Senior Cloud Capacity and AI Forecasting Manager

Cisco; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

RSU grants

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a staff-level Cloud Capacity Planner to drive a rolling forecast across CSPs, regions, workloads, and resources. You will align demand signals from sales and product with supply from CSPs, securing reservations to meet timelines while controlling costs.

You’ll mentor junior planners, introduce AI-enabled forecasting tools, and partner with FinOps to keep cloud spend healthy. This role offers a global impact across Cisco’s cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, data analytics or a related field; and 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 rolling capacity forecast by CSP, region, workload and resource type
• Compare demand from sales pipeline, bookings and product roadmaps against available supply
• Collaborate with CSPs on reservations to ensure on-time capacity
• Mentor fellow capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools
• Measure success by sharper forecasts and on-time deliveries

Skills

Cloud capacity planning

Forecasting

Reports & dashboards

FinOps collaboration

AI-enabled forecasting tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/engineering/supply chain/data analytics

Master's degree

Tools

AI-enabled forecasting tools

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a staff-level Cloud Capacity Planner to drive a rolling forecast across CSPs, regions, workloads, and resources. You will align demand signals from sales and product with supply from CSPs, securing reservations to meet timelines while controlling costs.

You’ll mentor junior planners, introduce AI-enabled forecasting tools, and partner with FinOps to keep cloud spend healthy. This role offers a global impact across Cisco’s cloud platforms.