Compute and Enterprise AI Engineering Operations Leader

Advanced Micro Devices; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices seeks an EPYC Engineering Operations Lead to drive cross-functional execution for EPYC products, overseeing sample plans, budgets, and on-time delivery across multiple sites. The role emphasizes process optimization, data management, and financial planning in a fast-paced semiconductor environment.

You will collaborate with engineering, finance, and supply chain teams, leading R&D AOP planning and ensuring alignment with product roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Experience in program management in fast-paced, highly technical environments.
• Strong data management and analytics skills with a focus on automation.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Power BI for data visualization and automation.
• Experience with budgeting, resource allocation, and long-range financial planning.

Responsibilities

• Establish sample plans and budgets for each EPYC product with program leads and coordinate with supply chain.
• Develop best-in-class processes to scale the organization for new challenges and roadmaps.
• Create R&D AOP and collaborate with finance to maintain POR budget, analyze divergences, and track metrics.
• Maintain and analyze operational, resourcing, and financial data to enable data-driven decisions.

Skills

Program management

Data analysis

Python scripting

SQL

Power BI

Automation

Education

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

PMP / Scrum Master preferred

Tools

None listed

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.

Whetheryou’redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing 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:

The EPYC Engineering Operations Lead plays a key leadership role in enabling cross-functional execution for AMD's EPYC products. This role focuses on driving operational efficiency and excellence across a multi-disciplinary engineering execution team. Key responsibilities include managing multiple program NPI samples from component planning to ensuring on time delivery to teams across AMD sites, leading R&D AOP planning. The Operations leader collaborates closely with engineering and business stakeholders to support activities from an operational standpoint.

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate comes from the semiconductor industry and brings experience in developing and executing operational plans, supply chain management with a strong passion for process optimization, data management, automation and financial planning. You love to work with data and AI tools to automate and optimize workflows. You thrive in a fast-paced, technically complex environment spanning multiple global sites and rapidly evolving product requirements. You are driven to make a meaningful impact in the industry and excel at collaborating with cross-functional teams and customers to deliver innovative solutions to challenging problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with Program leads to establish sample plans & budget for each EPYC product. Once approved by the program lead create and maintain operational sample execution plan collaborating with AMD supply chain
• Develops and shares best-in-class processes to streamline and grow the organization to meet new challenges and expanding roadmaps
• Works across functional teams to create R&D AOP and work with finance to maintain program POR budget, analyze divergences vs. actuals, and build and analyze organizational metrics
• Maintains and analyzes operational, resourcing, and financial data — including program resource allocation, material costs, OPEX, and CAPEX — to enable data-driven decision-making, performance monitoring, and strategic planning across operations.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Program Management experience in a fast-paced, highly technical, matrixed environment
• Highly organized, strong attention to detail, able to prioritize, and balance multiple work streams to tight deadlines
• Familiarity with budgeting, resource allocation, and long-range financial planning
• Expert knowledge of Python scripting, SQL, Power BI, and data automation best practices for automating, managing and visualizing operational data.
• Skilled in interfacing with internal customers, partners and in managing joint-development projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication and expertise in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams)
• Ability to network quickly and independently to align resources towards a common goal

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

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

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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