Cloud Capacity Strategy Lead - AI Forecasting

Cisco Systems; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with Cisco matching

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Job summary

Cisco Systems in the United States is seeking a senior Capacity Planner to build and maintain rolling capacity forecasts across CSPs, regions, workloads and resources. You will partner with sales, product, engineering and FinOps to balance demand with supply and optimize reservations for cost and timing.

The role emphasizes mentoring teammates, adopting AI-enabled forecasting, and ensuring on-time capacity for cloud initiatives globally. Strong communication across stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, data analytics or related field; 8+ years of related experience, or a master's plus 6+ years of experience.
• Experience in cloud or infrastructure capacity planning with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud including quotas and reservations.
• Experience building demand forecasts and scenario models.
• Experience building reports and dashboards.
• Experience working with FinOps or finance teams on cloud cost management, reservation coverage or budgets.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a rolling capacity forecast by CSP, region, workload and resource type.
• Compare demand from sales, bookings and roadmaps against available supply.
• Collaborate with CSPs on reservations to secure capacity on time.
• Coordinate with sales on lead times and with engineering on capacity during maintenance.
• Mentor capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools to improve forecasting.

Skills

Cloud capacity planning

Forecasting & scenario modeling

Reports & dashboards

Stakeholder collaboration

FinOps / cloud cost management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain or related field

Master's degree

Tools

AI/ML forecasting tools

Job description

Cisco Systems in the United States is seeking a senior Capacity Planner to build and maintain rolling capacity forecasts across CSPs, regions, workloads and resources. You will partner with sales, product, engineering and FinOps to balance demand with supply and optimize reservations for cost and timing.

The role emphasizes mentoring teammates, adopting AI-enabled forecasting, and ensuring on-time capacity for cloud initiatives globally. Strong communication across stakeholders is essential.