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Developing great technology takes more than talent: it takes amazing people who understand collaboration, respect, and who will go the “extra mile” to achieve unthinkable results.  It takes people who have the passion and desire to disrupt the status quo, push boundaries, deliver innovation, and change the world.   If you have this type of passion, we invite you to take a look at the opportunities available to come join our team.
 

Technical Program Manager – HPC/AI

THE ROLE:

Technical Program Manager for AMD’s Datacenter GPU and Accelerated Computing engineering team.  In this role you will work with AMD’s business development team, hardware engineers, software developers, and customers to bring to life the world’s fastest servers for HPC and AI.  You will be responsible for planning, driving, and reporting on joint product development and qualification with top customers.

THE PERSON:

• A team player with passion and drive to ensure we deliver on our commitments.
• Strong communication and leadership skills; ability to lead technical discussions and up-level outcomes for executive-level status reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to get results in a large matrixed organization and achieve results via influence.
• Ability to build consensus among multiple parties to meet business objectives.
• A strong affinity for technology and technical subjects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and drive strategic, customer-facing programs to develop and qualify AMD GPU hardware and software to accelerate HPC and AI workloads with our customers, top server OEMs and cloud service providers.
• Build and lead program core teams.
• Build program plans in conjunction with AMD and customer engineers.
• Report execution status to executives, customers, and co-workers.
• Make critical customer communications.
• Drive actions and escalations internally and externally.
• Facilitate closure of complex issues requiring multi-party alignment of AMD teams, customers, and partners.
• Manage and handle issues and escalations with a sense of urgency and proactive problem solving.
• Build engineering relationships with program management and engineering counterparts at customers.
• Design, implement, and gain support for new processes, where needed.
• Availability for discussions with coworkers and customers in other time zones.
• Limited travel (0 - 5%).

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Consistent record leading and successfully delivering medium-to-large tech programs.
• Building and leading cross-functional core teams.
• Building and managing relationships with customers or partners.
• Utilization of modern program management and issue tracking tools.
• High level understanding of server architecture, server software and HPC/AI workloads.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Degree in electrical engineering, software engineering, or computer science preferred.
• PMP certification is a plus, but not required.

LOCATION:

Austin, TX; Santa Clara, CA; or Markham, Canada

​​​​​​​AMD is a government contractor and subcontractor. As required by Executive Order, our US employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of the employee’s work location or work arrangement (e.g., telework, remote work, etc.), subject to such exceptions as required by law. If selected, you will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination by December 8, 2021. AMD will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request an exception from this requirement if you have a need for a religious and/or medical accommodation.