Sr. Manager Project/ Program Mgmt.

AMD; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD’s Cores Organization seeks an experienced Program Manager in Fort Collins, CO to lead complex hardware/software programs, delivering on RTL, verification, and post-silicon management. You’ll drive scope, schedules, budgets, and KPIs with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.

You’ll apply strong communication, analytical thinking and leadership to guide teams through high-priority initiatives while balancing competing priorities and tight timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, CS or electrical engineering preferred.
• Formal Project Management education, PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Defines, plans and drives projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance.
• Scope technical feasibility of new products by clarifying and analyzing requirements with SW/HW Architects, Technical Leads and Engineers.
• Develop program schedule considering Driver, SW Stack components and HW/FW dependencies; negotiate staffing to support the schedule.
• Build, maintain and execute a comprehensive program plan.
• Establish formal program artifacts including plan of record, SOW, timelines, budget, scope, KPIs.
• Excel in resource planning.
• Plan for risks, identify prevention methods, and reduce engineering costs.
• Collaborate with AMD Engineering, Product Management and Customer Engineering; communicate with senior executives.

Skills

Technical program mgmt

Requirements mgmt

Stakeholder comms

Analytical thinking

High-pressure env

Team leadership

Agile methodology

Cross-functional work

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Eng/CS/EE

PM education / PMP preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Confluence

Excel

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology 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 AMD is shaping the future.

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

The Role

AMD’s Cores Organization delivers industry leading CPU’s, Caches, and Chiplets that are the foundation of AMD’s server, client, and gaming business. We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to join this innovative team to lead key innovation and execution initiatives and to enhance our existing strong track record of program delivery. The role is focused on delivering programs, capability, and quality through RTL, Verification, and Post-Silicon program management. The candidate will join the team based in Fort Collins, CO.

The Person

The candidate has successful experience in technical program management and an outstanding track record of delivering sophisticated software/hardware programs. We are pushing the envelope on chip performance, so the status quo must be challenged on every program. This environment requires creativity and innovation, advanced and earnest communication skills, and an abundance mindset. The candidate has strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills and enjoys using those skills to accomplish goals that many might not think possible. Our team delivers critical designs for multiple AMD products and our team is growing both in capability and size, so the candidate must have the ability and desire to guide and develop people and teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Defines, plans and drives projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance
• Scope technical feasibility of new Products by clarifying and analyzing requirements with SW/HW Architects, Technical Leads and Engineers
• Develop program schedule by considering various Driver, SW Stack components and HW/FW dependencies, negotiate and create a staffing plan that supports the schedule
• Building, creating, and maintaining a well-developed, managed and executed program plan is critical
• You will establish formal program management artifacts including a plan of record, statements of work, project/program timelines, budget, scope, performance, and quality KPIs
• Excellence in resource planning is necessary
• The successful candidate must also plan for risks in the development path, identify prevention methods, and address them to save on engineering costs
• Being comfortable working with senior executives is a hard requirement. You must address the needs and requirements called upon from AMD's Engineering, Product Management and Customer Engineering organizations

Preferred Experience

• Good understanding of requirements management, documentation management, and defect management
• Ability to grasp concepts during discussions and turn minutes into action items
• Able to communicate concepts and processes with stakeholders
• Analytical, self-motivated, organized, detailed-oriented and results-oriented
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work well with multiple people and teams, ability to communicate progress to team members on a regular basis
• Experience working in a high-pressure environment and competing priorities and tight turnaround times
• Engineering background preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence and Excel is an asset
• Experience with Agile methodology

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering Preferred
• Formal Project Management education, PMP certified preferred

LOCATION:

Ft. Collins, CO

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.