Director Corporate Strategy Partnerships and Ecosystem - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Originally posted 27 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves defining and shaping AMD’s long-term strategic direction across dynamic segments in technology, working at the intersection of technology, strategy, partnerships, and investment evaluation.
What you'll do
- Partner with the CTO Office, engineering, and business leaders to evaluate competitive position and assess product roadmaps against emerging technology and market trends.
- Develop strategic recommendations that address competitive, business, and technology gaps across CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, networking, and adjacent markets.
- Analyze market, technical, financial, and customer data to generate insights that support executive decision-making and strategic planning.
- Drive strategic assessments of emerging industry trends and recommend actions that strengthen AMD’s long-term market position.
- Identify new growth opportunities, evaluate market adjacencies, and develop market-entry strategies.
- Lead and support partnership, investment, corporate development, and M&A-related activities.
What you'll need
- Experience developing and executing corporate strategy initiatives within the semiconductor, technology, computing, AI, cloud, or adjacent industries.
- Strong technical foundation with the ability to engage on technology architectures, product roadmaps, and engineering investment priorities.
- Experience conducting market analysis, competitive intelligence, technology forecasting, and strategic planning.
- Demonstrated ability to transform complex technical and business analyses into actionable strategic recommendations for executive audiences.
- Strong financial analysis, business modeling, forecasting, and valuation capabilities.
- Experience developing executive presentations and communicating effectively with senior leadership teams.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of total addressable market (TAM) methodologies, portfolio planning, and long-range planning processes.
- Exposure to corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, strategic investments, ecosystem partnerships, or innovation programs.
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, product management, finance, and executive stakeholders.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and data-driven decision-making methodologies.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Advanced degree such as an MBA, MS, or similar graduate-level credential.
- Combination of technical and business education.
Skills: corporate strategy, market opportunities, strategic planning, product roadmaps, AI accelerators
This role has been open 49 days — slightly above the 43-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
38
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Median days open
43 d
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Median salary
$228k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (38 roles · 16 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 38 |
| Median days open | 20 d | 43 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $228k |
Skills observed across this category: corporate strategy, market opportunities, strategic planning, product roadmaps, AI accelerators
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD (this employer) · 9 open roles · median 19 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 44 d
- GlobalFoundries · 4 open roles · median 31 d
- Intel Corporation · 2 open roles · median 37 d
- NVIDIA · 2 open roles · median 117 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 2 open roles · median 78 d
How we counted: 38 open Product Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 16 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.