Qualcomm Staff Manager Marketing Strategy & Alignment 

United States, California, San Diego 

569189702

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We are seeking a highly motivated, experienced and strong Marketing leader to join Qualcomm as a Staff Manager, Marketing Strategy and Alignment. In this critical role, you will lead the Marketing strategy and alignment across Regions, Sales, Finance and Global Operations. You will lead the cross-functional Go-to-Market Council forum and work tightly with the Marketing leaders, regional leaders and cross-functional leaders to align on strategy, marketing investment priorities and maximize the return of Marketing programs across the globe.

This is an office-based position located in San Diego, CA.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Marketing investment alignment across multiple stakeholders, including Marketing, Regional Marketing, Sales, Finance, Business Units and Global Operations

• Lead the Go-to-Market Council forum across regions, businesses and funding sources; maximize the Marketing investment; drive decisions, represent Marketing’s global voice; and clearly communicate and document outcomes

• Lead quarterly business reviews on Marketing programs across key business stakeholders; link program results to overall Marketing objectives; ensure regional programs are represented in the Marketing dashboard

• Identify opportunities to drive stronger engagement across GTM Council members, drive operational excellence and effectiveness of the GTM Council and foster strong and collaborative relationships with cross-departmental council members

• Closely collaborate with key regional marketing leaders, understand their 360 Marketing plans and represent their Marketing interests at HQ

• Identify and create tools, templates, and ways of working to enable the teams to work smarter

• Over see the investment, the management and the governance of the global Marketing non-opex investments

• Assess MDF model and identify opportunities to drive greater return of MDF marketing programs; through building business cases and with tight collaboration and advocacy across Sales and Finance

• Establish framework to expand the non-opex marketing investment across businesses through building business cases and showing results

• Establish trusted relationships across Marketing team and cross-departmental stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, or related work experience.

Associate's degree or equivalent degree and 8+ years of Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, or related work experience.

High school Diploma or equivalent and 10+ years of Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, or related work experience.

*Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of budgeting, marketing investments and MDF

• 15+ years in Marketing, Strategy, or related work experience

• 10+ years working in a large matrixed organization

• 5+ years driving collaboration and alignment across Marketing, Sales, Finance

• Qualcomm knowledge a plus

• Technology knowledge a plus

Required Competencies

• Track record of leadership, driving decisions, driving change, team-building, and cross-functional influence and collaboration

• Established track record of driving results through problem solving and driving decisions under complex and competing requirements

• Demonstrated commitment and perseverance in delivering strategic outcomes

• Ability to understand a variety of business perspectives; across Marketing, Sales and Finance disciplines

• Ability to think globally, and collaborate locally within key regions, understanding critical ways of working and interdependencies between regions and HQ

• Strong communicator with ability to convey information clearly and accurately, choosing the most effective method of delivery; superior communication skills across all levels of leadership; skilled at creating executive level communication via PowerPoint to gain alignment and sell-in ideas

• Ability to create and drive the “new and different” – create and produce breakthrough ideas, being a visionary, seeing and assessing multiple possible outcomes, have a broad interest and knowledge in the business; ability to gain support and drive new ideas to fruition

• Decision making – ability to make quick, business-sound decisions; being resourceful in getting information needed to make decisions; ability to drive decisions in the absence of concrete data; ability to influence organization decisions

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, complex and matrixed environment

• Be a change agent across Marketing and key stakeholders across the company

• Organized, resourceful and planful – the ability to prioritize, get things done, work on multiple tasks, and anticipate and plan around obstacles

• Inclusive collaborator who can drive enthusiasm and advocacy across key stakeholders

• Mentoring and coaching – the ability to develop, coach and mentor associates, ability to provide development opportunities, advise, teach and guide to prepare team for success and effective job performance

• A highly motivated self-starter who can work independently

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:

$161,500.00 - $242,500.00