Sr. Program Manager

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.•Boxborough, MA

63d•Hybrid

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. THE ROLE: In this role, you will be the overall program leader for the AMD Graphics GPU compiler, from concept to product delivery in support of future hardware requirements and optimizations. You will be helping to drive the definition, execution and productization of our world class GPU compiler. As the program core team leader, you will work across all Engineering and Business functions to meet the technical program functional and performance objectives. THE PERSON: We're looking for someone with relevant working experience in software product development from product and/or program management disciplines. The candidate should have experience both as a technical lead as well as a program manager. The candidate must also have a strong understanding of the general software engineering process from conception to production. Furthermore, the candidate should have experience with driving a multi-site and multi-disciplined engineering program.

Requirements

The candidate should be a proven leader, be able to create and maintain a working cross functional team and be skilled managing in a matrixed environment. A successful candidate must have exceptional communications skills. In addition, the role requires outstanding people management skills to lead, motivate, and guide world class engineers
Ability to scope a program from concept to production
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to network, build relationships, and drive effective decision-making across multiple functions and levels within the organization
Highly organized, able to prioritize, and juggle multiple work streams to tight deadlines
BS degree in relevant field, MS desired

Responsibilities

Drives Requirements, Definition, Design, technology, platform, product, software, ecosystem, quality, and business functions
Responsible for Software Engineering and Business leadership and reports out regularly to executives on status, decisions, and solutions to issues during execution
Delivers on all program commitments, in alignment with the client or customer and Business Division objectives
Delivering on all program commitments from concept exit to product launch and reception
Program-level definition
Responsible for vetting or rejecting new business requests and sanctions scoping proposed or agreed upon changes by the core team
Owns driving core team to consensus on technical decisions that impact bounding box
Hitting cost, schedule, committed features, power, performance
Delivering overall messaging of status and issues to key internal and external stakeholders
Direct Client/Customer and Partner relationship management on some programs