Program Manager - PC/Notebook Job Listing at AMD in Shanghai, Shanghai (Job ID 78338-en-us)

Description

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

In this high-profile role, you will be the Program Core Team Leader driving the definition, execution, and productization of our industry-leading OEM Desktop, Notebook, and Workstation platforms. You will work across all Engineering and Business functions to meet both technical and financial program objectives. 

THE PERSON

We are looking for a seasoned professional with a minimum of 12+ years of relevant working experience in new product development from system definition, chip design, platform, product, and/or program management disciplines.

The candidate must have a strong understanding of the general engineering process (preferably System, CPU, or GPU), from concept to production. Furthermore, the candidate should have experience driving multi-site and multi-disciplined engineering programs in a complex matrixed environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• End-to-End Program Execution: Drive the full program lifecycle from concept to production, including Requirements, SOW, proposals, design, technology, and execution, in collaboration with engineering and supporting functions.
• Leadership & Executive Reporting: Responsible for program leadership and reports out regularly to executives on status, decisions, and solutions to issues during execution.
• Strategic Alignment: Delivers on all program commitments, in alignment with the customer, government, and business objectives.
• Schedule Development: Develops program schedules by considering various dependencies; negotiates and creates a plan that supports the schedule.
• Plan Integrity: Building, creating, and maintaining a well-developed, managed, and executed program plan is critical.
• Artifact & Scope Management: Establish formal program management artifacts including a plan of record, project/program timelines, requirements, scope, performance, and quality KPIs.
• Responsible for vetting or rejecting new/change requests and sanctioning scoping of proposed or agreed-upon changes by the core team.
• Owns driving the core team to consensus on decisions that impact the bounding box.
• Performance Metrics (KPIs): Hitting cost, schedule, committed features, power, and performance targets.
• Customer Relationship Management: Direct Customer and Partner relationship management.
• Core Team Leadership: Tailors the roles of each core team member according to the needs of the program including defining cross-functional ownership, managing effective performance of the core team, and managing the membership to achieve program objectives.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Relevant Industry Experience: 12+ years in Technical Program Management in a dynamic and competitive industry, particularly within Semiconductor, OEM Hardware, or Systems Engineering organizations.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: The candidate must be a proven leader able to create and maintain a working cross-functional team. The role requires outstanding program management skills to lead, motivate, and guide world-class engineers without direct HR authority.
• Problem Solving & Executive Communication: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to structure and execute complex analysis, draw insights, and communicate summary findings with recommendations to senior management and AMD customers.
• Domain Expertise: System or silicon-based program management experience is highly preferred.
• Agility: Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple parallel work streams under tight deadline
• Scope Management: Ability to assess and scope requirements and features and relate them to the overall program schedule from concept to production.
• Strategic Initiative Management: Proven ability to manage strategic initiatives that span multiple quarters or years with distinct phases and discrete deliverables.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering/ Science
• PMP certification or MBA is a plus

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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.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position.  AMD's “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.