Baseten Capacity Strategy & Operations team member at Baseten owning end-to-end capacity planning and forecasting GPU demand. Coordinates fulfillment and builds scalable systems to manage supply constraints.
Responsibilities
As a member of the Capacity Strategy & Operations team, you will sit at the intersection of supply intelligence, demand forecasting, and cross-functional execution, turning a complex, fast-moving hardware market into a predictable, reliable foundation for our customers and internal engineering teams.
This is not a purely analytical role. You will own the end-to-end capacity planning process: from translating customer commitments and growth forecasts into concrete supply requirements, to coordinating fulfillment across vendors, finance, and the infrastructure team, to building the systems that make all of this repeatable and scalable. When supply is constrained and tradeoffs are unavoidable, you are the person in the room who can model the options, make a clear recommendation, and drive alignment fast.
You are a strong fit if you have operated at the intersection of strategy and execution before — someone who is equally comfortable building a capacity model in a spreadsheet and running a cross-functional war room when a customer deployment is at risk.
EXAMPLE INITIATIVES
Demand-Supply Alignment Framework: Build and own the process that translates customer pipeline, signed commitments, and growth projections into a forward-looking GPU demand signal — so the team is never caught flat-footed when a customer scales faster than expected.
Constrained Allocation Playbook: Define the decision framework for how Baseten allocates scarce GPU supply across competing customers and regions, including escalation paths and tradeoff criteria for leadership.
Capacity War Room Ownership: Lead cross-functional response when a high-stakes capacity situation arises — coordinating across Sales, SRE, Finance, and Vendor relationships to resolve it with minimal customer disruption.
Strategic Briefings for Leadership: Produce clear, concise capacity health reports and scenario analyses for senior leadership, enabling confident decisions on customer commitments, vendor negotiations, and CapEx allocation.
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
Qualification
5+ years of experience in strategyDemonstrated ability to own complexExcellent communication skillsHigh ownership mindsetFamiliarity with GPU infrastructure
Required
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
Preferred
Familiarity with GPU infrastructure, cloud platforms, or AI/ML ecosystem
Experience in a high-growth startup or Series B+ environment where operational processes were being built from scratch
Exposure to vendor or partner management, particularly in hardware, cloud, or infrastructure contexts
