams to enhance capacity planning processes. Responsibilities include designing BI dashboards, developing predictive models, and creating automated reporting systems. Candidates should have 4+ years of relevant experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in SQL, QuickSight, and Tableau. A commitment to process improvement is essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data analysis, BI, or capacity planning roles.
• Proficiency in SQL, QuickSight, Tableau, and data visualization best practices.
• Experience with large‑scale infrastructure or critical environment planning.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain BI dashboards for data center capacity planning and utilization.
• Develop predictive models for power, cooling, and space requirements.
• Create automated reporting systems for capacity vs. demand analysis.
• Lead cross‑functional data initiatives spanning infrastructure planning.

Skills

Data analysis

Business Intelligence (BI)

Capacity planning

SQL

QuickSight

Tableau

Analytical skills

Tools

SQL

QuickSight

Tableau

Job description

The AWS Infrastructure organization is looking for a results-oriented, BI focused, capacity planning leader. Based in our Dublin offices, data center capacity planning owns the supply plan for data center power and space in response to customer forecasts. We own initiatives to model and improve the utilization of our power, cooling and space infrastructure in our data centers so that we are generating capacity at the lowest possible cost and delivering for customers.

In this role you will work closely with demand planning, finance, construction, and software development and global program management teams to deliver high quality and robust capacity planning processes and strategies, with favorable business outcomes. You will identify defects or waste in our planning processes, and drive new processes and automation steps to eliminate the defects and prevent them from recurring without posing risk to availability.

Our Capacity Planning Managers work in collaborative, cross-functional environments and work backwards from the needs of internal and external customers to create solutions that work for upstream and downstream teams as well as data center capacity planning. They are part of high functioning teams and are committed to process improvement and analyzing large data sets to communicate clear and concise insights.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and maintain BI dashboards for data center capacity planning and utilization.
• Develop predictive models for power, cooling, and space requirements using QuickSight/Tableau.
• Create automated reporting systems for capacity vs. demand analysis.
• Lead cross‑functional data initiatives spanning infrastructure planning and business intelligence.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years in data analysis, BI, or capacity planning roles.
• Proficiency in SQL, QuickSight, Tableau, and data visualization best practices.
• Experience with large‑scale infrastructure or critical environment planning.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data center or cloud infrastructure experience.
• Advanced analytics or machine learning capabilities.
• Experience building executive‑level reporting and dashboards.
• Background in both technical infrastructure and business intelligence domains.

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