Sr. Manager, Product Management

AMD; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Datacenter GPU product management team in the Santa Clara area. You will shape the next generation of Instinct hardware solutions, partnering with architects, silicon and systems engineers, program and operations leaders, sales and OEM/cloud partners to deliver integrated GPU, networking, CPU, and rack/pod‑level products.

You will translate workload and system requirements into compelling performance, power, TCO, and pod‑level targets to drive

Qualifications

• 6+ years in hardware product management or equivalent cross‑functional leadership.
• Experience at GPU/datacenter accelerator vendor or major OEMs/hyperscalers in hardware product roles.
• Deep market knowledge for datacenter AI infrastructure: hyperscalers, cloud providers, OEMs/ODMs, HPC centers.
• Ownership of hardware PRDs and phase‑gates across concept to EOL.
• Proven hardware-focused business cases (price‑performance, TCO, BOM/cost models).
• Cross‑functional stakeholder management to align architecture, design, validation, manufacturing, and sales.
• Experience enabling field teams with collateral and customer guides.
• Familiarity with datacenter workloads and hardware value propositions.

Responsibilities

• Drive clear understanding of customer requirements to set targets across the Instinct portfolio.
• Develop product value propositions relative to prior generations and competitors.
• Own strategy, positioning, roadmap, lifecycle, and go‑to‑market plans.
• Build product business cases with stakeholders to optimize portfolio and pricing.
• Develop phase gate materials capturing strategic decisions and drive closure.
• Communicate product value proposition and strategy to internal/external stakeholders via collateral.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, BD and PR to evangelize offerings.
• Be the domain knowledge expert in HPC, AI, and networking for decisions.

Skills

Hardware product management

Cross-functional leadership

Semiconductor hardware

Datacenter systems

PRD ownership

Pricing / BOM modeling

Stakeholder management

Sales collateral

Field enablement

HPC workloads

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

MBA preferred

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 TEAM

AMD's Data Center GPU organization is transforming the AI and HPC landscape. Our mission is to design and market exceptional products—anchored by our Instinct™ GPU portfolio—that power the next generation of computing in enterprise data centers, cloud, and supercomputing environments. If you’re excited by AI disruption and want to be part of building something big, join us.

THE ROLE:

AMD is seeking a results-driven Senior Product Manager to shape the next generation of high-performance computing and AI infrastructure. As a core member of the Datacenter GPU product management team, you will define, champion, and evangelize market-leading Instinct hardware solutions. In this collaborative role you will partner with architects, silicon and systems engineers, program and operations leaders, sales, and external OEM/cloud partners to deliver integrated GPU, networking, CPU, and rack/pod-level products. You will also develop and iterate on the product value proposition at the datacenter design level—translating workload and system requirements into compelling performance, power, TCO, and pod-level targets that drive design wins and customer adoption.

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate is an experienced product manager who combines deep technical fluency with a strong business acumen. You’ve shipped GPU or accelerator hardware and driven system-level designs; you move quickly, make data driven trade-offs, and close product decisions. You are a persuasive and clear communicator—skilled at building executive-ready business cases, winning stakeholder alignment, and forging the right OEM, hyperscaler and partner relationships. Driven, technically credible, and passionately committed to AI infrastructure and the opportunities it creates, you thrive on shaping high-impact products and accelerating adoption in a fast-moving market.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive a clear understanding of customer technical and business requirements to establish targets and priorities across the Instinct portfolio to define a successful product roadmap
• Develop strong product value propositions relative to prior generations and competing solutions
• Own the product strategy, positioning, roadmap, lifecycle management and go-to-market plans
• Build and improve each product business case in collaboration with key stakeholders to optimize the portfolio, develop pricing strategies, achieve cost efficiencies, and support the achievement of financial performance goals
• Develop product phase gate review materials with key organizational stakeholders that capture strategic and tactical decision points and drive them to closure
• Effectively communicate the product value proposition, positioning, and strategy to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders via compelling product collateral
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Business Development, and PR teams to evangelize solutions and product offerings
• Be the domain knowledge expert in HPC, AI, and networking driving business-centric product decisions

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• 6+ years in hardware product management or equivalent cross‑functional leadership role delivering complex semiconductor or datacenter systems (ASICs, GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, or system boards)
• Prior experience at a GPU or datacenter accelerator vendor or at major OEMs/hyperscalers in hardware product roles
• Deep market and customer knowledge for datacenter AI infrastructure: hyperscalers, cloud providers, OEMs/ODMs, HPC centers, and large enterprise customers — able to translate customer needs into hardware requirements and roadmap priorities
• Direct ownership of hardware PRDs and hands‑on experience driving phase‑gates from concept, to plan, development, launch, sustaining production and EOL
• Proven experience creating and maintaining hardware‑focused business cases (price‑performance, TCO, BOM/cost models) and using these to influence pricing and product decisions
• Demonstrated cross‑functional stakeholder management: ability to align architecture, silicon design, validation, manufacturing, supply chain, program teams, technical marketing, sales/BD and legal toward timely decisions
• Experience enabling field teams: producing sales collateral, training, technical checklists, and customer‑ready integration guides
• Familiarity with datacenter workload characteristics and how they translate to hardware value propositions (largescale model training, inference at scale, HPC workloads)
• Excellent written and verbal communication; proven ability to present technical trade‑offs and business cases to senior executives, customers and partners

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
• MBA preferred

LOCATION:

Santa Clara, San Jose, Folsom, or Austin

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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