Sr Program Manager, AI Solutions - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

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Sr Program Manager, AI Solutions

THE ROLE:

We are in search of an experienced commercial software development program manager with strong analytical, problem-solving and risk management skills. 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. Experience and familiarity with AI/ML would be beneficial.

THE PERSON:

As a Program Manager you will partner with our cross functional software engineering and data science teams to manage customer and partner engagements and understand our customers’ solutions. Identify and document customer requirements and establish engineering schedules. Partner with Engineering managers to deliver on said schedules using modern software development lifecycles.

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.
• Reports out status of projects to executive teams and internal and external customers.

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
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to handle all levels of interaction, including executive level.
• Horizontal leadership/Matrix management experience
• 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 Jira, Confluence, GitHub

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering
• Formal project management education, PMP / Scrum Master

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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