Senior Product Leader: End-to-End Lifecycle & Growth

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a senior Product Manager to direct a comprehensive product strategy from conception through end of life.

You will coordinate with design, process, manufacturing, quality, and sales teams to drive cost control, roadmap differentiation, and successful product launches. The role emphasizes market analysis, business case development, and cross-functional collaboration in a large matrix organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 4+ years of Product 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.
• 7+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
• 2+ years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
• 2+ years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.
• 2+ years of working in a large matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Conducts complex analyses to assess marketability of products based on market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands.
• Creates a business case for the development of a new product or product features in an established product area (i.e., time to market, cost, market share).
• Markets new and complex products and technologies through technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and drives product launch efforts.
• Prepares and delivers highly complex technical presentations for new and existing products that explain and demonstrate products managed to customers.
• Contributes to the creation of a differentiated product roadmap in an established product area, promotes it within team, and ensures all team members understand the product roadmap.
• Directs the development of complex products and services with minimal supervision and communicates with individuals across functional teams.
• Completes product development and definition activities for a moderately complex, owned product, including determination of cost and impact, and interacts with sales team to generate forecasts.
• Maintains expertise by staying up to date on competitors, technological advances, and the product ecosystem and takes the lead on development and design innovation of products in an established area to articulate differentiation of products to customers and identify trends.
• Communicates regularly within own team and cross-functional team(s) to ensure team-level understanding of product plans for a product line.
• Ensures successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon KPIs and specifications are met for product(s), upon delivery by engineering team.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop product goals (e.g., performance, cost, timeline, customer schedules), discuss product feasibility, and facilitate cross-functional decision making for products they own.

Skills

Wireless connectivity

SoC architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer-facing

Analytical skills

Building trust

Effective communication

Product management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/information systems/computer science

MBA (preferred)

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a senior Product Manager to direct a comprehensive product strategy from conception through end of life.

You will coordinate with design, process, manufacturing, quality, and sales teams to drive cost control, roadmap differentiation, and successful product launches. The role emphasizes market analysis, business case development, and cross-functional collaboration in a large matrix organization.