Senior Capacity Planning Lead — Forecasting & Growth

Capital.com; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital.com is seeking a Senior Operations Manager - Planning to define how we forecast demand and shape staffing as we grow across new products and markets. You will own the capacity planning model, drive scenarios and KPI visibility, and collaborate with Finance to align assumptions with business goals.

You’ll use AI and automation to build and run the planning model, advise leaders on hiring and redeployment, and lead a Workforce Management specialist to ensure we meet customer demand and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in capacity planning, workforce management or operations planning in a high-volume environment.
• Hands-on experience building forecasting and capacity models yourself, including seasonality.
• Strong grasp of capacity drivers, scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.
• Record of recommendations that changed hiring or process decisions.
• Experience working with Finance and tracking forecast accuracy over time.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills, SQL or similar, and experience managing direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Own the capacity planning model, roadmap and KPIs.
• Forecast demand over the next week, month and six months; separate customer activity, product changes, seasonality and backlogs, and agree assumptions with teams.
• Translate demand into capacity needs using workload, handling time and productivity; account for skills, hours, absence, attrition, training and ramp-up.
• Build scenarios for growth, launches and disruption, and show cost and service impact.
• Recommend hiring, redeployment, process and automation actions early enough to cover recruitment and training lead times.
• Align definitions and data with Finance and operational teams, track forecast vs. actual, and improve the models.
• Flag capacity risks early, including skill and time-zone gaps, and keep reporting clear enough for managers to act on.

Skills

Capacity planning

Forecasting

Workforce management

SQL

Excel

Tools

SQL

Python

Excel

Job description

Capital.com is seeking a Senior Operations Manager - Planning to define how we forecast demand and shape staffing as we grow across new products and markets. You will own the capacity planning model, drive scenarios and KPI visibility, and collaborate with Finance to align assumptions with business goals.

You’ll use AI and automation to build and run the planning model, advise leaders on hiring and redeployment, and lead a Workforce Management specialist to ensure we meet customer demand and