Senior Cloud Capacity & AI Forecasting Lead

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior capacity planning professional to lead rolling forecasts by CSP, region, workload and resource type, enabling confident investment decisions worldwide.

You will align demand with supply, collaborate with CSPs on reservations, and mentor peers while applying AI-enabled tools to improve forecast speed and accuracy. Join a global team delivering measurable impact on on-time deliveries, capacity planning efficiency and cost management across Cisco’s cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, data analytics or a related field; 8+ years of related experience, or a master's 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Cloud capacity planning

Demand forecasting

Reports and dashboards

FinOps collaboration

Mentoring teammates

Education

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

Master's degree

Tools

AI/ML tools

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior capacity planning professional to lead rolling forecasts by CSP, region, workload and resource type, enabling confident investment decisions worldwide.

You will align demand with supply, collaborate with CSPs on reservations, and mentor peers while applying AI-enabled tools to improve forecast speed and accuracy. Join a global team delivering measurable impact on on-time deliveries, capacity planning efficiency and cost management across Cisco’s cloud