Cisco Business Development Sr. Manager

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

About The Position

AMD is seeking a Cisco Business Development Sr. Manager to support the AMD Business Unit Cisco Lead and drive AMD’s server business engagement with Cisco Systems. The role is a key interface between AMD product management, sales, marketing, engineering, and Cisco’s product management and platform teams, with visibility to executives at AMD and Cisco. This is an individual contributor position, not a people-management role. It is based in Austin, Texas, with possible consideration for candidates in Santa Clara, California. The position supports efforts to win new Cisco platforms, sell-in and design-win activities, partner deliverables, and reporting on marketing spend, sample status, and business execution. The successful candidate will be technically credible and able to work across business, technical, and program-execution discussions, translating AMD’s server value proposition into presentations and discussions for Cisco. The posting prefers a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Business, or a related field; an MBA or advanced technical degree is a plus. The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Experience working with OEMs, server platforms, product management, sales, marketing, or business development teams.
Ability to operate across technical, business, and program-execution discussions.
Ability to engage AMD executives, product managers, sales teams, marketers, finance teams, engineering teams, and Cisco stakeholders.
Strong cross-functional leadership, attention to detail, partner management skills, and ability to drive alignment across teams.
Technical credibility to work closely with AMD product management and engineering teams and help communicate AMD’s server value proposition to Cisco.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Business, or a related field is preferred.
The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with OEMs, hyperscalers, enterprise server customers, or technology partners.
Understanding of server product development, including platforms, systems, processors, software enablement, and solution-level positioning.
Ability to translate technical AMD product capabilities into clear customer-facing value propositions.
Experience supporting sell-in motions, design-win campaigns, partner business reviews, or customer product planning discussions.
Strong program management and tracking skills, including managing action items, deliverables, risks, and cross-functional dependencies.
Experience with marketing spend tracking, partner funding, market development funds, campaign reporting, or budget management.
Demonstrated ability to work across product management, sales, marketing, engineering, finance, and executive stakeholders.
Strong communication skills and experience presenting to technical and business audiences.
Experience driving multiple parallel workstreams with close attention to detail.
Strong understanding of business cases, product positioning, platform transitions, and customer decision-making processes.
MBA or advanced technical degree.

Responsibilities

Drive AMD’s interface for Cisco server product and platform engagement activities.
Support sell-in and design-win efforts to win new Cisco platforms and expand AMD’s presence across Cisco server portfolios.
Work with AMD product management to prepare and deliver technical and business presentations to Cisco product management teams.
Track and report marketing spend associated with Cisco programs, campaigns, launches, and business development activities.
Help manage sample tracking, including sample requirements, status, allocation, delivery, and partner needs.
Collaborate with AMD sales, business development, product management, marketing, and engineering teams to support Cisco account execution.
Synthesize Cisco platform requirements and feedback into actionable inputs for AMD product management and engineering teams.
Support product positioning, value proposition development, and competitive messaging for Cisco sell-in discussions.
Coordinate cross-functional activities for Cisco platform launches, partner enablement, and new product introductions.
Represent AMD’s interests in discussions with Cisco product management, platform, marketing, and business stakeholders.
Provide AMD leadership with regular updates on Cisco business activity, sample status, marketing spend, design-win progress, and execution risks.