IT Program Manager, Staff (Top Secret Clearance Required)

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Incorporated in San Diego, CA is seeking a Staff IT Program Manager to lead large, cross-functional initiatives within OneIT. You will translate strategy into executable programs, establish governance, manage risks, and ensure delivery of business value. This on-site role requires U.S.

TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship, with experience in classified environments. You will orchestrate technology teams, stakeholders, and vendors, drive alignment, provide executive reporting, and guide

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• Advanced degrees may substitute for up to two years of work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale, cross-functional programs aligned to OneIT and business objectives.
• Translate strategic priorities into executable roadmaps, milestones, outcomes, and measurable success criteria.
• Coordinate execution across multiple projects, product teams, workstreams, and external partners.
• Establish and facilitate program governance forums, steering committees, and decision-making processes.
• Identify and assess program risks, issues, assumptions, and interdependencies.

Skills

Program Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Executive Communication

Agile / Hybrid Delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area:

Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group > Program Management

General Summary:

The Staff IT Program Manager leads large, complex, cross‑functional initiatives that drive strategic business outcomes for OneIT. This role is responsible for translating strategy into executable programs, establishing governance and execution frameworks, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring delivery of committed business value.

The Staff IT Program Manager serves as the central orchestrator across technology teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and leadership, ensuring alignment, transparency, accountability, and successful realization of program objectives. This role combines strategic thinking, operational excellence, program execution, and organizational influence to deliver enterprise‑scale transformation initiatives.

This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret (TS/SCI) security clearance and the ability to maintain that clearance throughout employment. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and capable of working with sensitive and classified information in accordance with government and customer security requirements. Experience supporting classified environments and working within NIST, RMF, CMMC, FedRAMP, and related federal compliance frameworks is strongly desired.

This position is ON-SITE only and is in San Diego, CA.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic Program Leadership

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale, cross-functional programs aligned to OneIT and business objectives.
• Translate strategic priorities into executable roadmaps, milestones, outcomes, and measurable success criteria.
• Drive alignment across multiple stakeholders, organizations, and delivery teams.
• Ensure programs deliver intended business outcomes, benefits, and value realization.

Program Planning & Delivery Management

• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, resource strategies, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate execution across multiple projects, product teams, workstreams, and external partners.
• Monitor progress against commitments and proactively resolve execution challenges.
• Manage program scope and facilitate tradeoff decisions when priorities, budget, schedule, or resources change.

Governance & Executive Communication

• Establish and facilitate program governance forums, steering committees, and decision-making processes.
• Create executive-level reporting, dashboards, and status communications.
• Provide clear visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, financials, and outcomes.
• Drive accountability across participating teams and stakeholders.

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

• Identify and assess program risks, issues, assumptions, and interdependencies.
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans to minimize impacts to delivery.
• Escalate critical decisions with recommended actions and business impacts.
• Ensure effective cross-program coordination and dependency management.

Financial & Resource Management

• Manage program budgets, forecasts, investment plans, and resource models.
• Monitor actual spending against approved funding and business cases.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, and leadership to optimize program investments.
• Ensure resources are effectively aligned to strategic priorities.

Organizational Change & Adoption

• Partner with business and technology leaders to drive stakeholder engagement and organizational readiness.
• Support communication, training, adoption, and change management activities required for successful outcomes.
• Ensure operational readiness and successful transition into support and sustainment models.
• Measure and track adoption, business value, and benefits realization.

Continuous Improvement & Ways of Working

• Promote consistent program management methodologies, governance practices, and execution standards across OneIT.
• Drive process improvements that increase transparency, predictability, and delivery effectiveness.
• Mentor project managers and program managers and contribute to PMO capability development.
• Champion modern delivery practices, Agile ways of working, and data-driven decision making.

Success Measures

• Achievement of program objectives and business outcomes.
• Predictable delivery of key milestones and commitments.
• Effective management of budget, risks, and dependencies.
• Executive stakeholder satisfaction and confidence.
• Adoption and realization of expected business value.
• Improved organizational execution maturity and operational efficiency.

Key Competencies

• Enterprise Program Management
• Strategic Planning & Execution
• Portfolio & Roadmap Management
• Governance & Executive Communication
• Financial & Resource Management
• Risk & Dependency Management
• Organizational Change Management
• Stakeholder Influence & Negotiation
• Business Process Transformation
• Agile / Hybrid Delivery Methods
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Data-driven Decision Making

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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.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $171,200.00 - $256,800.00

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.