Program Manager – Portfolio/IP Development

Program Manager – Portfolio/IP Development

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

General Summary
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing operation and program management support to our Architecture/Portfolio/IP development team including the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Manage Architecture portfolio end to end across BUs: from conception, product requirements to mature hardware/firmware solutions with the objective to deliver high quality products within schedule and cost.
• Drive the program management framework (scope, planning, cost) and portfolio execution by developing and maintaining program master schedules and milestones, budgets, work plans and resource requirements.
• Organize and lead interdepartmental meetings to set project milestones/schedules, plans of records, define project tasks, establish program policies and processes.
• Troubleshoot program issues and help to develop alternative program tasks, schedules, milestones, resource plans, processes etc. to resolve program issues and conflicts.
• Develop engineering-based performance indicators/metrics geared towards risk identification, assessment, quantification.
• Determine risks, develop mitigation strategies and communicate information to internal and external key stakeholders. Proactively drive and solve problems to solutions.
• Roll-up and report regularly to senior management/executives on key development milestones, budget, metrics, risks and mitigation plans.
• Establish routine update & communication process: update status, trends vs. baseline, risk management, mitigation and recovery actions.
• Direct roadmap quotation and PPM activities encompassing scope, PPA, resource gap analysis, planning and cost projections.
• Manage budget allocation and on-boarding process with Finance / Human Resources.
• Charter focus on architecture phase and spec alignment with IP development team.
• Take an active role in innovating and improving the current program management metrics and processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years Program Management experience or related work experience.
• 5+ years working with operating budgets, resources, and/or project financials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Self-motivated Program Manager with excellent project management and organizational skills to deliver high quality output in a timely manner.
• Strong people, technical and analytical skills, superb written and oral communication, and ability to operate in team environments.
• Technical domain expertise in all aspects of VLSI, hardware/software development cycle.
• Strong IP core design & debug background along with people management skills. Responsibilities include project management of IP team working on multiple programs.
• Primary role is relationship building, negotiating, and problem solving across functional groups to achieve time to market for security technologies. Ability to influence design methodology.
• Help coordinate and support methodology deployment, and plan future IP development initiatives.
• Proven experience in a technical and/or program management role with regular lead-level communication.
• Experience in process HW development with data-driven decision support.
• Proven skills: communication, negotiation, motivation, and resolving difficult situations.
• Computer proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project.
• Program management certification preferred (PMP or equivalent).

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor’s, with related fields including Business Administration, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.

Preferred: Master’s, with related fields including Business Administration, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.

Additional Qualifications

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

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Pay Range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $126,400.00 - $189,600.00. The pay range is a broad minimum to maximum for this job code/location. Salary is one component of total compensation, which also includes bonus opportunities and RSU grants. Benefits details available from the recruiter.

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Seniority level: Not Applicable • Employment type: Full-time • Job function: Other • Industries: Telecommunications

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