Joint Innovation Platform Senior Program Manager

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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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THE ROLE: 

In this high-profile role, you will lead joint innovation programs between AMD and our largest customers including customer specific innovation experiences, integration, optimization, and solution delivery to enable the industry’s leading edge “Hero” Mobile, Desktop, and Workstation platforms.  You will work across all Engineering and Business functions to meet overall program objectives from an Engineering and Customer facing perspective. 

THE PERSON: 

Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in product development from a design, platform, product and/or technical program management discipline.  The candidate should have experience as a Technical Lead, Technical Program Manager, and Business Team interface with the ability to drive multi-site and multi-disciplined engineering programs. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Defines, plans and drives projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance  
• OEM Customer point of contact for Commercial Joint Innovation Programs 
• Manage innovation ideation, incubation, feature selection, and platform level execution with OEMs and AMD 
• Aggregate ambiguous OEM and AMD Joint Innovation program level details, identify and lead the path forward 
• Develop program schedule.  Build, create and maintain a well-developed, managed and executed program plan.  Identify risks and contingency plans. 
• Create best in class “out of the box” customer experience 
• Drive resolution of Customer blocking and end-user use case issues 
• Assess programs and leverage learning to enhance AMD’s Joint Innovation development and release processes 
• 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

REQUIRED SKILLS: 

• Ability to lead teams, network, build relationships, and drive effective decision-making across multiple functions and levels within the organization and with Customers 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to grasp new technical concepts quickly 
• Highly organized, able to prioritize, and juggle multiple work streams to tight deadlines 
• Effective influencing skills to lead, motivate, and guide geographically distributed technical teams 
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills 
• Quick to adapt to dynamic business and technical requirements 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• BS or Master’s degree in related field preferred

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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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