Software Program Manager Job Listing at AMD in Vancouver, BC (Job ID 56886-en-us)

Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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THE ROLE: 

As the Program Manager, you will have the opportunity to manage End-to-End ownership of overall solutions for innovative products.  Solid program management of various software development teams, monitoring the quality of the resulting software deliverables and a strong partnership with the customer support teams are the key focus area of this role. 

THE PERSON: 

The right candidate will have solid knowledge of program management, impeccable track record of delivering complex silicon and software programs. Experience with SOC product development.  Strong organization and leadership skills  and a passion to drive the program to completion. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Plan and execute programs focusing on quality and deadlines 
• Drives completion of all required deliverables, with a focus on customer quality feedback and established deadlines 
• Creates and maintains project management artifacts such as schedule, resource and resource forecast, risk and issues logs 
• Provides unique views of project status updates and facilitates cross development team dependencies and communications 
• Identify action or mitigation plans for issues or risks that arise during the project lifecycle 

• Collaborates with core teams and execution teams to identify areas that require special attention or escalations to identify corrective actions 
• Collect, analyze, organize and publish work performance data via dashboards and recurring status reports 
• Strong self-motivator, with a sense of urgency when needed and strong crisis management skills 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Proven Project & Program Management experience in dynamic and competitive industry, particularly within Software Development or Engineering based organizations 
• Experience working with productivity tools ie: JIRA or Confluence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Horizontal leadership/Matrix management experience is required, People management is desirable 
• Flexible working schedule to manage global program execution team (Asia and North America emphasis) 
• PMP certification is a plus

• Agiledevelopment or certification is a bonus

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is desired 

LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia 

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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.