Director, Product Management - San Diego, United States - Qualcomm

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Qualcomm
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San Diego, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.


Job Area:
Operations Group, Operations Group > Product Management


General Summary:

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.


Minimum Qualifications:


  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.
  • 8+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:


  • 15+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
  • 4+ 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.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:


  • Reviews identified gaps in market based on complex analyses of overall ecosystem demands and makes portfolio decisions on how these gaps impact product roadmaps.
  • Validates business cases based on a thorough understanding of internal and external influences and assists in determining product development that advances the roadmap.
  • Drives product line launch strategies for new products and technologies through technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and ensures successful product launch.
  • Prepares and delivers highly complex and highstakes technical presentations regarding product roadmaps that explain and demonstrate products to customers, and integrates customer feedback into project roadmaps.
  • Monitors the market to validate product roadmaps and translates these into changes and adjustments for the roadmap.
  • Oversees the development of multiple, complex products and ensures crossfunctional communication of product development goals. Ensures products and roadmap are differentiated using input from customers, market, competitors, and technology advancements.
  • Reviews development and definition activities for multiple new and emerging technology product portfolios including determination of cost and impact, and continually reviews ROI of specific products.
  • Drives the development of longterm innovation strategies for products and drives IP strategies while maintaining the best interest of customers and alignment to the product roadmap.
  • Communicates regularly with internal customers, thirdparty vendors, and senior management to establish needs and goals, and executes communication/change management plan for stakeholders, management, and executives.
  • Oversees successful crossfunctional collaboration by ensuring the completion of milestones by Engineering team and other internal partners (i.e., program management) ensuring the completed work aligns with roadmap for a product line(s).
  • Collaborates with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop product goals (e.g., performance, cost, timeline, customer schedules), discuss product feasibility, and facilitate crossfunctional decision making for product lines.

Level of Responsibility:


  • Working independently with no supervision.
  • Making decisions that are significant in impact, influencing overall program or project success, finances, and/or the ability to meet objectives; 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. Role may require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or highlevel constituents.
  • Some financial accountability (e.g., manages a small budget, has input into P&L).
  • Having a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that have substantial impact on the organization).
  • 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.

  • Regularly determines what needs to be done and is involved with sharing innovative solutions to achieve broad policies and objectives.
  • Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often inf
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