Hardware Systems Planning Lead
Leads integrated demand, supply, and deployment planning for first-party AI hardware infrastructure, aligning site power, configurations, XPU requirements, manufacturing capacity, and supplier commitments. Requires significant experience in complex hardware planning or operations, strong analytical judgment, and cross-functional program leadership.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the integrated planning process for 1P hardware systems, connecting system demand, deployment timing, site and configuration requirements, power availability, XPU needs, and supply commitments.
- Maintain a decision-ready supply plan covering plan changes, pull-ins and push-outs, site and configuration impacts, power assumptions, system demand, XPU requirements, supplier and manufacturing commitments, gaps, and recovery actions.
- Validate end-to-end plan executability across components, XPU availability, system integration, factory capacity, site readiness, and deployment.
- Lead weekly deployment and supply reviews focused on changes, risks, decisions, and recovery execution.
- Publish weekly delta reports explaining changes, causes, and downstream impacts.
- Track forecast-versus-commit gaps, identify constraints, and drive recovery plans with accountable owners and target dates.
- Coordinate biweekly end-to-end supply updates for leadership and stakeholders.
- Translate roadmap, configuration, and deployment changes into updated system and XPU requirements.
- Pressure-test supplier and manufacturing commitments and establish credible recovery paths.
- Anticipate risks, develop scenarios and tradeoffs, and provide recommendations to senior leaders.
- Build scalable planning models, reporting standards, and operating mechanisms.
Requirements
- Significant experience in hardware systems planning, supply planning, program management, operations, or a related field supporting complex, high-volume technology products or infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of hardware demand, component supply, manufacturing capacity, system configurations, site readiness, power availability, and deployment schedules.
- Experience managing integrated demand-and-supply plans at weekly granularity, including forecasts, supply commitments, gaps, scenarios, and recovery actions.
- Ability to assess whether plans are executable.
- Exceptional analytical and cross-functional program leadership skills.
- Experience establishing operating cadences, driving accountability, and closing issues across organizations.
- Strong communication skills with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
- Ability to operate in fast-moving, ambiguous environments and drive risks through resolution.
Nice to Have
- Experience with AI infrastructure, hyperscale data centers, or accelerator systems.
- Experience with semiconductors, server or rack manufacturing, or complex hardware supply chains.
Skills
Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Program Management, Hardware Systems, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Power Availability, Xpu Systems, AI Infrastructure, Data Centers, Semiconductors, Scenario Planning, Forecasting, Risk Management
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