M&A Strategy & Corporate Growth Manager

AMD; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase plan

Competitive benefits

Job summary

AMD’s Corporate Development Team in Santa Clara, CA seeks a driven Corporate Development Manager to shape inorganic growth opportunities. You will identify, evaluate, and execute acquisitions and strategic investments expanding AMD’s AI, data center, and software capabilities.

You’ll work with executives across engineering, finance, legal, and strategy to translate market trends into actionable opportunities, while leveraging AI-enabled tools to accelerate research and analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, engineering, computer science, or related field.
• MBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in semiconductors, AI infrastructure, enterprise software, cloud computing, networking, or related markets preferred.
• Exceptional financial modeling and valuation skills for M&A analysis and diligence.
• Fluency with generative AI and AI-enabled productivity tools.

Responsibilities

• Define inorganic growth priorities with senior leadership and develop acquisition/investment theses.
• Monitor AI hardware/software, HPC, data center, cloud/enterprise AI, edge computing, and adjacent markets.
• Identify and evaluate companies, technologies, talent, IP, and ecosystem capabilities.
• Develop and present acquisition business cases, valuations, and transaction materials to executives; apply AI tools in analysis.
• Lead or coordinate all M&A phases: engagement, due diligence, valuation, structuring, negotiation, closing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely, high-quality outcomes.
• Support integration planning and post-close performance monitoring.
• Improve Corporate Development processes and knowledge management.

Skills

Corporate development

Technology investment

Financial modeling

Generative AI

Communication skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

AMD’s Corporate Development Team in Santa Clara, CA seeks a driven Corporate Development Manager to shape inorganic growth opportunities. You will identify, evaluate, and execute acquisitions and strategic investments expanding AMD’s AI, data center, and software capabilities.

You’ll work with executives across engineering, finance, legal, and strategy to translate market trends into actionable opportunities, while leveraging AI-enabled tools to accelerate research and analysis.