Program Manager

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area: Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group >
Program Management

Qualcomm is committed to transforming industries and enhancing quality of life through technological innovation, advancing toward a more intelligent and interconnected world. In the position of Qualcomm Staff Program Manager, you will oversee multifaceted programs from initiation to completion, ensuring stakeholder alignment and maintaining rigorous execution standards. This role demands advanced technical expertise, strategic planning capabilities, and proficiency in managing several interconnected projects concurrently.

• Excellent opportunity to work on the latest cutting‑edge software, hardware technologies
• Drive requirements scoping, analysis and planning including interdependencies, staffing constraints and schedule optimization across multiple tech teams
• Establish clear Plan of Record commitment and drive prioritization
• Strong technical understanding of SW deliverables and risk management/risk mitigation
• Establish rigorous execution discipline & communications process: risk management, mitigation, tracking, schedule trends vs baseline, recovery actions, executive reporting & stakeholder communications
• Develop program indicators to manage program health including quality and timelines
• Partner with other functional areas to establish critical processes to support disciplined product development and decision making and to ensure quality. Coordination across multiple development sites may be required
• Develop and establish strong processes that streamline the development cycle and help integrate multiple plans, dependencies and deliverables effectively
• Develop metrics driven dashboards/structures/boards in JIRA to track program health and team execution towards programs

• 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 inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required.

• Experience and domain knowledge of Semiconductors/Embedded SW is a must
• 8+ years of experience in a combination of Software product development and program management in semiconductor/SW industry
• Experience with end‑to‑end product integration
• Experience managing software products through entire development life cycle

• Master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science or related field
• PMP Certification and/or Agile Certification
• 10+ years Agile Program Management experience or related work experience.
• 2+ years’ experience with agile program management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• 5+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• 3+ years’ experience working in a large matrixed organization.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of Program Management or related work experience.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If…