Qualcomm SR Director Product management AI 

United States, California 

242994715

Job Area:

Operations Group, Operations Group > Product Management

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

• 12+ years of Product Management or related work experience. Solid understanding of machine learning (ML) models and inferencing techniques on CPU, GPU or NPU – deep neural networks vision models such as Resnet50, MobileNetv3, Yolov3, DeepLabv3, ESRGAN, and Gen AI models such as Stable Diffusion, Llama2 etc. Implementation trade offs- model size, performance, accuracy/quality, power. Quantization techniques (pre and post), float/integer precision trade offs. Understanding of Windows APIs for machine learning and prior experience in the field.

Job Description

Directs a comprehensive product strategy with emphasis on h/w & s/w capabilities for artificial intelligence (AI) from product conception and definition through end of life. Functions as a central resource with design, process, manufacturing, quality, test, marketing, and distribution as the product(s) and/or product line(s) move through their lifecycle. Promotes use of new technologies and industry-leading trends. Directs those involved in the design, modification, and evaluation of all phases of a specific product or group of products. Involvement lasts throughout all stages of a product’s lifecycle including modifications, upgrades, and maintenance of the product or product line.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews identified gaps in market based on complex analyses of overall ecosystem demands and makes portfolio decisions on how these gaps impact product roadmaps.

• Validates business cases and determines relevance to organizational strategy; contributes to the creation of the product roadmap to advance organizational strategy and goals.

• Drives portfolio launch strategies and identifies technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and ensures successful product launch.

• Reviews, prepares, and delivers technical presentations regarding product roadmaps, RFPs, and/or proposals to demonstrate and market product portfolios to customers and/or prospective customers, and integrates customer feedback into project roadmaps.

• Serves as the authority in the creation of a differentiated roadmap for a product portfolio, facilitates decision making between cross-functional leaders, and achieves buy-in from internal and external stakeholders.

• Drives cross-functional conversations around the development of a product portfolio that meets customer needs and aligns with product roadmaps.

• Reviews development and definition activities for multiple new and emerging technology product portfolios including determination of cost and impact, and continually reviews ROI of specific products.

• Establishes long-term portfolio innovation strategy, product roadmaps, and IP strategies while identifying gaps and maintaining the best interest of customers and alignment to the product roadmap.

• Drives communication plan and communicates appropriately with internal customers, third-party vendors, and senior management to build relationships, ensure alignment and buy-in, and achieve product goals as well as manage any planned changes.

• Drives effective cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that Engineering and other internal partners (i.e., program management) meet customer expectations, promised deadlines, and align with overall roadmap for product portfolio(s).

• Translates customer needs, product roadmaps, and organizational strategy into successful product portfolios and facilitates decisions necessary for product delivery by partnering with cross-functional leaders.

Level of Responsibility:

• Working independently with no supervision.

• Making decisions that are significant in impact, influencing overall program or project success, finances, and/or the ability to meet objectives; 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.

• Responsible to ensure budgets, schedules, and performance standards for functional areas and organization are realistically set and attained. Erroneous decisions, failure to achieve objectives results in significant long-term impact on the company's overall success.

• Having a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that have substantial impact on the organization).

• 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.

• Regularly determines what needs to be done and is involved with sharing innovative solutions to achieve broad policies and objectives.

• Working on abstract problems in variable situations that typically require complex analysis, interpretation, or evaluation of intangible factors. Directs the resolution of complex problems that have impact beyond own area. Participates in corporate development of methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people.

• Develops, redesigns organizational strategies and provides overall direction for various functional areas and/or entire organization. Has influence over the formulation and achievement of long-term business plans and objectives

Minimum Qualifications:

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

• 10+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

· 10+ years of product management or development experience in x86/Windows ecosystem, product development process, release cadence and geo specific partners. Hands on knowledge of one or more – drivers, compilers, low level firmware, middleware, CPU, GPU, codec related software, perf profiling etc. In depth understanding of consumer, commercial, gaming software products, APIs, use cases, user experience, performance/power consumption etc. Direct experience with OEMs, ODMs, OS vendors, ISVs, benchmarking companies, open source packages, and tech press engagement for new product development, launches, and product sustenance.

· Solid understanding of machine learning (ML) models and inferencing techniques on CPU, GPU or NPU – deep neural networks vision models such as Resnet50, MobileNetv3, Yolov3, DeepLabv3, ESRGAN, and Gen AI models such as Stable Diffusion, Llama2 etc. Implementation trade offs- model size, performance, accuracy/quality, power. Quantization techniques (pre and post), float/integer precision trade offs. Understanding of Windows APIs for machine learning and prior experience in the field.

· 15+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

• 4+ years of working in a large matrixed organization.

• 2+ years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.

• 2+ years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.

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:

$213,000.00 - $319,000.00