Sr. Manager, Pricing Strategy/Planning

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

23h

About The Position

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. This role will define, develop, and implement pricing strategies to grow the Client business and enhance Client profitability. The position involves monitoring and tracking trends, reporting on pricing performance and competitiveness globally, and identifying opportunities for improvement. The Sr. Manager will evaluate price change requests from sales, understanding margin impacts, potential incremental volume, and competitor pricing. They will stay updated on market trends, competitor prices, and pricing best practices. Developing strong relationships with global sales, finance, business unit, and operations teams is crucial for teamwork and success. The role requires demonstrated achievement in a fast-paced business planning or strategy role within the high-tech industry, with a pre-existing understanding of the PC market, particularly OEM/MNC PC makers. Exceptional time-management skills are needed to handle multiple ongoing projects, with the ability to create effective strategies using imperfect datasets. Strong organizational skills and experience driving results across a large organization are essential. Executive-level presentation and communication skills are required to speak with confidence. The role also involves utilizing knowledge of computers and electronics, including circuit boards, processors, chips, and electronic equipment, as well as design techniques, tools, and principles, and applying engineering principles to product development.

Requirements

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Management, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
Four years of experience in the job offered or a closely related engineering or management role.
Four (4) years of experience in Business planning, strategy, or high tech.
Four (4) years of experience in PC Market and OEM/MNC PC makers.
Four (4) years of experience in Strategizing with imperfect or insufficient datasets.
Four (4) years of experience in Business Analytics.
Four (4) years of experience in Product Strategy.
Four (4) years of experience in Market Analysis.
Four (4) years of experience in Circuit boards, processors, chips, and electronic equipment, design techniques, tools, and principles.
Four (4) years of experience in Creating executive-ready PowerPoint presentations with minimal direction and presenting to VP and Senior VP audiences.

Nice To Haves

Pre-existing understanding of the PC market, with an emphasis on OEM/MNC PC makers.
Exceptional time-management skills with ability to handle multiple ongoing projects/initiatives.
Ability to quickly create effective strategies with imperfect or insufficient datasets.
Strong organizational skills and experience working across a large organization to drive results.
Executive-level presentation and communication skills- ability to speak with confidence.

Responsibilities

Define, develop and implement pricing strategies that grow Client business and enhance Client profitability.
Monitor, track trends and report on pricing performance and competitiveness globally.
Identify opportunities for improvement in pricing.
Evaluate and provide recommendations on price change requests from sales by understanding margin impacts, potential incremental volume, and competitor price levels.
Track market trends and keep up to date on prices set by competitors.
Stay updated with pricing best practices and market dynamics.
Develop strong relationships with global sales, finance, business unit and operations teams to enable strong teamwork and build success.
Demonstrate achievement in a fast-paced business planning or strategy role- high tech experience.
Utilize knowledge of computers and electronics, including circuit boards, processors, chips, and electronic equipment, as well as knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles.
Apply knowledge of engineering principles, best practices, and technologies to the design, development, and testing of various company proprietary products.