
Head of Capacity Planning
Posted Aug 24

Posted Aug 24
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Nevada.
• Maintain a centralized source of truth for total, committed, reserved, and available-to-sell capacity across all sites and GPU generations.
• Reconcile physical fleet inventory with logical and contracted allocations.
• Standardize the definitions, measurements, and reporting of capacity.
• Manage the demand pipeline while tracking contracted ramp-up, steady-state consumption, expiries, renewal probabilities, and take-or-pay floors.
• Define and communicate sellable capacity by site, GPU type, and timeframe for the Sales team.
• Collaborate with Sales and Deal Desk to assess deal feasibility and identify oversubscription risks and allocation conflicts.
• Lead the multi-year capacity strategy across Infrastructure Operations, Sales, Finance, and executive leadership.
• Anticipate capacity limitations and influence decisions regarding deployments, reservations, and site expansions.
• Own the buffer and oversubscription policies in conjunction with Operations and Finance.
• Convert the sales pipeline and contracted growth into an ongoing capacity forecast.
• Coordinate the allocation of incoming racks, nodes, power, cooling, and network capacity with Infrastructure Operations, Global Operations, and supply chain.
• Conduct weekly capacity reviews and generate weekly capacity reports and dashboards.
• Track committed versus available capacity, maintaining an auditable record of allocations and decisions.
• Evaluate and enhance capacity planning processes, standards, and workflows.
• Define and prioritize tooling needs for capacity, inventory, and allocation systems, collaborating with IT, Engineering, and vendors.
• A minimum of 5 years in capacity planning, supply and demand planning, S&OP, technical program management, or infrastructure operations, preferably within cloud, data center, or hardware-intensive fields.
• Proficient understanding of data center and compute infrastructure basics: racks, power and cooling limitations, servers and GPUs, and networking, with the ability to evaluate both physical and logical capacity.
• Advanced modeling capabilities and experience in building forecasting and allocation models; strong data fluency (knowledge of SQL and BI tools is an advantage).
• Proven experience collaborating across Sales, Finance, and Operations, effectively translating technical constraints into actionable commercial guidance.
• Exceptional written communication skills and the ability to maintain a consistent operating cadence while producing clear and trusted reports.
• Preference for candidates with experience in GPU cloud, HPC, hyperscale, colocation, or semiconductor capacity environments.
• Familiarity with Slurm and Kubernetes cluster capacity, GPU fleet management, and utilization metrics is a plus.
• Experience in writing requirements for and implementing DCIM, capacity, or inventory tools is preferred.
• Program management certification (PMP or equivalent) is preferred.
• Must possess authorization to work in the United States.
• Stock Options
• 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for Employees
• Company Health Savings Account Contributions
• 100% paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance for Employees
• Life and Voluntary Supplemental Insurance Options
• Other Insurance Options, such as Pet & Legal Insurance
• Various Supplementary Health Benefits, including discounted Virtual Healthcare Appointments and Serious Illness Support
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Other In-Office Perks
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