Senior Manager, Customer Operations

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · San Jose, CA · Sales / Marketing

Senior Manager, Customer Operations leads a team responsible for managing end-to-end operational activities between AMD and its customers. This role builds and maintains strong, sustained relationships across both customer and AMD organizations at operational and management levels. Leveraging these partnerships, the Senior Manager ensures alignment of expectations, drives continuous improvement in operational processes, and effectively resolves issues related to orders, supply, delivery, forecasting, and other key operational areas. In addition, this leader manages and develops a high-performing team to achieve organizational objectives. The Senior Manager is responsible for coaching and developing employees, while also establishing and tracking performance metrics to continuously improve team effectiveness and operational outcomes.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage customer-facing team which is responsible for all operational aspects between AMD and its customer
  2. Identify and manage key internal and external strategic relationships at multiple levels of management to ensure business continuity
  3. Drive projects and processes of identified importance within the organization and provide consultative advice to management, including business partners
  4. Build consensus within team and help to remove obstacles for employees
  5. Develop self and team, provide the tools and training to achieve goals, support career planning, and to enhance the organization’s capability

Skills

Required

  • Extensive related industry experience with demonstrated semiconductor expertise
  • Substantial managerial experience
  • Strong analytical skills required, with the ability to manage cross functional dependencies

Nice to have

  • Ability to create tools using Power Query preferred
  • Solid managerial skills & project management experience
  • Possess understanding of business strategy and the ability to identify areas for process improvement
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to implement solutions
  • Ability to write executive communications
  • Strong oral and presentation skills, and can discuss operational concept with customer, management and team
  • Strong Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI skills
  • Ability to manage conflict internally and externally
  • Experience in developing and strengthening customer relationships
  • Ability to deal with uncertainty
  • Takes mentoring role providing feedback and coaching

What the JD emphasized

  • History of utilizing AI tools and driving adoption amongst team required