Senior Director, Corporate Communications
About the role
AMD sits at the center of the defining technology shift of our era. As demand for high-performance and AI computing reshapes the industry, AMD is establishing itself as an AI-defining semiconductor company — and how we tell that story to the world matters enormously. The team is organized across four core functions — corporate and financial news, company and leadership narrative, proactive media and influence, and policy, issues, and crisis.
This is a role for someone who has operated at the highest-stakes moments at a scaled technology company, has earned the trust of CEOs and senior executives, brings deep and active relationships across tier-one media, and knows how to build and lead a team that consistently performs at the highest level.
Key Responsibilities
- Corporate and financial news / Corporate Development
- Partner with Investor Relations to lead communications around earnings and investor moments
- Drive company news and major corporate announcements
- Lead communications for M&A and corporate development activity
- Support communications for ventures and strategic investments
- Oversee corporate social responsibility communications
- Company And Leadership Narrative
- Create, organize, maintain, and distribute AMD's corporate narrative across audiences and channels
- Develop and manage executive communications for key business and technical leaders on priority topics, ensuring a consistent and differentiated voice
- Proactive media and influence
- Nurture and deepen relationships with top-tier business, technology, and financial media
- Build relationships with influencers and creators who carry genuine technical credibility
- Drive proactive story ideation and shape the narrative agenda
- Lead media pitching that lands narrative-defining placements
- Policy, government, and crisis
- Lead reputation management, issues management, and crisis communications
- Support government relations and policy communications
Preferred Experience
- Progressive years of corporate communications experience, with significant time at a scaled technology company (semiconductors, enterprise, or platform technology strongly preferred)
- A proven track record navigating high-stakes moments, earnings, M&A, major product and platform launches, executive platform-building, and crises
- Deep experience as a trusted advisor to CEOs and senior executives, including message development, executive positioning, and high-pressure preparation
- Strong, active relationships with tier-one business, technology, and financial media, and the credibility to open doors and shape coverage
- A track record of building and leading high-performing teams; someone who sets a high bar, develops talent, and gets exceptional work out of the people around them
- An outstanding writer and editor with sharp news judgment and calm, sound decision-making under pressure and ambiguity
- Comfort engaging with technical subject matter; fluency in AI, data center, or semiconductor topics is a significant plus