Program Manager 1
Advanced Micro Devices
- Calgary, AB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work closely with Engineering Managers, Software Developers, Product Managers and Program Managers to support project planning and execution of math, computer vision, and communication libraries
- Help develop and implement effective and repeatable operational processes and procedures
- Work hand-in-hand with engineering counterparts across the global sites to plan/align budget, head count, and find operational efficiencies
- Work with the operations, program management, and engineering teams to develop tools and systems to track and analyze key engineering and program metrics and help drive process improvement
- Participate in the development of project plans and schedules; must be able to develop and improve processes for project tracking and risk mitigation
- Support engineering management with resource planning (people and materials), as well as driving execution
- Improve tracking, reporting, and forecasting by developing dashboards and automations
- Develop documentation and training materials
- Collect, analyze, organize and publish data via dashboards and recurring status reports
- Provide general operational support for the AMD GPU libraries team
- Experience working in complex, interrelated software projects and programs using agile and waterfall methodologies
- Experience with Business Intelligence
- Experience with data visualization concepts and tools such as Power BI
- Ability to implement data analysis and forecasting tools using scripting languages such as Python
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Conflict management and stakeholder relationship management
- Experience with project delivery across multiple time zones
- Experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban
- Ability to lead process improvement initiatives across teams by providing training and support
- Comfortable with Jira and Confluence
- Experience with Microsoft Project
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Strong data analysis and presentation skills
- Experience with data science techniques and machine learning
- Understanding of databases and SQL
- Understanding of version control such as Git and GitHub
- Knowledge of software development, including testing, profiling, CI/CD, debugging, documentation, issue tracking, and planning
- Knowledge of relevant domains such as high performance computing, artificial intelligence, and GPU software development
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent strongly preferred
- Certifications such as the PMP or any agile certification would be an asset