About the role

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The Program Manager at AMD is responsible for leading product qualification programs, managing cross-functional deliverables, and driving time-to-market for semiconductor products. This role requires strong analytical, organizational, and leadership skills to manage complex schedules, mitigate risks, and align engineering, QA, validation, and executive stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience in semiconductor or engineering environments, with proficiency in project tools and a proven ability to lead in dynamic, matrixed organizations.

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Key Responsibilities

Lead program level deliverables and related dependencies
Define and lead key product deliverables and schedules, driving cross-functional activities to achieve high-quality deliverables for internal teams and customers
Provide program leadership and report regularly to executives on status, decisions, and solutions to issues during execution
Foster relationships with program, development, QA, and validation teams while leading expectations of internal and external teams
Align with AMD cross-functional teams on requirements, schedules, and deliverables, and communicate the same
Coordinate hardware and silicon sampling ordering to meet committed deliverables
Develop program schedules by considering dependencies, negotiating and creating plans that support the schedule
Build, create, and maintain a well-developed, managed, and executed program plan
Establish formal program management artifacts including a plan of record, project/program timelines, requirements, and scope
Identify program risks and coordinate with stakeholders on mitigation plans
Initiate significant changes to existing processes and methods to improve project and team efficiencies

Requirements

Program Management experience in a dynamic and competitive industry, particularly within Software Development or Engineering based organizations
Semiconductor-based program management experience
Experience leading cross-functional and cross-regional teams to deliver program goals
Highly organized with strong attention to detail, able to prioritize and balance multiple work streams to tight deadlines
Strong knowledge of productivity and project tools including Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite, and PowerBI reporting tools
Proven leadership ability to create and maintain a working cross-functional team and skill in managing in a matrixed environment
Exceptional communication skills
Outstanding people management skills to lead, motivate, and guide world-class engineers
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
Ability to assess and scope requirements and features and relate them to overall program schedule
BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or comparable disciplines