Director Operations - Dc GPU

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA · Manufacturing

This role provides business oversight for cloud service provider (CSP) and data center (DC) capacity within AMD's Data Center GPU business, focusing on transforming the AI and HPC landscape. Responsibilities include leading cluster acceptance, managing backstop capacity, aligning contracts with operational execution, and coordinating across Finance, Business Development, and Customer Engineering to synchronize plans and outcomes. The role also involves team building as the business scales.

What you'd actually do

  1. Overall business oversight of CSP and DC capacity
  2. Cluster acceptance management
  3. Backstop capacity management
  4. Contract alignment
  5. Coordinate with Finance, Business Development, and Customer Engineering

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 12+ years in business operations, program management, cloud/data center customer programs, or similar, with repeated cross-functional delivery involving customers and financial outcomes.
  • Strong stakeholder leadership and structured operating rhythm (cadence, metrics, escalation); excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Comfort operating at the intersection of capacity/deployment execution, commercial/contract context, and financial planning (you may partner with specialists but must drive coherence).

Nice to have

  • Experience with hyperscaler/CSP models, GPU/AI cluster deployments, or large-scale data center programs.
  • Familiarity with forecasting cycles (e.g., in-quarter and annual planning interfaces).
  • Prior people leadership or sustained matrix/program leadership; credible path to building a small team.

What the JD emphasized

  • GPU/AI cluster deployments