Qualcomm Central Program Management TPE – AI/ML Software Manager 

United States, California, San Diego 

2414747

Job Area:

Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group > Program Management

Key Responsibilities:

• Build strong technical and program understanding to develop key insights and influence.

• Drive and deliver overall program alignment and execution across multiple technologies.

• Understand requirements priority and drive scoping and planning, including interdependencies, staffing constraints, and schedule optimization across multiple tech teams.

• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to establish clear Plan of Records commitments and enable prioritization.

• Establish rigorous execution discipline and communication processes, including risk management, mitigation, tracking, schedule trends vs. baseline, recovery actions, and executive reporting.

• Develop program indicators to manage program health, including quality and timelines.

• Develop and establish strong processes that streamline the development cycle and integrate multiple plans, dependencies, and deliverables effectively.

• Manage customer and stakeholder expectations, channel requirements to respective development teams, and drive consensus on development schedules, plans, and processes.

• Use verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information to multiple audiences, requiring strong negotiation and alignment skills.

• Work independently with little supervision.

Skills and Experience:

• Strong technical understanding of AI/ML software technology and deliverables.

• Working knowledge of software development principles and the mobile/embedded industry.

• 5 to 10 years of experience in a combination of software product development and software program management in the embedded software industry.

• Experience with multiple software technology development and end-to-end product integration.

• Experience managing software products through the entire software development life cycle, including risk management.

Educational Requirements:

• Required: Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering.

• Preferred: Master's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Business Administration

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

• 4+ years of Program Management or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

• PMP Certification.

• 7+ years of Program Management or related work experience.

• 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).

• 2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.

• 2+ years of experience with program management tools such as dashboards, Gantt charts, etc.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range:

$147,000.00 - $221,000.00