Overview

Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Operations Group, Operations Group > Product Management

Job Overview:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age – and this is where you come in.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Directs a comprehensive security 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 security technologies and industry-leading trends. Directs those involved in the design, modification, and evaluation of all phases of a specific security technology/IP/activity. Involvement lasts throughout all stages of a product’s lifecycle including modifications, upgrades, and maintenance of the product or product line.

The responsibilities of this role include:

+ Ability to work independently.

+ Making recommendations 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.

The responsibilities of this role do not include:

+ Financial accountability (e.g., does not involve budgeting responsibility).

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Identifies security related gaps in market based on complex analyses of market, customer, security technology, and other ecosystem demands.

+ Leads team collaboration in the creation of security business cases and validates cases for development of a new, complex security IP/activity/technology to ensure they are appropriate given business direction.

+ Markets new and complex security 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 security activities and roadmaps to customers and ecosystem partners.

+ Translates customer feedback and external environment into potential changes for the differentiated security technologies roadmap and communicates this to senior leaders.

+ Completes product and technology development and definition activities for a new or highly complex security activity, including determination of cost and impact, and interacts with sales and business team to generate forecasts.

+ Communicates regularly with leadership following a communication plan to ensure cross-functional understanding of security plans for a product line / market segment.

+ Ensures successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon KPIs and specifications are met for a new, complex security scope, upon delivery by engineering team.

+ Collaborates with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop security technology goals (e.g., performance, cost, timeline, customer schedules), discuss product feasibility, and facilitate cross-functional decision making for products they own.

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, or related field.

+ 5+ years Product Management or related work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

+ 5+ years working in semiconductor space and acquaintance with hardware and software design concepts

+ 3+ years working in embedded security space.

+ 3+ years working in a large matrixed organization.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

+ Frequently transports between offices, buildings, and campuses up to ½ mile.

+ Frequently transports and installs equipment up to 5 lbs.

+ Performs required tasks at various heights (e.g., standing or sitting).

+ Monitors and utilizes computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day.

+ Continuous communication which includes the comprehension of information with colleagues, customers, and vendors both in person and remotely.

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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Who is Qualcomm, and what do we do? We are engineers, scientists and business strategists. We are from many different countries and speak many different languages. We come from diverse cultures and have unique perspectives. Together, we focus on a single goal—invent mobile technology breakthroughs.