Senior Capacity Planning Lead - AI-Driven Ops

Lila Sciences; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Educational assistance

Commuter benefits

Lunch program

Job summary

Lila Sciences is seeking a Senior Manager, Capacity Planning to lead end-to-end capacity planning for all commercial proposals and scale the AI Science Factory. You will own models, data definitions, and the system of truth for capacity commitments, coordinating with Finance, Product, Commercial, AI, and Experimental teams.

The role requires translating demand into capacity, identifying bottlenecks, and delivering measurable impact while aligning with strategic growth and profitability goals.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years in strategic finance, business or revenue operations, or operations.
• Experience building and operationalizing a planning tool, system, or process.
• Ability to integrate AI tools to redesign workflows and drive impact.
• Learn technical, scientific, or equipment landscapes quickly and translate to processes.
• Define a data model or planning framework with units of measure and definitions.
• Manage cross-functional stakeholders with ownership.

Responsibilities

• Build, own, and execute end-to-end capacity planning for every commercial proposal.
• Translate demand forecasts into resource and capacity plans, identify bottlenecks.
• Maintain the authoritative record of capacity commitments across the pipeline.
• Define units of measure, batch definitions, and mappings linking data into an Integrated Business Plan.
• Design and build tooling to support capacity planning for the lab of the future.
• Partner with Product and deal teams to embed capacity assessment early.
• Distill complex data into clear recommendations for scientists and executives.

Skills

Strategic finance

Revenue operations

Cross-functional leadership

Data modeling

AI tooling integration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance

Engineering/Operations related field

Tools

Planning tool

System design

Job description

Lila Sciences is seeking a Senior Manager, Capacity Planning to lead end-to-end capacity planning for all commercial proposals and scale the AI Science Factory. You will own models, data definitions, and the system of truth for capacity commitments, coordinating with Finance, Product, Commercial, AI, and Experimental teams.

The role requires translating demand into capacity, identifying bottlenecks, and delivering measurable impact while aligning with strategic growth and profitability goals.