Sr. Event Operations Lead

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We are seeking an experienced and strategic  Senior Event Operations Lead to lead the operational strategy and delivery of AMD’s most complex and strategically significant events, with primary responsibility for Advancing AI, AMD’s global flagship event.   This role will serve as the senior operational partner to event portfolio and program leaders, translating ambitious event strategies into comprehensive, executable delivery plans. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in large-scale event operations, production integration, agency and vendor management, financial management, and risk mitigation, while providing leadership across complex, multi-disciplinary teams through influence and collaboration.   This is a senior individual contributor role for an event operations leader who can operate with significant autonomy, navigate executive-level complexity, and shape the operational approach for AMD’s highest-profile experiences.   THE PERSON You are an experienced event operations professional who thrives in high-visibility, complex environments where strategic thinking and flawless execution are equally important. You bring deep expertise in operational planning, risk management, budget oversight, and cross-functional leadership, along with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization. You are skilled at translating ambitious ideas into executable plans, navigating competing priorities, and leading teams through complexity while maintaining a focus on delivering exceptional event experiences.

Strategic Event Operations: 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. Advancing AI Operational Leadership: 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. Operational Strategy & Feasibility: 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. Integrated Operations Planning: Lead operational planning across venue, production integration, registration, attendee flow, staffing, F&B, security, transportation, logistics, signage, accessibility, and other event requirements. Complex Program Leadership: 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. Agency & Vendor Leadership: Provide senior leadership across operational agencies, venues, production partners, and suppliers, ensuring scopes, resources, timelines, and performance expectations support successful delivery. Budget & Investment Management: Develop and manage significant operational budgets, forecasts, scope decisions, and financial trade-offs for assigned programs. Operational Readiness: Establish and lead comprehensive readiness processes, ensuring operational workstreams, dependencies, escalation paths, contingency plans,