Senior Datacenter Software Program Manager

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego seeks an experienced Program Manager to develop plans of record, manage schedules, budgets, resources, and risks, and drive the program from initiation through delivery with internal and external stakeholders.

The role emphasizes building alignment across multiple departments, leading program reviews, and ensuring on-time milestones while coordinating worldwide design centers and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field.
• 4+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• 3+ years of working with operating budgets, resources, and/or project financials.
• 2+ years of experience interacting with senior leadership (e.g., VP level and above).
• 1+ years of experience working in a medium-to-large matrixed organization.
• 1+ years of experience with program management tools such as dashboards, Gantt charts, etc.
• Note: Only candidates with direct experience in semiconductor development experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Establish Plan of Record (POR): ensure roadmap/requirements baseline, project priorities, requirements change control, driving synchronization across several development teams, coordinate and synchronize external deliverables, and schedules among many worldwide design centers, etc.
• Drive planning/scheduling: develop the execution schedule to include staffing needs and interdependencies.
• Coordinates department schedules, resources etc. and develops program master schedule, work plans, checklists, design reviews, and resource requirements
• Establish routine update & communications process: update status, schedule trends versus baseline, risk management, mitigation and recovery actions, etc.
• Develop program indicators to push information to internal teams and management, develop content and present at monthly program reviews.
• Partner with other functional areas to establish critical processes to support disciplined product development and decision making and to ensure quality.
• Interfaces with internal departments, (contracts, legal, design and product engineering, technical publications, product support, etc.), to be aware of each department’s priorities, available resources etc.
• Coordinates across multiple development sites will be required. This includes different Qualcomm sites as well as contractors, both domestic and international. International travel to other development and customer sites may also be required
• Organizes and leads interdepartmental meetings (i.e. leads meetings with engineering, technical publications and/or product support), to set project milestones, define project tasks, establish program policies and processes and allocate resources
• Responsible for establishing project milestones, definition of project tasks, establishing program policies and processes and allocation of resources. Delegates project assignments to internal departments where required.
• Develops control systems and methods to accurately monitor and measure program progress, identify potential problems for each internal department, identify risks, and to then develop and maintain risk matrix with mitigation and contingency strategies, monitor adherence to program master plans and schedules.
• Troubleshoots program issues and helps to develop alternative program tasks, schedules, milestones, processes etc. to resolve program issues.
• Communicates project status, issues, and recommends mitigation plans to cross-functional core and executive teams.
• Participate in design reviews and coordinate or assure compliance to design or department checklists and procedures. May interface with customer or supplier directly on a regular basis throughout the life cycle of program.
• Work with software product management team to define end-to-end software and long-term maintenance strategy.
• Drive an extensive ecosystem of third-party software developers while identifying opportunities for software reuse that result in software roadmap optimizations.

Skills

Program Management

AI products

Linux distributions

Stakeholder communication

Matrix organization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or CS

Master's degree in CS or related

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego seeks an experienced Program Manager to develop plans of record, manage schedules, budgets, resources, and risks, and drive the program from initiation through delivery with internal and external stakeholders.

The role emphasizes building alignment across multiple departments, leading program reviews, and ensuring on-time milestones while coordinating worldwide design centers and contractors.