Senior Cloud Capacity Forecasting Lead

Cisco Systems; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Senior Capacity Planner to build and maintain rolling capacity forecasts across CSPs, regions, workloads, and resource types. You will align demand from sales, bookings and roadmaps with available supply, and collaborate with CSPs on reservations to ensure on-time capacity while optimising spend.

You will mentor junior staff and introduce AI-enabled tools to accelerate planning across all regions.

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
• Compare demand from sales pipeline, bookings and product roadmaps against available supply
• Collaborate with CSPs on reservations so customers get capacity on time
• Mentor fellow capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools
• Measure success by sharper forecasts, on-time deliveries and a clear plan for capacity gaps

Skills

Cloud capacity planning

Forecasting

Reporting dashboards

FinOps collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

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

Master's degree in a related field

Job description

Cisco is seeking a Senior Capacity Planner to build and maintain rolling capacity forecasts across CSPs, regions, workloads, and resource types. You will align demand from sales, bookings and roadmaps with available supply, and collaborate with CSPs on reservations to ensure on-time capacity while optimising spend.

You will mentor junior staff and introduce AI-enabled tools to accelerate planning across all regions.