Senior Data Center GPU Program Lead

Advanced Micro Devices; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AMD benefits

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices in Austin is seeking a program manager to lead key engineering initiatives within the Data Center GPU organization, guiding concepts through execution and coordinating across hardware, firmware, software, and driver teams.

The role demands several years of direct validation experience, strong collaboration, and the ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans in a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on validation experience with hardware and/or software teams.
• Experience with requirements management and defect tracking processes.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Engineering background preferred; ability to translate issues into actions.

Responsibilities

• Define, plan, and drive projects and program plans based on guidance from management and senior technical leaders.
• Scope and evaluate the technical feasibility of new products by clarifying and analyzing requirements with software and hardware architects, validation teams, technical leads, and engineers.
• Lead end-to-end program execution, including development and validation phases, ensuring alignment across hardware, firmware, software, and driver teams.
• Develop and manage integrated program schedules that account for drivers, software stack components, validation milestones, and hardware/firmware dependencies.
• Negotiate and establish staffing plans—including validation resources—to support program timelines.
• Build, maintain, and execute comprehensive program plans with a strong focus on execution excellence.
• Establish and manage formal program management artifacts, including plans of record, statements of work, schedules, budgets, scope definitions, and performance and quality KPIs.
• Ensure excellence in resource planning across development and validation teams.
• Identify program and validation risks, define mitigation and prevention strategies, and proactively address issues to reduce engineering cost and schedule impact.
• Work effectively with senior executives and address requirements from Engineering, Product Management, Validation, and Customer Engineering organizations.

Skills

Validation experience

Hands-on hardware/software

Requirements management

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS/EE

PMP certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Confluence

Excel

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices in Austin is seeking a program manager to lead key engineering initiatives within the Data Center GPU organization, guiding concepts through execution and coordinating across hardware, firmware, software, and driver teams.

The role demands several years of direct validation experience, strong collaboration, and the ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans in a hybrid work setup.