Capacity Strategy & Operations Lead

Baseten

Capacity Strategy & Operations Lead at Baseten overseeing GPU demand forecasts and cross-functional alignment for AI product deployment. Collaborating with Sales, Finance, and Infrastructure teams to resolve capacity challenges.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the capacity planning process end to end: intake, triage, prioritization, fulfillment tracking, and post-mortem learnings
Translate customer commitments, sales pipeline, and infrastructure growth targets into concrete GPU demand forecasts across regions, GPU types, and timelines
Partner with Finance to model capacity scenarios, evaluate new supply opportunities, and support CapEx decision-making
Work closely with the Capacity Acquisition team to align supply procurement with forward demand, flagging gaps and risks early
Coordinate cross-functionally across Sales, SRE, and Infrastructure teams to resolve capacity conflicts and ensure customer commitments are honored
Build and maintain the operational cadence that keeps capacity planning structured, visible, and free of ad-hoc Slack chaos
Develop reporting and dashboards that give leadership a real-time view of capacity health, utilization trends, and risk exposure
Identify recurring operational gaps in the capacity lifecycle and drive process improvements that reduce toil and improve reliability

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, finance, or a similarly analytical and execution-oriented role
Demonstrated ability to own complex, cross-functional processes with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
Strong quantitative and modeling skills — comfortable building demand forecasts, scenario analyses, and capacity models from scratch
Excellent communication skills, with a track record of distilling ambiguous situations into clear recommendations for senior leadership
High ownership mindset: you identify what is broken, build the fix, and follow through until it is working
Operates well under pressure and in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where the playbook does not yet exist.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
Paid parental leave
Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
Company-facilitated 401(k)
Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

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Hard Skills & Tools

capacity planningdemand forecastingscenario analysiscapacity modelingreportingdashboardsprocess improvementsquantitative analysisoperational cadence

Soft Skills

communicationcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingownership mindsetability to work under pressureanalytical thinkingstakeholder managementadaptabilitydecision-making