Qualcomm Sales Director - Compute Business 

Japan, Tokyo 

603546325

Skills/Experience

• 20+ years of sales, product management or business development of complex technology products in compute businesses with knowledge of global dynamics of OEM, OS Partners, and Retailers

• Extensive experience in developing relationships in large, complex organizations globally.

• Managed to sales targets and goals.

• Experience in selling components and solutions to PC OEM’s

• Understand the complexity of the compute and cellular industries.

• Understand technically complex products and experience in how to position these to a broad audience.

• Strategic account management expertise, the ability to manage change and the desire to operate effectively across organizations and customers.

• Experience in design win and region sell-through partnerships with PC OEMs.

• Experience in sell-through, sell-out, and go-to-market with OEM regions and channel partners in Japan.

• Deep knowledge and experience in building complex financial models that create win/win situations for Qualcomm and our customers.

• Ability to identify emerging opportunities and proactively engage in pre-sales activity.

• Expert technical understanding and hands-on experience in mobile and PC technology including being first line of defense for technical and product issues.

• Proficient and detailed understanding of supply chain, product development and marketing of compute products such as notebooks, Chromebooks, and tablets

• Experience in negotiating and managing MDF, NRE and component pricing with large consumer electronic OEMs and retailers.

• Ability to communicate, educate and evangelize both internally and externally.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

• Creative problem solving with strong analytical skills.

• Self-motivated and result-driven.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 20+ years of sales, business development, product development or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 20 years in sales, business development, product management or related work experience

• 3+ years in a leadership role

• Master’s degree in business or technology preferred.

• 20+ years in product marketing, sales, or product management in the PC industry

In addition to experience, the successful candidate will have demonstrated competencies in the following areas:

• Technical leadership: Leverages technical, professional, and domain-specific knowledge in software product management to achieve strategic and multi-faceted results, attract talent, translate complexity and to captivate stakeholders. This includes providing significant contributions to company and industry knowledge.

• Building Collaborative Relationships: Serves as a role model for building connections across the company. Facilitates the creation of lasting partnerships that foster collaboration and strategic initiatives.

• Team Leadership: Identifies, develops, and retains talented individuals; grows current and future leaders; creates an inclusive environment that ensures all individuals reach their highest potential, thereby allowing Qualcomm to meet future challenges.

• Communication: Inspires trust through transparency. Expertly adapts style to audience and situations to maximize understanding and impact. Communicates technical concepts concisely and clearly.

• Creativity & Innovation: Inspires a creative culture that anticipates change, proactively considers the customer’s perspective, and constantly reinvents itself as it seeks out new ideas, products, and processes.

• Decision Making: Ability to focus on the key drivers of a decision and think through the downstream consequences of various options. Considers enterprise-wide implications, strategic alignment, and the broader marketplace when making decisions. Decisions have significant financial impact, influence customer strategy, are always aligned with Qualcomm's Code of Business Conduct, and expand or change the broader strategic plan.

• Results Orientation: Builds commitment and enthusiasm to meet deadlines and achieve regional goals within the Company’s complex business operations. Inspires a culture of exceptional performance and ethical behavior to ensure that strategic focus areas are executed and deliver significant results for the Company.

• Strategic Leadership: Navigates high levels of complexity to develop strategies that reflect an enterprise-wide perspective while driving competitive advantage and producing value; takes calculated risk to impact potential return.

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.