Director, Rack Planning Job Listing at AMD in Austin, TX (Job ID 94499-en-us)

Description

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THE ROLE:

Join Supply Chain Operations in Austin, TX and help bring AMD's next-generation rack-scale AI infrastructure platforms to market. As Director, Rack Planning, you will own end-to-end supply planning for new rack product introductions (NPI), from early engineering builds through production ramp. You will partner with AMD Business Units, rack architects, Procurement, rack manufacturers / system integrators to provision capacity and supply to support AMD R&D and external customers. You will own assessment of rack demand inputs, clear-to-build (CTB) material readiness, and factory capacity and throughput, and you will serve as the central source of rack supply commitments for new platforms.

THE PERSON:

You are analytical and action-oriented, and you work well at pace in the ambiguity of a fast-changing NPI design environment. You turn evolving demand signals into executable plans, align cross-functional partners, and drive closure with external manufacturers. You translate constraints into clear options for senior leaders and build high-performing teams. Ability to interpret complex technical inputs, including BOM structure, engineering changes, material readiness, and factory constraints, and to connect demand signals to supply plans across short-, mid-, and long-range horizons. Proven ability to influence cross-functional partners, suppliers, and manufacturers in a highly matrixed organization, and to communicate decision-ready options and risks to VP-level leaders

Success Measures

• New product ramp success and on-time NPI build milestones
• CTB execution and rack supply commitment accuracy
• On-time delivery and revenue attainment
• Supply and capacity readiness across ODMs and system integrators
• Executive stakeholder satisfaction

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Next-Generation Rack NPI Supply Readiness

• Lead NPI supply planning for next-generation AMD rack platforms through engineering, validation, and production ramp phases. Adapt plans as engineering changes, factory cut-ins, supplier lead times, and product improvements occur.
• Translate Business Unit demand signals into technically executable rack-level supply plans across ODMs, system integrators, suppliers, AMD procurement, engineering, and program teams.
• Partner with rack architects, system engineers, BOM owners, and technical program managers early in the design cycle to resolve supply blockers through design-for-supply decisions.
• Use Agile BOM fluency to assess supply risk across 150+ unique part numbers, including AMD-consigned and supplier-controlled parts. Drive closure on BOM readiness, alternates, and supplier enablement, and turn Clear To Build (CTB) analyses into build priorities and escalation plans for each NPI build phase.
• Secure rack supply commitments from ODMs based on verified CTB, and drive allocation of constrained AMD components across internal and external NPI builds to protect revenue and program milestones.

Demand-to-Supply Planning and Factory Execution

• Maintain and publish a consolidated demand-to-supply view across the S&OP horizon that connects demand, build and ship plans, CTB, factory capacity, engineering changes, and revenue risk.
• Compare AMD forecasts with customer order coverage and material readiness, and highlight gaps, technical constraints, and timing risks.
• Direct rack manufacturers and system integrators on capacity, throughput, build priorities, material shortages, test enablement, yield, and cycle time, and hold them accountable for delivering on their commitments.
• Coordinate simultaneous NPI ramps across multiple system integrators, and prepare planning processes for future ODM and system integrator expansion.
• Lead daily and weekly operating cadences to close supply gaps and align partners on recovery actions.

Planning Leadership, Governance, and Executive Decision Support

• Build, lead, and develop a rack planning team and a strong talent pipeline.
• Own a rack planning strategy that keeps product roadmaps, capacity, and execution readiness aligned with Supply Chain priorities.
• Set planning parameters, KPIs, and governance forums for on-time delivery, revenue attainment, and build schedule stability.
• Anticipate risks and misalignment before they escalate, and turn complex, ambiguous data into decision-ready materials for executive reviews.
• Work with Supply Chain Transformation to build new planning capabilities, including supplier data feeds and parallel MRP/CTB modeling in tools such as Kinaxis.

Ecosystem Readiness and Supply Assurance for New Platforms

• Partner with Manufacturing Strategy & Procurement to turn next-generation rack roadmaps into supplier capacity requirements across compute, networking, optics, power, mechanicals, cooling, and storage, and inform capacity reservations and supplier investments.
• Identify and help mitigate sole-source, geographic concentration, and supplier continuity risks for new rack components.
• Partner with Supplier Quality and Manufacturing to confirm that ODM, EMS, and component suppliers are ready for high-volume production ramps.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

Experience in technical supply chain, NPI, engineering program management, or manufacturing operations within semiconductor, technology, or advanced manufacturing, including people leadership and leading NPI supply readiness for rack-scale systems, data center hardware, or AI infrastructure, with familiarity across the optics, networking, power, and cooling supplier ecosystem.

• Hands-on familiarity with Agile BOM processes, engineering change control, CTB analysis, and material shortage resolution.
• Experience with ODMs, contract manufacturers, or system integrators, including capacity planning, test readiness, and delivery commitments.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP tools and strong Excel skills. Experience with Power BI or Kinaxis is a plus.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related field is preferred. An MBA or other advanced degree is plus.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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