Sr. Program Manager

AMD; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company located in San Jose seeks an experienced Program Manager to handle customer accounts and drive projects. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's or Master's in Computer/Electrical Engineering and extensive project management skills. Responsibilities include defining project plans, maintaining documentation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure customer satisfaction. Strong analytical skills and experience with tools like Jira and Confluence are essential. Join us to help innovate the future of computing.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage customer accounts and product lifecycle.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Detail-oriented and self-driven with a strong sense of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Define, plan and drive projects based on guidance.
• Create and maintain project management artifacts.
• Provide status updates and manage team communications.
• Identify action plans for issues during project lifecycle.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Problem-solving

Risk management

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Written and verbal communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering

Formal project management education, PMP / Scrum Master

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING. At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

The Role

We are in search of an experienced program manager with strong analytical, problem-solving and risk management skills. Ability to work efficiently and manage effective relationships in a cross-functional organization to meet commitments for successful customer program launches. Must be self-directed and work in complex and dynamic ecosystems.

The Person

As a Program Manager you will partner with our cross functional teams to manage customer accounts and their portfolio, understand our customers platforms/solutions. Identify and document customer requirements and establish engineering schedules. Drive AMD product solution deliverables and alignment with customers’ platforms to ensure highest level customer satisfaction throughout their product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Defines, plans and drives projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance
• Possesses a thorough knowledge of the principles of project management and can apply them effectively on small to large size projects
• Has responsibility for projects or processes of significant technical importance and for results that cross engineering project areas
• Initiates significant changes to existing processes and methods to improve project and team efficiency
• Creates and maintains project management artifacts such as schedule, resource and resource forecast, risk and issues logs
• Provides unique views of project status updates and facilitates cross development team dependencies and communications
• Identify action or mitigation plans for issues or risks that arise during the project lifecycle
• Collaborates with core teams and execution teams to identify areas that require special attention or escalations to identify corrective actions
• Collect, analyze, organize and publish work performance data via dashboards and recurring status reports

Preferred Experience

• Detailed oriented, self-driven with a strong sense of pride and ownership.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build relationships and work effectively as a self-starter and as part of a team
• Proactively involve team members in planning, decision-making and execution efforts
• People management experience is desirable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to handle all levels of interaction, including executive level
• Horizontal leadership/Matrix management experience
• Technical program management and customer relationship management
• Collaborate in problem solving and mitigating risks with Engineering, Program/Project Management, Business Units and Product Management - both internal and external
• Strong knowledge of productivity and project tools including Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite

Academic Credentials

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

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.