Program Management – Flagship Products & AI-Driven Execution

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Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
## Job Area:
Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group > Program Management
General Summary:
Provides strategic program leadership and end-to-end execution ownership for Premium Tier flagship products in Qualcomm Business Units and complex technologies, driving programs from definition through successful product delivery.
Partners with program sponsors, engineering leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to establish priorities, manage complex dependencies and risks, and deliver against committed objectives.
Champions the adoption of AI and agentic workflows for SW engineering and program management, automate and optimize execution processes, improve data-driven insights, and increase organizational efficiency and scalability. Drives execution excellence through disciplined planning, stakeholder alignment, proactive risk management, and continuous process improvement.
**Position requires to be in the San Diego office, 5 days a week**
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• PMP Certification.
• 7+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• 2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
• 2+ years of experience with program management tools such as dashboards, Gantt charts, etc.
Key Responsibilities:
* Leads end-to-end program management for Premium Tier flagship products in Qualcomm Business Units and complex technologies, driving execution from program definition through successful product delivery.
* Partners with program sponsors, engineering leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to define goals, establish priorities, align deliverables, and address evolving business and stakeholder needs.
* Develops, owns, and executes the Program Plan of Record (POR), including scope, schedules, budgets, resource forecasts, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, communication plans, risks, and success criteria.
* Drives cross-functional execution and accountability, establishing priorities, ownership, and operating cadence to ensure programs deliver on time, within scope, and against committed objectives.
* Establishes and monitors key program metrics, identifies material deviations from the POR, and drives timely escalation, corrective actions, and leadership decision-making.
* Proactively identifies technical, schedule, resource, and dependency risks; develops mitigation strategies and maintains visibility of critical risks and issues.
* Drives AI-enabled transformation of SW engineering and program-management practices, partnering across teams to develop scalable and reusable workflows that improve decision support, execution visibility, and organizational productivity.
* Represents Premium Tier flagship programs in stakeholder and leadership forums, driving alignment on priorities, trade-offs, dependencies, risks, and critical decisions.
* Champions program vision and execution excellence, enabling teams to achieve or exceed objectives while balancing technical complexity, resource constraints, and business priorities.
* Drives continuous improvement and adoption of program management best practices to strengthen planning rigor, execution predictability, risk management, automation, and overall program effectiveness.
The responsibilities of this role do not include:
• Financial accountability (e.g., does not involve budgeting responsibility).
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$159,400.00 - $239,000.00
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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
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Skills
Process Improvement, Risk Management

Work arrangement
onsite