Program Manager - Product Planning

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Program Manager - Product Planning

THE ROLE: 

The Program Manager in AECG Product Panning plays a key leadership role in driving Adaptive, Embedded and Semi-custom program execution. This role is pivotal in driving cross-functional teams with a strong focus on product definition during concept, feasibility and planning phases.

THE PERSON: 

We are seeking a strong technical and execution-oriented program manager to drive early-phase program execution for Semi-custom Programs and next-generation Adaptive SoCs, FPGAs, and Embedded solutions within AMD’s AECG Product Planning organization. This individual will play a critical role in shaping and enabling the roadmap by leading programs through Concept, Feasibility, and Plan phases, ensuring cross-functional alignment and readiness for full product development. One of the key responsibility of this role will be to drive early-phase engagement for semi-custom programs, including managing customer requirements, technical and business contract inputs, and ensuring clarity between OEM/customer needs and AMD engineering teams.

This is a high-impact, highly visible role ideal for someone with deep semiconductor experience, strong technical grounding, and exceptional program leadership skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. Semi-Custom Program Contract Management (Early Engagement)

• Act as the point person for early-phase semi-custom engagements with customers and OEM partners and manage RFI, RFQ, Award and contract management.
• Partner with Legal, Business Development, and Engineering to support contract structures (NDAs, SoW, Development Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Specifications, Timelines).
• Ensure internal teams understand customer-specific requirements, customizing program deliverables accordingly.
• Develop clear program artifacts for semi-custom proposals including NRE estimates, and engineering feasibility outcomes.

2. Early-Phase Program Leadership (Concept → Feasibility → Plan)

• Lead Adaptive SoC and Embedded roadmap programs from initial concept through Plan exit.
• Drive cross-functional deliverables across architecture, silicon engineering, operations, software, marketing, and finance.
• Ensure program requirements (MRDs, PRDs, feature definitions, power/performance targets) are clear, validated, and documented.
• Facilitate engineering scoping, resource planning, and SoC/FW/SW feasibility studies.
• Run gate reviews and secure alignment with senior leadership on scope, risks, and commitments.

3. Technical & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Translate high-level product strategy into technical and program requirements.
• Challenge engineering assumptions, ask the right technical questions, and ensure feasibility validation.
• Serve as a technical partner to architecture teams—understanding Adaptive SoC, FPGA, NoC, memory, and IP integration implications.
• Proactively identify integration risks, schedule bottlenecks, and technical dependencies.

4. Executive Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Prepare and deliver program-level updates to Product Planning, Engineering, and Executive leadership.
• Provide transparent risk/mitigation views and ensure decisions are documented and tracked.
• Drive accountability across functional teams to hit gate criteria on time.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Demonstrated experience in the semiconductor industry (SoC, FPGA, ASIC, embedded system design, or architecture) in program and product management roles.
• Strong familiarity with semi-custom engagements, customer requirements translation, or technical contract support.
• Exposure to embedded markets (industrial, automotive, aerospace & defense, communications).
• Experience leading programs or technical teams in early-phase product lifecycle: concept, feasibility, architecture, and planning phases.
• Solid understanding of silicon development flows, IP integration, verification, firmware/software dependencies, and system-level architecture.
• Proven track record managing cross-functional engineering and business teams in a highly matrixed environment.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills with a proven ability to influence across organizations including engineering and business stakeholders.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

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

LOCATION:

• San Jose

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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