Senior Director, Custom Silicon Program Leadership

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 228,000 - 342,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm is seeking a senior Program Management leader for its Data Center Custom Silicon Group to oversee external customer programs from engagement through tapeout and production ramp. You will own execution governance, executive dashboards, and cross-functional alignment across Product Management, BD, Sales, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Legal.

Ideal candidates bring extensive semiconductor program execution experience, strong executive communication, and a proven ability to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 20+ years of semiconductor, silicon, hardware or systems program management experience.
• Experience leading custom silicon, ASIC, SoC, AI accelerator, networking, switch, NIC, or data center infrastructure programs.
• 8+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional technical programs.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Experience with hyperscaler or large strategic customer programs.
• Strong understanding of silicon lifecycle execution, including architecture, design, verification, etc.
• Experience with advanced process nodes, high-performance SoCs, high-speed interfaces, etc.
• Experience managing program execution tied to NRE, customer milestones, contractual deliverables, revenue timing, and production commitments.
• Demonstrated ability to build executive dashboards and communicate clearly with EVP, CEO, CFO, customer executive, and board-level audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Custom Silicon Group Program Management organization for external customer programs across hyperscaler and strategic data center accounts.
• Define, manage execution of program Plans of Record, including schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, risks, milestones, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Own the CSG program execution cadence, including weekly program reviews, customer commitment reviews, risk reviews, escalation forums, and executive operating updates.
• Build and maintain executive dashboards for Data Center EVP, CEO, CFO, and senior leadership reviews.
• Drive customer-demand execution governance by translating customer asks into committed scope, execution plans, constraints, risks, and decisions.
• Establish a single source of truth for custom silicon program health across tapeout, bring-up, validation, qualification, production readiness, supply readiness, etc.
• Partner with Product Management to manage requirement baselines, scope changes, customer-specific tradeoffs, and roadmap implications.
• Partner with Business Development and Sales to support pursuit-to-program handoff, customer commitment clarity, and alignment between commercial and execution reality.
• Partner with Engineering to track technical readiness, design closure, verification progress, software/firmware dependencies, validation risks, and resource constraints.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Quality, and Manufacturing to track foundry, OSAT, packaging, test, yield, reliability, production ramp, and supply readiness risks.
• Partner with Finance to link program milestones, NRE, revenue timing, investment requirements, operating budgets, and financial risks for executive decision-making.
• Partner with Legal and commercial teams to ensure program deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, and contractual commitments are clear, executable, and tracked.
• Drive disciplined risk management and timely escalation.

Skills

Executive presence

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Risk management

Executive dashboards

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master’s degree

Job description

Qualcomm is seeking a senior Program Management leader for its Data Center Custom Silicon Group to oversee external customer programs from engagement through tapeout and production ramp. You will own execution governance, executive dashboards, and cross-functional alignment across Product Management, BD, Sales, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Legal.

Ideal candidates bring extensive semiconductor program execution experience, strong executive communication, and a proven ability to drive