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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
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The Sr. Director, Client & Personal AI System Innovation leads a team of architects, strategists, and ecosystem experts to define the long-term system innovation strategy for Client PC and Personal AI platforms. This leader identifies emerging technologies and future platform opportunities to transform innovative concepts into industry-leading systems. Key responsibilities include developing multi-year roadmaps, managing strategic OEM and ODM partnerships, and creating a scalable innovation engine that aligns architecture, engineering, software, and product management teams. The role requires deep expertise in PC platform architecture, software ecosystems, artificial intelligence technologies, and system design principles. By evaluating industry trends and leading co-engineering initiatives, the successful candidate will drive measurable business results and platform differentiation within the personal computing and AI hardware space.
Develop and drive AMD's multi-year roadmap for Client PC and Personal AI system innovation.
Identify future platform concepts, user experiences, and technologies to create marketplace differentiation.
Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with leading OEM and ODM companies.
Drive co-engineering initiatives with partners to accelerate innovation and improve platform quality.
Create and operationalize the governance model and investment framework for innovation across the Client organization.
Align architecture, engineering, software, and product management teams around strategic innovation priorities.
Build, mentor, and lead a team of system architects, strategists, and ecosystem leaders.
Influence senior leadership to gain alignment on long-term technology investments and strategic priorities.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
Master's degree, MBA, or other advanced technical degree (preferred).
15+ years of leadership experience in system architecture, platform engineering, product strategy, semiconductors, computing systems, or related technology fields (preferred).
Demonstrated success developing and commercializing innovative computing platforms that delivered significant business and market impact (preferred).
Deep understanding of PC platform architecture, software ecosystems, artificial intelligence technologies, and system design principles (preferred).
Experience partnering with OEMs, ODMs, and technology ecosystem partners to drive platform innovation and adoption (preferred).
Proven ability to influence across large, global organizations and complex external partner ecosystems (preferred).
Strong executive presence with exceptional communication, strategic planning, and cross-functional leadership skills (preferred).
Systems Architecture
Windows Ecosystem
ROCm
Open GPU
AI Software Ecosystems
System Design
Software Roadmap Development
IP Planning
Compute Software
Scalability
CPU
Semiconductor Technologies
PC Ecosystem
Hardware
Software
Business Analytics
AI
Market Research
Competitive Analysis
Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Generative AI
Large Language Models
Agentic Systems
Machine Learning
Data Engineering
Graph Intelligence
Anomaly Detection
Distributed Systems
ML Infrastructure
Feature Pipelines
Real-time Systems
Model Evaluation
Observability
Telemetry
Identity Graphs
Bot Detection
Responsible AI