Capacity Planner - Supply/Demand Planner

We are seeking a curiosity and data driven individual to join our growing team, reporting to our Director of Compute Capacity. This individual will drive optimized server and hardware deployments across all datacenters with a keen eye to budget management, assist in planning for future products, and advise on the state of our global capacity to both external and internal teams.

Responsibilities:

• Perform scenario analysis with a focus on impact to capacity utilization to advise on infrastructure projects under guidance
• Orchestrate capacity projects as part of larger infrastructure initiatives as it pertains to server, network and data center capacity

• Understand and analyze forecast changes/trends to develop and manage strategic deployment plans 
• Partner with Procurement, Logistics, and Datacenter teams to execute and minimize risks on hardware deployment plans across all data centers 
• Work with external vendors to determine the 12-mo supply view, address vendor challenges, and impact of hardware version changes
• Develop and maintain capacity dashboards to monitor and manage capacity shifts
• Provide support for sales, product, and external customer teams 
• Analyze and understand various demand streams and product trends to deliver robust forecasts 
• Build & run “what-if” capacity usage scenarios to support predictive budget planning and capacity impact
• Apply data analysis to inform business decisions prioritizing operational trade-offs and capital spend
• Distill large data sets to form recommendations to a larger cross-functional team

Requirements:

• Minimum 3-5 years of prior experience in a planning role, preferably at an infrastructure company
• Comfortable with basic computing concepts and terminology
• Ability to effectively work and communicate with cross-functional teams to coordinate operations and activities between departments
• Experience in managing data structures (i.e. Excel, SQL, Looker/Tableau) to build reports and run analysis
• Ability to make recommendations in an ambiguous environment
• Interest in creating and streamlining processes
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Desire to work in fast-paced environment
• Exposure to—or interest in—cloud services, data center, networking and various types of server technology would be beneficial