WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career. THE TEAM: AMD's Data Center GPU organization is transforming the industry with our Instinct AI Accelerator Solutions. Our primary objective is to design exceptional products that drive the evolution of computing experiences, serving as the cornerstone for cutting edge AI model development and inference in Mega Data Centers, Enterprise Data Centers, HPC and Embedded systems. If this resonates with you, come and join our Data Center GPU organization where we are building amazing AI powered products with amazing people.   THE ROLE: In this high-profile Director role, you will be the overall leader for key MDC platforms from concept to execution. You will work across all of engineering and business to meet overall initiative and/or product objectives. Successful applicants will work with AMD’s customers, product development teams, executives, hardware engineers, software developers, business development and sales team to bring to life the world’s fastest servers and clusters for artificial intelligence.  You will be responsible for planning, driving, and reporting on joint product development and deployment with top customers and be the point of contact on all matters related to the program both internally and externally.   THE PERSON: The right candidate will have solid knowledge of technical program management, engineering and an outstanding track record of delivering sophisticated software/hardware programs.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Communicates program status, issues, risk management and recommended mitigation plans to multi-functional and executive teams. Drive timely resolution of any roadblocks. Defines, plans and drives projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance Scope technical feasibility of new Products by clarifying and analyzing requirements with SW/HW Architects, Technical Leads and Engineers Develop program schedule by considering various Driver, SW Stack components and HW/FW dependencies, negotiate and create a staffing 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, statements of work, project/program timelines, budget, scope, performance, and quality KPIs   Excellence in resource planning is necessary The successful candidate must also plan for risks in the development path, identify prevention methods, and address them to save on engineering costs Being comfortable working with senior executives is a hard requirement. You must address the needs and requirements called upon from AMD's Engineering, Product Management and Customer Engineering organizations   PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Deep experience in program management for SW/HW product development in datacenter solutions or customer/vendor program management Good understanding of requirements management, documentation management, and issue management Ability to grasp concepts during discussions and turn minutes into action items Able to quickly and clearly communicate concepts and processes with stakeholders Analytical, self-motivated, organized, detailed-oriented and results-oriented Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work well with multiple people and teams, ability to communicate progress to team members on a regular basis Experience working in a high-pressure environment and competing priorities and tight turnaround times Engineering background and proficiency strongly preferred Experience with Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence and Excel is an asset Experience with Agile methodology   ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or similar LOCATION: Austin TX (Remote is an option) #LI-RW1 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.