Senior Program Manager - AMD AI Shark Team

Overview :

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.

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Responsibilities : THE ROLE :

THE ROLE :

The AMD AIG SHARK team is building a solution on top of open-source to productionize ML on a variety of usage scenarios and hardware targets.

The primary focus is generative AI models on data center GPUs. The team has gone through several evolutions over the past year, with its roots starting as a startup that was acquired a little over half a year ago.

The team is moving fast but more importantly is in dire need to scale as it grows.

We are in search of an experienced program manager with strong analytical, problem-solving and risk management skills to help us achieve that scale.

Ability to work efficiently and manage effective relationships in a cross-functional organization to meet commitments for successful customer program launches.

Must be self-directed and work in complex and dynamic ecosystems.

THE PERSON :

As a Program Manager you will partner with our cross functional teams to manage customer accounts and their portfolio, understand our customers platforms / solutions.

Identify and document customer requirements and establish engineering schedules. Drive AMD product solution deliverables and alignment with customers’ platforms to ensure highest level customer satisfaction throughout their product lifecycle.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

Defines, plans and drives projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance

Possesses a thorough knowledge of the principles of project management and can apply them effectively on small to large size projects

Has responsibility for projects or processes of significant technical importance and for results that cross engineering project areas

Initiates significant changes to existing processes and methods to improve project and team efficiency

Creates and maintains project management artifacts such as schedule, resource and resource forecast, risk and issues logs

Provides unique views of project status updates and facilitates cross development team dependencies and communications

Identify action or mitigation plans for issues or risks that arise during the project lifecycle

Collaborates with core teams and execution teams to identify areas that require special attention or escalations to identify corrective actions

Collect, analyze, organize and publish work performance data via dashboards and recurring status reports

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE :

Detailed oriented, self-driven with a strong sense of pride and ownership.

Strong organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills

Ability to build relationships and work effectively as a self-starter and as part of a team

Proactively involve team members in planning, decision-making and execution efforts

Technical program management and customer relationship management

Collaborate in problem solving and mitigating risks with Engineering, Program / Project Management, Business Units and Product Management - both internal and external

Strong knowledge of productivity and project tools including Microsoft Office Suite and Slack

Familiarity working with open-source projects and foundations.

PREFERRED ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS :

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer / Electrical Engineering

Formal project management education, PMP / Scrum Master

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Qualifications :

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 .

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.