Sr. Manager Project/ Program Mgmt.

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.THE ROLE: AMD’s Cores Organization delivers industry leading CPU’s, Caches, and Chiplets that are the foundation of AMD’s server, client, and gaming business. We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to join this innovative team to lead key innovation and execution initiatives and to enhance our existing strong track record of program delivery. The role is focused on delivering programs, capability, and quality through RTL, Verification, and Post-Silicon program management. The candidate will join the team based in Fort Collins, CO.THE PERSON: The candidate has successful experience in technical program management and an outstanding track record of delivering sophisticated software/hardware programs. We are pushing the envelope on chip performance, so the status quo must be challenged on every program. This environment requires creativity and innovation, advanced and earnest communication skills, and an abundance mindset. The candidate has strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills and enjoys using those skills to accomplish goals that many might not think possible. Our team delivers critical designs for multiple AMD products and our team is growing both in capability and size, so the candidate must have the ability and desire to guide and develop people and teams. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 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 KPIsExcellence in resource planning is necessaryThe successful candidate must also plan for risks in the development path, identify prevention methods, and address them to save on engineering costsBeing 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: Good understanding of requirements management, documentation management, and defect management Ability to grasp concepts during discussions and turn minutes into action items Able to 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 basisExperience working in a high-pressure environment and competing priorities and tight turnaround timesEngineering background preferredExperience with Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence and Excel is an assetExperience with Agile methodology ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering PreferredFormal Project Management education, PMP certified preferredLOCATION: Ft. Collins, COThis role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.#LI-MR1Benefits 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.AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.This posting is for an existing vacancy.