Director Legal, Global Procurement and Strategic Sourcing

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from 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, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving 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  AMD is looking for a business-minded commercial attorney to lead the legal team supporting the Global Procurement and Global Operations organizations. In this role, you and your team will be responsible for agreements used to secure the components, materials, manufacturing services, capacity commitments, and resources that support AMD’s end-to-end portfolio of semiconductor products and platforms. You will partner closely with Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Technology and Business Unit teams to turn complex business arrangements into clear, practical, and executable contracts. This is a high-visibility role requiring strong judgment, commercial pragmatism, and the ability to balance risk with the speed of the business.    THE PERSON  You are a confident, practical deal lawyer with significant buy-side experience negotiating agreements for physical goods, software, components, manufacturing, capacity, and infrastructure, with strength in direct procurement and strategic supply arrangements. You bring strong business judgment, executive presence, and the ability to stay organized and effective under pressure. You bring extensive experience in managing a team of high-performing attorneys and paralegals and scaling teams and processes.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  • Scale, lead and develop a high-performing legal procurement team overseeing the attorneys and paralegals who structure, draft and negotiate commercial procurement transactions including: • Direct procurement transactions, including components, materials, assemblies, contract manufacturing, manufacturing services, and product purchase agreements. • Strategic capacity reservation and supply assurance transactions, including multi-year commitments, capacity reservations, prepayment arrangements, and single-source/sole-source supply structures. • Major indirect procurement, technology, licensing, and other commercial agreements. • Advise senior leaders on deal strategy, risk, and execution, and independently lead high-impact matters. • Continuously improve procurement of contracting processes and procedures to scale with the growth of the company. • Develop templates, playbooks, and practical contracting approaches that help the legal team support the business with speed, consistency, and sound risk management. • Leverage AI resources to increase efficiency and productivity.  PREFERRED EXPERIENCE  • Significant experience managing a high-performing team of legal professionals • Experience improving processes in a fast paced and growing environment • Significant commercial legal experience leading complex, high-value transactions independently. • Hands-on direct buy-side procurement experience, including direct negotiating the purchase of components, materials, assemblies, manufacturing services, or other goods and services that support a product, not only IT, software, or general services. • Strategic capacity reservation and supply assurance experience, including multi-year commitments, capacity reservations, prepayment arrangements, and single-source/sole-source supply structures. • Experience in semiconductors, hardware, cloud, data center, contract manufacturing, ODM, or foundry environments is a plus, along with strong leadership, negotiation, and communication skills.  ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS  • J.D. or LL.B. from an accredited law school. • Active membership in good standing with a state bar.  LOCATION  • Austin, Texas #LI-SD1 #LI-Hybrid This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. 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. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here. This posting is for an existing vacancy. THE ROLE  AMD is looking for a business-minded commercial attorney to lead the legal team supporting the Global Procurement and Global Operations organizations. In this role, you and your team will be responsible for agreements used to secure the components, materials, manufacturing services, capacity commitments, and resources that support AMD’s end-to-end portfolio of semiconductor products and platforms. You will partner closely with Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Technology and Business Unit teams to turn complex business arrangements into clear, practical, and executable contracts. This is a high-visibility role requiring strong judgment, commercial pragmatism, and the ability to balance risk with the speed of the business.    THE PERSON  You are a confident, practical deal lawyer with significant buy-side experience negotiating agreements for physical goods, software, components, manufacturing, capacity, and infrastructure, with strength in direct procurement and strategic supply arrangements. You bring strong business judgment, executive presence, and the ability to stay organized and effective under pressure. You bring extensive experience in managing a team of high-performing attorneys and paralegals and scaling teams and processes.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  • Scale, lead and develop a high-performing legal procurement team overseeing the attorneys and paralegals who structure, draft and negotiate commercial procurement transactions including: • Direct procurement transactions, including components, materials, assemblies, contract manufacturing, manufacturing services, and product purchase agreements. • Strategic capacity reservation and supply assurance transactions, including multi-year commitments, capacity reservations, prepayment arrangements, and single-source/sole-source supply structures. • Major indirect procurement, technology, licensing, and other commercial agreements. • Advise senior leaders on deal strategy, risk, and execution, and independently lead high-impact matters. • Continuously improve procurement of contracting processes and procedures to scale with the growth of the company. • Develop templates, playbooks, and practical contracting approaches that help the legal team support the business with speed, consistency, and sound risk management. • Leverage AI resources to increase efficiency and productivity.  PREFERRED EXPERIENCE  • Significant experience managing a high-performing team of legal professionals • Experience improving processes in a fast paced and growing environment • Significant commercial legal experience leading complex, high-value transactions independently. • Hands-on direct buy-side procurement experience, including direct negotiating the purchase of components, materials, assemblies, manufacturing services, or other goods and services that support a product, not only IT, software, or general services. • Strategic capacity reservation and supply assurance experience, including multi-year commitments, capacity reservations, prepayment arrangements, and single-source/sole-source supply structures. • Experience in semiconductors, hardware, cloud, data center, contract manufacturing, ODM, or foundry environments is a plus, along with strong leadership, negotiation, and communication skills.  ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS  • J.D. or LL.B. from an accredited law school. • Active membership in good standing with a state bar.  LOCATION  • Austin, Texas #LI-SD1 #LI-Hybrid This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. 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. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here. This posting is for an existing vacancy.