Program Manager 2

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Saint Charles, AR

About The Position

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career. We are in search of an experienced program manager with strong analytical, problem-solving and risk management skills. Ability to work efficiently and manage effective relationships in a cross-functional organization to meet commitments for successful customer program launches. Must be self-directed and work in complex and dynamic ecosystems. As a Program Manager, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage AI software releases. This includes understanding customer platform and solution requirements and coordinating with teams to ensure on-time delivery with the highest quality.

Requirements

Detailed oriented, self-driven with a strong sense of pride and ownership.
Strong organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills
Ability to build relationships and work effectively as a self-starter and as part of a team
Proactively involve team members in planning, decision-making and execution efforts
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to handle all levels of interaction, including executive level
Technical program management and customer relationship management
Collaborate in problem solving and mitigating risks with Engineering, Program/Project Management, Business Units and Product Management - both internal and external
Strong knowledge of productivity and project tools including Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering

Nice To Haves

People management experience is desirable
Horizontal leadership/Matrix management experience
formal project management education, PMP / Scrum Master

Responsibilities

Defines, plans and drives ROCm releases based on management and senior technical guidance
Possesses a thorough knowledge of the principles of technical program management and can apply them effectively on small to large size projects
Has responsibility for projects or processes of significant technical importance and for results that cross engineering project areas
Initiates significant changes to existing processes and methods to improve project and team efficiency
Creates and maintains project management artifacts such as schedule, resource and resource forecast, risk and issues logs
Provides unique views of project status updates and facilitates cross development team dependencies and communications
Identify action or mitigation plans for issues or risks that arise during the project lifecycle
Collaborates with corros functional component teams to identify areas that require special attention or escalations to identify corrective actions
Collect, analyze, organize and publish work performance data via dashboards and recurring status reports