Technical Program Manager - Cluster Build

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them.   AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

In this high-profile role, you will serve as the technical program leader for large-scale compute cluster bring-up, driving execution from planning through delivery. You will lead cross-functional hardware, infrastructure, software, firmware, and validation teams to deliver operational clusters on schedule while coordinating issue resolution across the organization. You will drive the processes, dependencies, and execution rhythms that transform build plans into fully operational environments.  Success in this role requires strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk-management skills, as well as the ability to build effective relationships and drive alignment across a complex, fast-moving engineering organization. You must be self-directed and comfortable operating in dynamic environments with significant cross-functional dependencies.    THE PERSON   As the Cluster Build Program Manager, you are the accountable leader for cluster bring-up from concept through delivery. You partner with engineering teams to define build strategies, assess technical feasibility, sequence dependencies, and drive execution against program objectives. You coordinate the teams responsible for the build, maintain alignment across stakeholders, and remove obstacles that threaten delivery.  When issues arise during bring-up, you lead cross-functional triage, coordinate root-cause investigations, drive corrective actions, and ensure resolution through closure. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of delivering complex hardware and software programs, thrives in matrixed organizations, and consistently achieves predictable, on-time delivery of business-critical infrastructure.

Lead cluster bring-up end to end—from concept and planning through delivery and operational handoff.  Direct and coordinate cross-functional teams across hardware, infrastructure, software, firmware, validation, and site/datacenter operations.  Assess and scope the technical feasibility of cluster bring-up efforts by partnering with software and hardware architects, technical leads, and engineering teams to clarify requirements and dependencies.  Develop integrated program schedules that account for hardware, firmware, software, infrastructure, and bring-up dependencies. Align program milestones and delivery objectives.  Lead debug and issue resolution during bring-up by triaging problems, convening the appropriate subject-matter experts, coordinating root-cause investigations, and tracking corrective actions through closure.  Build, maintain, and execute comprehensive program plans, including plans of record, statements of work, schedules, scope, budgets, and performance and quality KPIs.  Provide clear executive and operational visibility into bring-up status while facilitating dependency management and communication across teams.  Anticipate risks throughout the development of the lifecycle, identify mitigation strategies, and proactively address issues to protect schedules and optimize engineering resources.  Partner with core and execution teams to identify areas requiring escalation or corrective action and drive resolution.  Collect, analyze, organize, and publish bring-up performance data