Senior Program Lead - PCBA Operations

Advanced Micro Devices; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AMD benefits

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead complex customer programs and coordinate across engineering, quality, regulatory and logistics teams. You will drive schedules, budgets, and deliverables while ensuring high customer satisfaction throughout the product lifecycle.

The role emphasizes strong analytical and problem-solving skills, proactive risk management, and effective communication with internal teams and contract manufacturers.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead programs as the primary interface between the company and contract manufacturers, ensuring all stakeholders feedback and requirements are addressed promptly.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage lifecycle, monitor financials, and control program spending within budget.
• Monitor milestones, identify risks, and implement corrective actions as necessary.
• Oversee daily project operations, ensuring budgets, schedules, and quality standards are met.
• Coordinate program timelines to ensure on-time delivery.
• Drive cost management and on-time delivery improvements.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Analytical skills

Jira

Confluence

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer/Electrical Engineering

PMP / Scrum Master

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology 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 AMDis shapingthefuture.

Whether you’re redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

We are in search of an e xperienced 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.

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:

• Lead programs as the primary interface between the company and contract manufacturers, ensuring all stakeholders feedback and requirements are addressed promptly.
• Collaborate efficiently and effectively with cross-functional teams within the organization to implement a successful lifecycle for each assigned program. This includes monitoring the financial status of each assigned program, conducting analyses on business efficiency, and controlling the program spending within budget allocated.
• Monitor project milestones, identify potential risks, and implement corrective actions as necessary.
• Oversee daily project operations, ensuring strict adherence to budgets, schedules, and quality standards.
• Manage and coordinate program timelines to ensure on-time delivery.
• Review and drive continuous improvement in cost management and on-time delivery, ensuring all goals set are consistently achieved.
• Facilitate effective communication between internal teams and contract manufacturers to streamline workflows and minimize disruptions.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, quality control, regulatory and logistics teams to ensure alignment on project objectives.
• Serve as the primary liaison between contract manufacturers and internal teams to address requirements and resolve issues.
• Build and maintain strong EMS relationships by having regular meetings and addressing concerns in a timely manner.
• Prepare and present comprehensive reports on project progress, performance metrics, and internal customer feedback.

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
• People management experience is desirable
• 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, Microsoft Office Suite

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

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

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

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.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.