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Qualcomm Staff Product Manager, DSP and AI Hardware in San Diego, California
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Operations Group, Operations Group > Product Management
General Summary:
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Qualcomm is seeking a product manager to manage DSP and AI hardware technology. This position is part of the team which drives Qualcomm’s Technology roadmaps.
The successful candidate will be able to build strong relationships with the DSP and AI engineering teams, scope out product and roadmap requirements based on real world use cases, align DSP and AI definition with various internal business units/product teams, and advocate Qualcomm’s DSP and AI technology with customers & media.
DESIRED SKILLS
Experience with SoC definition/execution
Familiarity with back-end implementation power, performance, and area tradeoffs
Background in processor architecture/microarchitecture
Background in customer facing role
Experience in Automotive, AR, XR, PC / Compute, or Gaming markets
Strong written and spoken communication skills with diverse audiences
Ability to lead without direct authority across organization and industry
The responsibilities of this role include:
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.
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 do not have defined steps; simultaneous use of multiple mental abilities is generally required to determine the best approach; mistakes may result in significant rework.
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.
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).
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Contributes to the creation of a differentiated technology roadmap, promotes it within team, and ensures all team members understand the roadmap
Creates and communicates messaging across the industry in AI Hardware to match technical features to market need
Completes technology development and definition activities for a highly complex product.
Conducts complex analyses to assess marketability of technology within products based on market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands.
Markets new and complex technology features through technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and drives product launch efforts.
Prepares and delivers highly complex technical presentations for new and existing products that explain and demonstrate AI and DSP technology.
Directs DSP and AI Hardware definition for products minimal supervision and communicates with individuals across functional teams.
Maintains expertise by staying up to date on competitors, technological advances, and the AI ecosystem and takes the lead on development and design innovation of products in an established area to articulate differentiation of products to customers and identify trends.
Communicates regularly within own team and cross-functional team(s) to ensure team-level understanding of product plans for a product line.
Ensures successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon technology KPIs and specifications are met for product(s), upon delivery by engineering team.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.
• 5+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
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.
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.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
10+ years Product Management or related work experience.
2+ years working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
2+ years 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 here (https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028) 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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