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Sr. Event Operations Lead

AMD· Sales / Marketing
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Hybrid (Santa Clara, CA)$158k - $237kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior event operations leader responsible for operational strategy and delivery of AMD’s flagship events, with a focus on Advancing AI. Leads cross-functional teams, manages budgets, risk, and on-site execution for high-profile events.

Responsibilities

  • Own the operational strategy and end-to-end delivery of assigned flagship and highly complex events, translating event objectives, experience requirements, and audience needs into comprehensive operational plans.
  • Serve as the senior operational lead for Advancing AI, partnering with the AAI program owner and functional teams to develop and deliver the operating model required for AMD’s global flagship.
  • Serve as a strategic operating partner during event development, assessing feasibility, identifying implications and trade-offs, and recommending approaches that balance experience ambition, budget, timeline, risk, and operational requirements.
  • Lead operational planning across venue, production integration, registration, attendee flow, staffing, F&B, security, transportation, logistics, signage, accessibility, and other event requirements.
  • Lead large, multi-disciplinary delivery teams across Event Operations Managers, Coordinators, agencies, venues, production partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders, establishing clear accountability and driving execution across interconnected workstreams.
  • Provide senior leadership across operational agencies, venues, production partners, and suppliers, ensuring scopes, resources, timelines, and performance expectations support successful delivery.
  • Develop and manage significant operational budgets, forecasts, scope decisions, and financial trade-offs for assigned programs.
  • Establish and lead comprehensive readiness processes, ensuring operational workstreams, dependencies, escalation paths, contingency plans, and decision points are aligned ahead of live delivery.
  • Anticipate complex operational, financial, safety, reputational, and execution risks and develop mitigation and contingency strategies appropriate for high-profile programs.
  • Lead the onsite operational command structure for assigned events, coordinating teams and resources and providing senior decision-making and escalation leadership in live environments.
  • Communicate effectively with senior and executive stakeholders on operational strategy, readiness, risks, trade-offs, and critical decisions.
  • Partner with Proprietary Events, Event Marketing, Content & Programming, Event Technology Operations, Demo Experiences, Strategic Partnerships & Sponsorships, Communications, and other teams to ensure operational plans support the integrated event experience.
  • Identify new approaches, contribute to operational standards and best practices, and apply lessons from complex programs across the broader portfolio.
  • Provide program-level leadership, coaching, and mentorship to Event Operations Leads, Managers, and Coordinators, helping strengthen operational capability across the organization without direct people management responsibility.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Event Management, Marketing, Communications, Business, Hospitality, or a related field preferred.

Skills

Required:Operational strategyBudget managementRisk managementStakeholder management
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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