Sr. Manager, Program Management

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THE ROLE:

In this leadership role within the Engineering Core Team, the candidate will leverage their strong understanding of the general silicon engineering process, from concept to tape-out to production to manage and drive the execution activities of cross-disciplinary engineering functions developing semi-custom ASIC solutions in collaboration with one of AMD's largest customers. Candidate would be part of leadership team running Chief Engineering Council (CEC) Forum

THE PERSON:

The Sr. Manager, Technical Program Management is a strategic leader with exceptional program management and organizational skills. The ideal candidate can collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams, engage with executive management, and is able to foster strong relationships with customers through direct interactions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Candidate will plan out and drive the cross-functional execution of various engineering functions to enable best in class customer solutions.
• Drive AMD product solution deliverables and alignment with customer platforms to ensure highest level of customer satisfaction throughout the product lifecycle.
• Engages with technical leadership team to understand and document program scope, establish integrated schedules, assess, and manage program progress and risk, and create resource and budget plans.
• Represents the Semi-Custom Engineering organization in corporate and executive planning and execution forums
• Work with finance team, engineering team leads to keep the program budget on track
• Work with the Core Leadership team (Chief Engineer, BU heads, et al.), Product Architects, and relevant team members to ensure compliance to customer gate checklists & contract milestone attainment with business development team
• Must be well-organized, technically oriented, and a self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and coordinate the activities of geographically distributed technical teams
• Act as the "Voice of the Customer" while working with internal teams

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Experience in product development with hardware platforms and related software ecosystem
• Demonstrated ability to grasp new technical concepts quickly
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong networking and social skills
• Able to influence horizontally across multiple internal functional organizations
• Excellent analytical, project planning, and management skills
• Proven ability to deliver large cross-functional strategic initiatives
• Quickly adapt to dynamic business and technical requirements
• Business savvy: ability to think strategically and make intelligent technical vs business trade-off recommendations.
• Skilled in interfacing with customers, partners and in managing joint-development projects.
• Energized by working in a fast-paced matrixed technical organization and multi-site environment

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years of program management experience

EDUCATION:

Bachelors or Master's degree in Electronics/Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

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