Senior Cloud Capacity & AI Forecasting Lead

Cisco Systems; San Jose (CA); Presencial; USD 175.000 - 235.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cisco is seeking a senior capacity planning professional to build and maintain rolling forecasts for cloud capacity across CSPs, regions, and workloads. You will align demand with supply, coordinate with CSPs on reservations, and partner with sales, engineering, and FinOps to keep capacity and costs in check.

The role emphasizes mentorship and the introduction of AI-powered tools to accelerate planning accuracy across all regions, with success measured by forecast accuracy and on-time deliveries.

Formación

• Bachelors degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, data analytics or a related field; and 8+ years of related experience, or a masters degree and 6+ years of related experience.
• Experience in cloud or infrastructure capacity planning with AWS, Microsoft 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.

Responsabilidades

• Build and maintain a rolling capacity forecast by CSP, region, workload and resource type to help leaders make confident investment and growth decisions worldwide.
• Compare demand from sales pipeline, bookings and product roadmaps against available supply, then work with CSPs on reservations so customers get capacity on time without wasted spend.
• Collaborate with sales on realistic lead times, with engineering on protecting capacity during maintenance windows and with FinOps on reconciling reservations to keep costs healthy.
• Mentor fellow capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools to make planning faster and more accurate across every region.
• Measure your success by sharper forecasts, on-time deliveries and a clear owner and plan for every capacity gap.

Conocimientos

Capacity planning

Forecasting

Reports & dashboards

FinOps

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Educación

Bachelors degree in a related field

Masters degree in a related field

Descripción del empleo

Cisco is seeking a senior capacity planning professional to build and maintain rolling forecasts for cloud capacity across CSPs, regions, and workloads. You will align demand with supply, coordinate with CSPs on reservations, and partner with sales, engineering, and FinOps to keep capacity and costs in check.

The role emphasizes mentorship and the introduction of AI-powered tools to accelerate planning accuracy across all regions, with success measured by forecast accuracy and on-time deliveries.