Principal Program Manager

Amd

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$216,000–$324,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Oct 23, 2027

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Above market

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This role pays more than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $150,634–$208,800 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $270k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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About Amd

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company that develops high-performance processors, graphics cards, and adaptive computing solutions for gaming, data centers, and embedded markets. Industry: Semiconductors

Amd currently has 496 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $172,000–$258,000 across 496 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Program Manager

The Principal Program Manager will own and drive end-to-end AI cluster delivery across the full lifecycle, from solution architecture and planning through NPI validation, internal and external deployments, customer support readiness, and lab capacity execution. This role requires partnering with architecture, engineering, validation, deployment, and lab operations teams to deliver complex AI cluster solutions from concept through production readiness. Key responsibilities include defining integrated execution plans, establishing triage workflows, and maintaining program artifacts like integrated schedules, risk logs, and executive status summaries. The position requires a Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent field. The role solves complex technical and business problems within hardware, firmware, software, networking, and datacenter-scale environments to ensure successful cluster bring-up and deployment.

What does a Program Manager earn?

Median $173592 from 118 postings across 23 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Drive end-to-end AI cluster delivery from solution architecture through NPI validation and customer deployment.
  • Establish integrated execution plans and define customer and platform requirements for complex hardware and software environments.
  • Create and maintain program artifacts including integrated schedules, resource plans, risk logs, and executive status summaries.
  • Identify and mitigate technical, schedule, capacity, and deployment risks throughout the cluster delivery lifecycle.
  • Improve execution models, triage workflows, and lab capacity planning to increase delivery efficiency and predictability.
  • Publish program performance data through dashboards, readiness reviews, and deployment health indicators.
  • Provide executive-level visibility on dependencies across architecture, validation, internal deployments, and support readiness.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
  • Experience owning and driving end-to-end AI cluster delivery across the full lifecycle.
  • Knowledge of program management principles for small to large-scale cluster delivery initiatives.
  • Ability to operate in complex hardware, firmware, software, networking, and datacenter-scale environments.
  • Skills in solution architecture, planning, NPI validation, and internal/external deployments.
  • Ability to create and maintain program artifacts like integrated schedules, risk logs, and executive summaries.
  • Experience identifying and mitigating technical, schedule, capacity, and deployment risks.
  • Ability to analyze and publish program performance data through dashboards and readiness reviews.

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