Senior AI Programs Lead: Adoption & Strategy

Qualcomm Incorporated; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations Analyst to drive planning, execution, and adoption of strategic AI initiatives across the organization from concept through deployment.

You will partner with engineering, product, operations, IT, Marketing, and GTM teams to define KPIs, manage roadmaps, and develop campaigns, trainings, and executive dashboards that demonstrate business impact and measurable adoption of AI capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of Engineering Operations or related work experience.
• Associate's degree and 4+ years of Engineering Operations or related work experience.
• High School Diploma or equivalent and 6+ years of Engineering Operations 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.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage the AI program portfolio, roadmap, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Drive execution of AI initiatives from concept, pilot, rollout, and operational scaling.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, product management, operations, IT, security, legal, procurement, and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate governance reviews, executive steering committees, and program status meetings.
• Develop and execute AI adoption strategies to maximize business impact.
• Lead communications, training, enablement, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Establish best practices and repeatable frameworks for AI deployment.
• Ensure AI initiatives comply with corporate policies, legal requirements, privacy standards, and security guidelines.
• Partner with compliance, legal, and security teams to evaluate new AI technologies and vendors and deliver contracts
• Define KPIs and success measures for AI initiatives.
• Track adoption, productivity improvements, ROI, customer impact, and operational outcomes.
• Develop executive dashboards and reports to communicate program performance.
• Use data-driven insights to continuously improve AI programs and investments.
• Partner closely with Go-to-Market (GTM), Marketing, Communications, Product, and business teams to develop and execute strategies that increase awareness, adoption, and effective usage of AI initiatives.
• Apply modern, innovative marketing approaches to promote AI capabilities and demonstrate their value to internal users and customers.
• Develop targeted campaigns and messaging that translate complex AI capabilities into clear, compelling business and customer benefits.
• Identify creative ways to showcase AI use cases, success stories, productivity improvements, and customer outcomes to drive engagement.

Skills

Program management

AI initiatives

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

High School Diploma

Master's or Doctorate substituted years

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations Analyst to drive planning, execution, and adoption of strategic AI initiatives across the organization from concept through deployment.

You will partner with engineering, product, operations, IT, Marketing, and GTM teams to define KPIs, manage roadmaps, and develop campaigns, trainings, and executive dashboards that demonstrate business impact and measurable adoption of AI capabilities in a fast-paced environment.