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THE ROLE:
In this high-profile role, you will be the overall program leader for key engineering initiatives from concept to execution. You will work across all of engineering and business to meet overall initiative and/or product objectives.
THE PERSON:
As a Sr. Program Manager, you will be working to deliver our SW driver and tools across a portfolio of products for our next generation GPUs. The right candidate will have solid knowledge of technical program management, an outstanding track record of delivering sophisticated software/hardware programs, you will also drive a schedule for business planning towards growth that align to business strategy. We are looking for a candidate who thrives in a fast paced environment, can navigate through the complexities of delivering leading edge technology, and has an innate skillset to bring people together in a growing environment!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Defines, plans and drives projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance
- Scope technical feasibility of new Products by clarifying and analyzing requirements with SW/HW Architects, Technical Leads and Engineers
- Develop program schedule by considering various Driver, SW Stack components and HW/FW dependencies, negotiate and create a staffing plan that supports the schedule
- Building, creating, and maintaining a well-developed, managed and executed program plan is critical
- You will establish formal program management artifacts including a plan of record, statements of work, project/program timelines, budget, scope, performance, and quality KPIs
- Excellence in resource planning is necessary
- The successful candidate must also plan for risks in the development path, identify prevention methods, and address them to save on engineering costs
- Being comfortable working with senior executives is a hard requirement. You must address the needs and requirements called upon from AMD's Engineering, Product Management and Customer Engineering organizations
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Good understanding of requirements management, documentation management, and defect management
- Ability to grasp concepts during discussions and turn minutes into action items
- Able to communicate concepts and processes with stakeholders
- Analytical, self-motivated, organized, detailed-oriented and results-oriented
- Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work well with multiple people and teams, ability to communicate progress to team members on a regular basis
- Experience working in a high-pressure environment and competing priorities and tight turnaround times
- Engineering background preferred
- Experience with Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence and Excel is an asset
- Experience with Agile methodology
- Working experience or familiarity with SW development components (compilers, libraries, tools, QA), it's lifecycle, and operation in Linux environment
- Familiar with AI concepts
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
- Formal Project Management education, PMP certification desired
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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package. Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.
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