Director, Chief Engineer, Program Management Server and Data Center

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THE ROLE:

The Chief Engineer is pivotal in the EPYC product line's portfolio, requiring deep technical expertise and operational strength, to work across all of engineering and business functions to deliver EPYC products and meeting objectives related to performance, features, schedule, cost, and budget. You will influence many engineers across AMD and have dotted line oversight over program leads without managerial responsibility. You will drive initiatives with high visibility and own decisions made with the collaboration of other subject matter experts. The role has a clear career progression to Senior Director, VP, and CVP positions.

THE PERSON:

You have relevant working experience in new product development from a design, platform, product and/or program management discipline. You also have experience both as a technical lead as well as a Program Manager of complex CPUs or GPUs, while also possessing a strong understanding of the general silicon engineering process (preferably CPU or APU), from concept to tape-out to production. Lasty, you have experience with driving a multi-site and multi-disciplined engineering program.

You are a proven leader able to create and maintain a working cross functional team and manage in a matrixed environment. You have executive level communication skills and presence in addition to having outstanding people management skills to lead, motivate, and guide world class engineers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Technical expertise gained through High-Performance product execution in one or more of the following areas:
• High Performance Design - CPU/GPU
• Test and Product engineering
• Validation - electrical or functional validation
• System Architecture
• Technical expertise should have been gained over at least 5-6 SoC/Products preferably in the latest process nodes
• No excuses attitude to own a product from start-to-finish driving whole product execution - HW, FW & SW
• Relentless drive for operational discipline - automation, analytics and process improvement to achieve productivity gains
• Capability to ruthlessly prioritize and clear obstacles for the team.
• Lead technical debug & feature prioritization, schedule alignment and budget attainment
• Executive presence
• At least 15 years of progressive technical experience
• Thrives in "responsibility without line authority" leadership, through influence - Role will not have direct reports but will be responsible to deliver a multi-billion-dollar product driving execution through a highly matrixed organization

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to structure and execute complex analysis, draw insights, and communicate summary findings/recommendations to senior management and AMD customers
• Ability to network, build relationships, and drive effective decision-making across multiple functions and levels within the organization
• Highly organized, able to prioritize, and juggle multiple work streams to tight deadlines

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• All aspects of the program, in alignment with the customer and Business Division objectives

LOCATION: Austin, TX

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package. Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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