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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Responsibilities

• Ensure business results are on-track to achieve short and long-term objectives. Initiate and lead holistic and cohesive projects to close the gap and get back on-track.
• Take C-level goals and strategies and translate them into tangible, high-impact business (revenue generation, pricing, costs, margins, distribution channels) improvement initiatives.
• Drill-down into business areas and identify specific opportunities for optimization, efficiency improvement and, when necessary, gap closure.
• Create, lead, orchestrate, manage, and measure cross-functional top and bottom-line business improvement initiatives to grow/defend margins and reduce/avoid margin leakage.  Collaborate with sales, finance, marketing and product teams as well as executive management.
• Establish goals around key performance indicators and other metrics to measure the success of strategic initiatives, business development efforts, and business performance.
• Quickly develop a deep understanding of our business and lead a broad set of strategic efforts.  Manage multiple projects and tasks with the ability to prioritize and respond quickly to shifting priorities.
• Prepare regular reports and executive-level presentations to communicate strategic recommendations, progress, and performance updates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or Business, or a closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of business management, marketing and/or leadership experience in high tech industry.
• This position requires working effectively and building influence and trust across many organizations.  Strong communication and teamwork skills are critical.
• You can understand the organization's goals and strategy and evaluate performance and identify areas for improvement.  You have excellent business and financial acumen. 
• You have excellent analytical, project management (must be highly detail oriented), and organizational skills with the ability to make sound business judgments.
• You can own projects independently from end-to-end, communicate updates and outcomes effectively to senior management.
• You are comfortable working on fluid, dynamic and ambiguous projects, where tasks become clearer as the project progresses.
• Creative thinker:  You offer ideas and solutions on emerging challenges and opportunities.  You develop compelling, insightful recommendations.
• Strategic thinker: You can link smaller details to the broader strategic picture.
• Critical thinker:  You can review results and determine whether they meet both the letter and spirit of the objective and can identify what must be changed to improve the outcomes.
• Communicator: You can articulate complex concepts in a clear, concise audience-appropriate manner. You build consensus among cross-functional teams and influence decision making within senior-level audiences.
• Team player: You work effectively with teams across different regions and functions. You build trust with and support from all levels of the organization.

At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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.

At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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.

Responsibilities

• Ensure business results are on-track to achieve short and long-term objectives. Initiate and lead holistic and cohesive projects to close the gap and get back on-track.
• Take C-level goals and strategies and translate them into tangible, high-impact business (revenue generation, pricing, costs, margins, distribution channels) improvement initiatives.
• Drill-down into business areas and identify specific opportunities for optimization, efficiency improvement and, when necessary, gap closure.
• Create, lead, orchestrate, manage, and measure cross-functional top and bottom-line business improvement initiatives to grow/defend margins and reduce/avoid margin leakage.  Collaborate with sales, finance, marketing and product teams as well as executive management.
• Establish goals around key performance indicators and other metrics to measure the success of strategic initiatives, business development efforts, and business performance.
• Quickly develop a deep understanding of our business and lead a broad set of strategic efforts.  Manage multiple projects and tasks with the ability to prioritize and respond quickly to shifting priorities.
• Prepare regular reports and executive-level presentations to communicate strategic recommendations, progress, and performance updates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or Business, or a closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of business management, marketing and/or leadership experience in high tech industry.
• This position requires working effectively and building influence and trust across many organizations.  Strong communication and teamwork skills are critical.
• You can understand the organization's goals and strategy and evaluate performance and identify areas for improvement.  You have excellent business and financial acumen. 
• You have excellent analytical, project management (must be highly detail oriented), and organizational skills with the ability to make sound business judgments.
• You can own projects independently from end-to-end, communicate updates and outcomes effectively to senior management.
• You are comfortable working on fluid, dynamic and ambiguous projects, where tasks become clearer as the project progresses.
• Creative thinker:  You offer ideas and solutions on emerging challenges and opportunities.  You develop compelling, insightful recommendations.
• Strategic thinker: You can link smaller details to the broader strategic picture.
• Critical thinker:  You can review results and determine whether they meet both the letter and spirit of the objective and can identify what must be changed to improve the outcomes.
• Communicator: You can articulate complex concepts in a clear, concise audience-appropriate manner. You build consensus among cross-functional teams and influence decision making within senior-level audiences.
• Team player: You work effectively with teams across different regions and functions. You build trust with and support from all levels of the organization.