Capacity Planner (L6) - Studio Infrastructure

Development of Long-Range Infrastructure Capacity Strategies: Create forward-looking strategies that inform long-term financial planning, network design, and near-term deployment and implementation decisions. Effective Infrastructure Allocation: Convert demand forecasts across multiple products into clear, actionable capacity plans and strategic recommendations to drive investment decisions. Balance infrastructure availability across product types. Data-Driven Analyses for Platform Optimization and Scalability: Conduct ongoing, data-driven analyses focused on optimizing efficiency, spend, and architectural direction while ensuring long-term platform scalability and resiliency. Risk Assessment & Management: Identification of potential risks related to capacity shortages or excesses and development of mitigation strategies. Infrastructure Performance Monitoring: Continuous tracking of infrastructure performance and utilization to identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies. The Open Connect Capacity Planning team is a centralized group positioned at the intersection of business strategy and implementation. The primary objectives include developing and executing infra capacity plans, providing technical expertise to leaders, analyzing data to inform capacity decisions, and driving long-term capacity roadmap planning. You will be partnering with stunning colleagues within Product & Technology Engineering organization to assess strategic initiatives, develop actionable insights, and drive operational analytics to inform short term and long term infrastructure strategy for Open connect. This is an individual contributor role that is expected to work with limited supervision on strategic thinking, problem solving, and running cross-functional stakeholder relationships and initiatives. Translate demand signals (including bandwidth, storage, and network capacity requirements) into actionable capacity forecasts, both short-term and long-term, to inform infrastructure investment and scaling strategies. Conduct what-if analysis and hypothesis testing to assess capacity impacts and trade-offs driven by specific demand signals and product requirements; present outcomes, insights, risks, and potential mitigations, and define key metrics to support strategic investment and prioritization decisions for leadership, finance, and Engineering & Architecture teams. Orchestrate the timely implementation and allocation of infrastructure augments in coordination with deployment and operational teams. Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, Product, Finance & Strategy, TPMs, Engineers, and the Partnerships team to support scaling strategies for new product launches, especially those related to Studio Infrastructure. Develop requirements for modeling and automation tools, continuously evaluating and enhancing workflows, processes, and tools to minimize time spent on modeling and maximize focus on delivering impactful insights, storytelling, and business outcomes. Manage risks and help prioritize competing efforts among stakeholder and implementation teams by evaluating trade-offs, providing objective recommendations, and constructively pushing back when necessary, including asking whether the potential benefits justify the required effort and spend, to ensure informed decision-making that aligns with organizational goals and business priorities. At least 5 years of experience in infrastructure capacity planning for data centers or cloud platforms 10+ years of hands-on data analysis and visualization expertise with deep proficiency in SQL (knowledge of Python is a plus) Strong familiarity with or active curiosity about the telecommunications, internet ecosystems, and studio infrastructure Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Proficiency in AI tools A degree in Management Information Systems, Management Consulting, Statistics, or a related quantitative field — or equivalent hands-on experience.