Capital.com

Senior Operations Manager – Planning

Capital.com
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeDubai • United Arab EmiratesSeniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in capacity planning and workforce management, with a strong ability to build forecasting models and analyze capacity drivers. Proven track record in making data-driven recommendations that influence hiring and operational processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Capacity PlanningForecasting ModelsScenario PlanningWorkforce ManagementSQL

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the capacity planning model, roadmap and KPIs
  • Forecast demand over the next week, month and six months
  • Separate customer activity, product changes, seasonality and backlogs, and agree assumptions with relevant teams
  • Translate demand into capacity needs using workload, handling time and productivity
  • Account for skills, hours, absence, attrition, training and ramp-up
  • Build scenarios for growth, launches and disruption, and show cost and service impact
  • Recommend hiring, redeployment, process and automation actions
  • Align definitions and data with Finance and operational teams
  • Track forecast versus actual and improve models
  • Flag capacity risks, including skill and time-zone gaps
  • Maintain clear reporting for managers
  • Manage Workforce Management specialists

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years in capacity planning, workforce management or operations planning in a high-volume environment
  • Hands-on experience building forecasting and capacity models yourself, including seasonality
  • Strong grasp of capacity drivers, scenario planning and sensitivity analysis
  • Record of recommendations that changed hiring or process decisions
  • Experience working with Finance and tracking forecast accuracy over time
  • Advanced spreadsheet skills
  • SQL or similar
  • Experience managing direct reports

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Hybrid work arrangement

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Hard Skills
Capacity PlanningForecastingScenario PlanningSensitivity AnalysisAdvanced Spreadsheet SkillsSQLDemand ForecastingWorkload AnalysisProductivity AnalysisKPI Tracking
Soft Skills
CommunicationCollaborationLeadershipProblem-SolvingReporting
Industry Keywords
High-Volume EnvironmentOperations PlanningWorkforce Management SpecialistsCapacity DriversForecast Accuracy