Staff Product Manager

    • Qualcomm Technologies
  • San Diego, CA
  • Posted 52 days ago | Updated 9 hours ago

Overview

On Site
USD 171,000.00 - 256,000.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

Policies and procedures
Product management
Product strategy
Process manufacturing
Business cases
Technical marketing
Product launch
Product development
Decision-making
Problem solving
Data Analysis
Strategic planning
Software architecture
4G
Analytical skill
Information systems
Computer science
Operations
Budget
Design
Marketing
Distribution
Roadmaps
Leadership
Evaluation
Collaboration
Management
Presentations
Communication
IMPACT
Sales
Accountability
Innovation
Articulate
KPI
Specification
Supervision
Negotiations
Creativity
WAN
Wireless communication
RF
Computer hardware
WLAN
Bluetooth
Finance
Data
Writing
Organized
Mentorship
Coaching
Network
MBA
Research and development
Recruiting
Law

Job Details

Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Operations Group, Operations Group > Product Management

General Summary:

Develops, defines, and executes plans of record, including schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, and risks.

Directs a comprehensive product strategy 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. Formulates and executes long-term roadmaps for cost/profit control. 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:
Identifies gaps in market based on complex analyses of market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands and provides this information to guide design conversations.
Leads team collaboration in the creation of business cases and validates cases for development of a new, complex product to ensure they are appropriate given business direction and asks appropriate questions to understand relevance of program to roadmap.
Markets new and complex products and technologies through technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and drives product launch efforts.
Prepares and delivers highly complex technical presentations regarding a product roadmap that explains and demonstrates products managed to customers.
Translates customer feedback and external environment into potential changes for the differentiated product roadmap and communicates this to senior leaders.
Directs and oversees the development of highly complex products or new products areas and services, independently; maintains communication with individuals across functional teams.
Completes product development and definition activities for a new or highly complex, owned product, including determination of cost and impact, and interacts with sales team to generate forecasts.
Holds self and team(s) accountable for remaining up to date on competitors, technological advances, and the product ecosystem and taking the lead on development and design innovation of new and complex products to articulate differentiation of products to customer and identify trends.
Communicates regularly with leadership following a communication plan to ensure cross-functional understanding of product plans for a product line.
Ensures successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon KPIs and specifications are met for a new, complex product(s), upon delivery by engineering team.
Collaborates with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop product goals (e.g., performance, cost, timeline, customer schedules), discuss product feasibility, and facilitate cross-functional decision making for products they own.

Level of Responsibility:
Working independently with little supervision.
Making decisions that are significant in impact; 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.
Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
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.
Exercising exceptional creativity to innovate new ideas and develop innovative products/processes without established objectives or known parameters.
Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required.
Occasionally participates in strategic planning within own area affecting immediate operations.

Experience in Modem, WAN/WiFi RF, baseband hardware platform and software architecture as it relates to 4G/5G WAN, WLAN and Bluetooth wireless systems is a plus.

Ability to parse customer feed, industry trends into product features/roadmap to drive a differentiated product strategy.

The responsibilities of this role do not include:
Financial accountability (e.g., does not involve budgeting responsibility).

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:
(All competencies below are required upon entry)
Analytical Skills - The ability to collect information and identify fundamental patterns/trends in data. This includes the ability to gather, integrate, and interpret information from several sources.
Building Trusting Relationships - The ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and rapport with different types of people and businesses. This includes delivering on commitments and maintaining confidential information, as well as being approachable, showing interest in the other person, and relating well to people regardless of personality or background.
Communication - The ability to convey information clearly and accurately, as well as choosing the most effective method of delivery (e.g., email, phone, face-to-face). This includes using a technically sound communication style both verbally and in writing.
Creating the New and Different - The ability to be creative. This includes the ability to produce breakthrough ideas, being a visionary, managing innovation, seeing multiple futures, having broad interests and knowledge, and gaining support in order to translate new ideas into solutions. This also includes the ability to plan and implement unconventional ideas and speculate about alternative futures without all of the data.
Decision Making - The ability to make quick, accurate decisions. This includes the ability to weigh alternatives and take into account the impact of the decisions on people, equipment, or other resources.
Getting Work Done - The ability to be organized, resourceful, and planful. This includes the ability to leverage multiple resources to get things done and lay out tasks in sufficient detail. This also includes the ability to get things done with fewer resources and in less time, work on multiple tasks at once without losing track, and foresee and plan around obstacles.
Mentoring and Coaching - The ability to develop, coach, and mentor associates. This includes the ability to provide development experiences and network opportunities, advise, and teach to prepare associates for effective job performance.
Product Management - The ability to direct a comprehensive product strategy from product conception and definition through end of life. This includes the ability to function 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.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.
5+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

10+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

MBA preferred

3+ 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.

Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm's toll-free number found for assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities as part of our ongoing efforts to create an accessible workplace.

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Pay range:
$171,000.00 - $256,000.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer!

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