Sr. Program Manager - Instinct Quality and Platform Architecture (Instinct™ AI Datacenter) Job Listing at AMD in Austin, TX (Job ID 75135-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:

As a key contributor to the success of AMD's product portfolio, you will be part of a high-performance AMD team driving the delivery of high-quality, industry-leading technology to the market. The team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to highlight successes and facilitate continuous career development. This isn't a “keep the trains running” role—it's the engine room. You'll be the technical orchestrator behind our Instinct product line, turning complex challenges into a clear, repeatable playbook and shaping the platform stack architecture that powers next‑gen AI datacenters. Your work closes the loop from design → supplier → manufacturing → field so we ship fewer defects, faster fixes, and smarter prevention—with measurable impact on customer trust and product velocity.

THE PERSON:

Senior Program Manager - Instinct Quality and Platform Architecture (Instinct™ AI Datacenter) hands-on Individual Contributor leadership role: we're looking for a proven builder with leading high‑stakes, cross‑functional programs across HW/SW/FW, who can influence at the executive level and roll up their sleeves with engineering.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program & Project Management

• Own end‑to‑end Quality initiatives: define schedules, milestones, success criteria, resources, and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams (Manufacturing, Components, Board engineering, firmware, validation, QA, product, field ops, partners/OEMs) to drive decisions and resolve blockers.
• Identify risks and technology dependencies; create mitigation and contingency plans and proactively escalate when needed.
• Drive release readiness: validation plans, customer previews, deployment playbooks, and handoffs to field engineering/customer success.
• Produce concise executive updates, program briefs, and status reports.
• Own charter, milestones, KPIs, for quality + platform programs; set the operating cadence that drives decisions and removes blockers.
• Turn data into decisions with Jira, and Power BI dashboards (coverage %, FA cycle time, defect burn‑down, supplier readiness).
  
• Proactively leading project planning, developing, and maintaining schedules, managing dependencies, and ensuring quality of work you are doing at committed landmarks
• Develops regular status representing the system memory team in program meetings providing status to program and senior management
• Coaches and mentors' staff

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive Technical Program or Product Management experience leading complex, cross‑functional technical programs; experience with server platforms, Manufacturing, Platform, Architecture, firmware, validation, or enterprise software.
• Proficiency with program tools (JIRA, MS Project, Teams, Power BI); familiarity with Python a plus.
• Strong technical fluency in server systems (hardware, BIOS/firmware/microcode, validation/test processes) and understanding of AI workload characteristics.
• Proven ability to manage schedules, risk, requirement tracking, escalations, and stakeholder communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to executive leadership and customers.
• Demonstrated customer focus and ability to drive decisions in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments.
• Deep platform stack understanding (accelerators/GPU, FW/driver layers, orchestration) and how quality, reliability, and performance interlock.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in related discipline preferred

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