Sr. Manager Software Development

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiencesfrom AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, youll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the worlds most important challengesstriving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

THE ROLE

The Senior Manager of Software Development within Client Software Performance Engineering (SPE) leads large-scale performance optimization initiatives critical to AMDs client product success. This role blends deep technical leadership with strong people and organizational leadership, owning both what work gets done and how it is executed across SPE.

Reporting to senior SPE leadership, the role is central to scaling SPE from expert-driven execution into a repeatable, high-throughput, high-credibility organization. The Senior Manager ensures AMDs software investments translate into measurable, defensible real-world performance, responsiveness, and performance-per-watt benefits across the applications and workloads that matter most to users and customers.

THE PERSON

The ideal candidate is an experienced technical leader with a strong background in performance-critical software and a proven ability to scale and lead complex engineering organizations. They combine technical depth with operational rigor, are highly data-driven, and are comfortable operating at a scope where performance outcomes influence product strategy, architecture decisions, and market positioning.

They are equally effective mentoring engineers, managing managers, shaping execution frameworks, and representing SPE in senior technical and business forums.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

AI-Enhanced Development & Agentic Workflow Leadership

• Own the strategic adoption and execution of AI-enhanced coding methodologies across software development teams
• Lead the definition, development, and scaling of agentic workflows that apply autonomous or semi-autonomous agents to multi-step engineering tasks.
• Translate high-level productivity and quality goals into executable AI and agent-driven programs with clear ownership, milestones, and success criteria.
• Guide teams in designing human-and-AI collaborative systems with well-defined abstractions, guardrails, and interfaces between engineers and agents.
• Ensure agentic and AI-assisted workflows deliver measurable improvements in engineering velocity, code quality, reliability, and developer experience.

Organizational & People Leadership

• Lead and manage a large, multi-team organization of senior performance engineers, specialists, and technical leads.
• Recruit, retain, and develop top-tier performance engineering talent.
• Build strong first-line and second-line leadership with durable succession plans.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and data-driven decision making.
• Ensure engineers are mentored, challenged, and aligned with SPE priorities and AMD business goals.

Performance Optimization Program Ownership

• Own end-to-end execution of SPE performance optimization programs across client workloads, including:
• Productivity, browser, creator, workstation, and emerging workloads
• Benchmark-relevant and real-world usage scenarios
• Translate high-level performance goals into executable programs with clear ownership, milestones, and success criteria.
• Ensure optimization efforts deliver measurable improvements in performance, performance-per-watt, responsiveness, and efficiency.

Workload & Benchmark Strategy Execution

• Drive execution of SPEs workload and benchmark strategy, ensuring the right workloads are selected, analyzed, and optimized.
• Maintain rigor, credibility, and defensibility in benchmark and workload methodologies.
• Oversee teams performing:
• Root-cause analysis using profiling, tracing, and performance counters
• Correlation of benchmark behavior to real-world application performance
• Ensure all SPE outputs are explainable, actionable, and trusted by internal stakeholders and external partners.

Cross-Functional Client Impact

• Partner closely with architecture, platform, OS, power management, and product management teams.
• Ensure SPE insights directly influence:
• Client product requirements
• Platform and microarchitecture tradeoffs
• Launch readiness and competitive positioning
• Represent SPE in senior-level technical and business forums where performance outcomes materially affect decision-making.

Execution at Scale

• Build and evolve operating mechanisms to support SPE growth, including:
• Project intake and prioritization
• Resource allocation across competing initiatives
• Progress tracking and risk management
• Balance near-term delivery needs (product launches, benchmarks) with longer-term investments in tooling, methodology, and ecosystem engagement.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Software performance engineering, benchmarking, or workload analysis experience
• Deep familiarity with client platforms, including CPUs, operating systems, system software, and performance/power tradeoffs
• Proficiency in performance analysis techniques such as profiling, tracing, and hardware performance counters
• Experience working with ISVs, open-source communities, or industry benchmark organizations
• Demonstrated success scaling technical organizations during periods of growth

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• Advanced degree preferred

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

#LI-KW1

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMDs Responsible AI Policy is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.