Qualcomm Sr Program Manager 

United States, California, San Diego 

623956221

Job Area:

Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group > Program Management

The Program Manager applies a strong understanding of project planning methods to develop, define, and execute plans of record including schedules, resources, deliverables, and risks. This role monitors and drives programs from initiation through delivery, interfacing with internal and external stakeholders across functions, monitors budget, allocates resources for on-time delivery and achievement of program milestones, and represents programs and drives alignment across stakeholders.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop goals, set prioritization of deliverables, and discuss necessary priorities and stakeholder needs.

• Manage and take responsibility for programs by applying up-to-date program management knowledge to meet deadlines.

• Develop and manage the execution of the program Plan of Record (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope) including schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization.

• Track and manage all key metrics and identifying deviations from Plan of Record, escalating issues in a timely manner and proposing corrective actions.

• Manage and prioritize the work of the program team by establishing schedules, task assignments, and tracking tasks of team members.

• Identifying program issues and risks and creating risk mitigation plans and updating the risk tracker.

• Promoting program vision and objectives and ensuring program objectives are met or exceeded.

• Supporting the adoption of processes by applying best practices and identifying and recommending process improvement opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

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

• 1+ year of working with operating budgets, resources, and/or project financials.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years Program Management experience or equivalent

• Firmware development or Firmware Program management experience

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

• 1+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) / Project Management Institute (PMI) Cerification.

• Demonstrated proficiency with project planning tools and current methodologies.

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:

$120,000.00 - $180,000.00