Director / Sr. Program Manager and Chief of Staff at AMD

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. AMD together we advance_ THE ROLE In this high-profile role, you will be the overall program leader driving Taiwan site special projects and/or driving the definition, execution and productization of our industry leading OEM Desktop, Notebook and workstation platforms. As the program core team Leader, you will work across all Engineering and Business functions to meet both technical and financial program performance objectives. THE PERSON We're looking for someone with a minimum 10+ years of relevant working experience in new product development from a system definition, chip design, platform, product and/or program management disciplines. The candidate must also have a strong understanding of the general engineering process (preferably system, CPU or GPU), from concept to production. Furthermore, the candidate should have experience with driving a multi-site and multi-disciplined engineering program. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Drives Requirements, SOW, proposals, Design, technology and execution, with various engineering and supporting functions Responsible for program 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 customer, government and business objectives Develop program schedules by considering various dependencies, negotiate and create a 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, project/program timelines, requirements, scope, performance, and quality KPIs  Responsible for vetting or rejecting new/change requests and sanctions scoping proposed or agreed upon changes by the core team Owns driving core team to consensus on decisions that impact bounding box Hitting cost, schedule, committed features, power, performance Direct Customer and Partner relationship management Tailors the roles of each core team member according to the needs of the program including defining cross functional ownership, and managing effective performance of the core team, and managing the membership to achieve program objectives PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Managing strategic initiatives that might extend out over multiple quarters or years that have distinct phases and discrete deliverables over that time Technical/Program Management experience in a dynamic and competitive industry, particularly within Software Development or Engineering based organizations. System or silicon based program management experience 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 Solid understanding of financial and managerial accounting Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to structure and execute complex analysis, draw insights, and communicate summary findings with recommendations to senior management and AMD customers 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 Ability to assess and scope requirements and features and relate them to overall program schedule #LI-SH2 #LI-Hybrid Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance. AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.