Senior Cloud Capacity Strategy Lead

Cisco; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior capacity planning lead to build and maintain rolling forecasts for cloud capacity across CSPs, regions, and workloads. You will collaborate with sales, product, engineering, and FinOps to secure reservations and optimize spend.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled forecasting, mentoring teammates, and delivering precise capacity plans to ensure on-time deliveries and informed investment decisions across the globe.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, data analytics or related field with 8+ years of experience, or master's with 6+ years of experience.
• Experience in cloud or infrastructure capacity planning with AWS, 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 guide investment decisions.
• Compare demand from sales pipeline, bookings and roadmaps against available supply; coordinate with CSPs on reservations.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering and FinOps on lead times, capacity protection and cost reconciliation.
• Mentor capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools to speed and improve planning across regions.
• Measure success via sharper forecasts, on-time deliveries and clear capacity plans.

Skills

Forecasting

Dashboards

Cloud capacity planning

FinOps collaboration

Communication

Education

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

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior capacity planning lead to build and maintain rolling forecasts for cloud capacity across CSPs, regions, and workloads. You will collaborate with sales, product, engineering, and FinOps to secure reservations and optimize spend.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled forecasting, mentoring teammates, and delivering precise capacity plans to ensure on-time deliveries and informed investment decisions across the globe.