Director, Product Management (Chipset AI)

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

3d•$196,000 - $294,000

About The Position

Job Profile Summary Hands on experience with development and commercialization of advanced NPUs 8+ years of Product Management or related work experience. EE or CS Master’s degree Job Description Drive the development of the next-generation compute platforms supporting advanced machine learning workloads, balancing performance, efficiency, and scalability. Translate evolving model requirements and workload characteristics into clear product requirements, making informed trade-offs across compute, memory, and system constraints. Drive execution across engineering, research, and software teams, aligning hardware capabilities with model and developer needs from concept through launch.

Requirements

8+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.

Nice To Haves

15+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
4+ years of working in a large matrixed organization.
2+ years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
2+ years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.

Responsibilities

Reviews identified gaps in market based on complex analyses of overall ecosystem demands and makes portfolio decisions on how these gaps impact product roadmaps.
Validates business cases based on a thorough understanding of internal and external influences and assists in determining product development that advances the roadmap.
Drives product line launch strategies for new products and technologies through technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and ensures successful product launch.
Prepares and delivers highly complex and high-stakes technical presentations regarding product roadmaps that explain and demonstrate products to customers, and integrates customer feedback into project roadmaps.
Monitors the market to validate product roadmaps and translates these into changes and adjustments for the roadmap.
Oversees the development of multiple, complex products and ensures cross-functional communication of product development goals. Ensures products and roadmap are differentiated using input from customers, market, competitors, and technology advancements.
Reviews development and definition activities for multiple new and emerging technology product portfolios including determination of cost and impact, and continually reviews ROI of specific products.
Drives the development of long-term innovation strategies for products and drives IP strategies while maintaining the best interest of customers and alignment to the product roadmap.
Communicates regularly with internal customers, third-party vendors, and senior management to establish needs and goals, and executes communication/change management plan for stakeholders, management, and executives.
Oversees successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring the completion of milestones by Engineering team and other internal partners (i.e., program management) ensuring the completed work aligns with roadmap for a product line(s).
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 product lines.