Compute and Enterprise AI Engineering Operations Leader

About the role

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The EPYC Engineering Operations Lead plays a key leadership role in enabling cross‑functional execution for AMD's EPYC products. This role focuses on driving operational efficiency and excellence across a multi‑disciplinary engineering execution team. The Operations leader collaborates closely with engineering and business stakeholders to support activities from an operational standpoint.

The ideal candidate comes from the semiconductor industry and brings experience in developing and executing operational plans, supply chain management, and a strong passion for process optimization, data management, automation, and financial planning. You love to work with data and AI tools to automate and optimize workflows, thrive in a fast‑paced, technically complex environment spanning multiple global sites, and are driven to make a meaningful impact in the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with program leads to establish sample plans and budgets for each EPYC product; once approved, create and maintain an operational sample execution plan in collaboration with AMD supply chain.
• Develop and share best‑in‑class processes to streamline and grow the organization to meet new challenges and expanding roadmaps.
• Work across functional teams to create R&D AOP, collaborate with finance to maintain program POR budget, analyze divergences versus actuals, and build and analyze organizational metrics.
• Maintain and analyze operational, resourcing, and financial data—including program resource allocation, material costs, OPEX, and CAPEX—to enable data‑driven decision‑making, performance monitoring, and strategic planning across operations.

Preferred Experience

• Program management experience in a fast‑paced, highly technical, matrixed environment.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail; able to prioritize and balance multiple work streams to tight deadlines.
• Familiarity with budgeting, resource allocation, and long‑range financial planning.
• Expert knowledge of Python scripting, SQL, Power BI, and data‑automation best practices for automating, managing, and visualizing operational data.
• Skilled in interfacing with internal customers and partners, and in managing joint‑development projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; expertise in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams).
• Ability to network quickly and independently to align resources toward a common goal.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering.
• Formal project‑management education; PMP or Scrum Master certification preferred.

Additional Information

• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• AMD may use artificial intelligence to help screen, assess, or select applicants for this position (see AMD’s Responsible AI Policy).