PC OEM Technology Partnerships Product Manager, Director

Overview

Directs a comprehensive PC OEM Technology Partnerships strategy from early technology discussions, roadmap mapping and feature definition through planning, execution and end of life. Functions as a central resource for establishing technology vision with OEM teams, influence internal IP features, product alignment and marketing messaging. Formulates and executes long-term strategies based on multiple segment needs. Promotes use of new technologies and industry-leading trends.

Directs those involved in the design, modification, and evaluation of all phases of a specific design or group of designs. Involvement lasts throughout all stages of technology planning lifecycle including early concepts, modifications, upgrades, and maintenance of the product or product line.

• 10+ years of enabling new technology and marketing messaging for PCs
• 3+ years of working in a large matrixed organization.
• 5+ years of working with PC OEMs
• 2+ years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.

• Identifies opportunities to show case Qualcomm’s PC technology on form-factor designs based on complex analyses of market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands and provides this information to guide design conversations.
• Leads team collaboration in the creation of new use cases and validates cases for development of a new, complex features to ensure they are appropriate given business direction
• Develops plans for marketing and demo of such designs and technologies through technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and drives product launch efforts.
• Prepares and delivers highly complex technical presentations regarding new technology vision that explains and demonstrates Qualcomm PC product value prop to customers.
• Translates customer feedback and external environment into potential changes for the differentiated technology planning strategy and communicates this to senior leaders.
• Completes product development and definition activities for a new or highly complex, owned product, including determination of cost and impact, and interacts with sales team to generate forecasts.
• Holds self and team(s) accountable for remaining up to date on competitors, technological advances, and the product ecosystem and taking the lead on development and design innovation of new and complex products to articulate differentiation of products to customer and identify trends.
• Communicates regularly with leadership following a communication plan to ensure cross-functional understanding of product plans for a product line.
• Ensures successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon KPIs and specifications are met for a new, complex product(s), upon delivery by engineering team.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop product goals (e.g., performance, cost, timeline, customer schedules), discuss product feasibility, and facilitate cross-functional decision making for products they own.

• Working independently with little supervision.
• Making decisions that are significant in impact; errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results; errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds to correct.
• Using verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. May require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.
• Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
• Completing tasks that require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; tasks require simultaneously executing multiple cognitive abilities and maintaining information in short- or long-term memory.
• Exercising exceptional creativity to innovate new ideas and develop innovative products/processes without established objectives or known parameters.
• Using deductive and…