Staff Product Manager - Wireless Infrastructure Networking

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. is seeking a product management leader to guide the roadmap for next-generation Wi‑Fi and networking systems.

You will translate market and customer feedback into strategic product direction and coordinate with cross-functional teams to drive successful launches and customer engagements. The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience in wireless networking, and the ability to own delivery in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Identifies gaps in market based on complex analyses of market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands to guide design conversations.
• Leads team collaboration in creating business cases and validates cases for development of a new, complex product.
• Markets new and complex products through technical marketing opportunities and drives product launch efforts.
• Delivers highly complex technical presentations regarding a product roadmap to customers.
• Translates customer feedback and external environment into potential changes for the roadmap and communicates to senior leaders.
• Directs and oversees development of highly complex products or new product areas and services.
• Completes product development and definition activities for a new or highly complex product and interacts with sales to generate forecasts.
• Defines product roadmap and features for next-gen Wi-Fi and Networking systems; evangelization and go-to-market strategy.
• Maintains awareness of competitors and tech advances to articulate differentiation and drive innovation.
• Communicates with leadership to ensure cross-functional understanding of product plans.

Skills

Product management

Market analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Job description

Job Area

Operations Group, Operations Group > Product Management

Company

Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.

General Summary

As a market leader in wireless networking solutions, Qualcomm has been instrumental in enabling Wi‑Fi as the primary means of providing network access to devices in homes, small businesses, large enterprises, and public venues such as airports and hotels. We are at an inflection point in wireless networking where the next generation of Wi‑Fi devices are going to be transformational in solving new challenges to reach ultra‑high reliability in heavily congested environments.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Identifies gaps in market based on complex analyses of market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands and provides this information to guide design conversations for Qualcomm's Wireless Infrastructure Networking (WIN) products
• Leads team collaboration in the creation of business cases and validates cases for development of a new, complex product to ensure they are appropriate given business direction and asks appropriate questions to understand relevance of program to roadmap
• 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 regarding a product roadmap that explains and demonstrates products managed to customers
• Translates customer feedback and external environment into potential changes for the differentiated product roadmap and communicates this to senior leaders
• Directs and oversees the development of highly complex products or new products areas and services, independently; maintains communication with individuals across functional teams
• Completes product development and definition activities for a new or highly complex, owned product, including determination of cost and impact, and interacts with sales team to generate forecasts
• Define product roadmap and features needed for next generation Wi‑Fi and Networking systems. Product evangelization, positioning and go‑to‑market strategy
• Holds self and team(s) accountable for remaining up to date on competitors, technological advances, and the product ecosystem and taking the lead on development and design innovation of new and complex products to articulate differentiation of products to customer and identify trends
• Communicates regularly with leadership following a communication plan to ensure cross‑functional understanding of product plans for a product line
• Ensures successful cross‑functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon KPIs and specifications are met for a new, complex 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
• Leading customer engagements and translating customer needs into product requirements

This is an office-based position located in Santa Clara, CA and is expected to comply with the company's onsite work policy.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 5+ 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced technical degree
• 10+ years in wireless networking or broadband industries
• Strong understanding of Wireless Networking Technology, including Wi‑Fi, Broadband Gateways, Mesh Networking, Ethernet and LAN technologies, Networking Protocols and Architecture
• Experience working with Service Providers, Operators, Enterprise or Networking OEMs
• Experience launching partner‑led solutions with reference architectures, certification programs, or technical enablement assets
• Experience with semiconductor, platform, or embedded software products
• Familiarity with: PON, TR‑69/369, PRPL. RDK‑B, OpenSync, EasyMesh, Network analytics and AI‑driven networking solutions
• Strong business, analytical, and communication skills
• Ability to taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Knowledge or experience with Cloud and Services architecture
• Experience in leading cross functional teams in larger organizations

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$208,200.00 - $312,200.00

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