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AMD’s Embedded Business unit is looking for a Customer Program Manager for the exciting role of owning and driving the execution of business-critical customer programs and managing strategic/TIER-1 customers.
Job Responsibility:
Own and drive enablement execution of strategic networking customer programs, making sure milestones are met on time, action items are tracked and closed, technical issues are resolved, and program risks are mitigated/bypassed in a timely manner
Manage the strategic customers post-design-win through their product launch, to get the best time-to-market and platform entitlement
Report overall execution status internally as well as externally and make critical communication to customers on schedule changes, unforeseen bugs, etc. and align on the right next steps
Craft and deploy standardized lightweight processes to bring execution focus and efficiency. Lead and drive process adoption among other customer program managers
Manage and handle escalations with a sense of urgency and proactive problem solving
Make sure customer issues are assigned, prioritized and response/resolution metrics are met for the customer programs per QoS
Connect and coordinate internally with key stakeholders in cross-functional teams to address and balance prioritization of reasonable needs/asks vs. push-back on others
Connect with customers, as well as AMD executives, to get sponsorship for critical needs of the customer requiring large resource and budget investments
Facilitate closure of complex issues and action items requiring multi-party alignment of AMD teams, customers and their partners
Drive alignment of customer product roadmaps with AMD technology roadmaps and facilitate planning and transition for customers well-established on current technology
Engage directly in hands-on efforts for critical customer issues triage, analysis and resolution
Build strong engineering relationships with the program management and engineering counterparts on the customer side
Help business teams on pre-design-win activities for strategic accounts
Requirements:
Engineering degree in EE or CS with minimum 10+ years of proven experience
Strong execution skills, excellent customer management and well-versed with different project management tools
Good breadth of technical knowledge (x86, SoC, SW, Tools) and experience in multi-disciplinary areas
Extensive customer program management experience enabling several customers into production (esp. high-volume top-tier customers) while multi-tasking and handling pressure well
Good knowledge of networking market segment and enabling networking customers and their products will be a big plus
Proven track record of enabling several customer product launches especially in the embedded market segments of networking or related
Experience working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment and ability to travel as needed
Experience in leading a team of customer program managers and creating/deploying processes for efficiency and scale will also be a big plus
Team player with passion and hunger to do whatever it takes for business success
Excellent communication skills
Proficiency in European or Asian languages a plus
Ability to align and build consensus among parties working towards the final goal
Keen sense of urgency and drive for results
Nice to have:
Good knowledge of networking market segment and enabling networking customers and their products
Experience in leading a team of customer program managers and creating/deploying processes for efficiency and scale