Director, Product Management - IE IoT

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

15d

About The Position

Working as part of Qualcomm IE-IoT Business Unit Product Management team to plan and define hardware platforms, evaluation kits, development kits, modules and reference designs to support the BU GTM plans across multiple segments. The responsibilities include: Defining requirements, managing reference design roadmap, and supporting platform development execution and ecosystem partner engagements. The candidate will drive a comprehensive hardware platform strategy from product conception and definition through end of life. Functions as a central resource with design, process, manufacturing, quality, test, marketing, and distribution as the platform(s) move through their life cycle. Formulates and executes long-term platform roadmaps for multiple segments. Promotes use of new technologies and industry-leading trends. Directs and leads those involved in the design, modification, and evaluation of all phases of the platform. Involvement lasts throughout all stages of a product’s lifecycle including modifications, upgrades, and maintenance of the platform.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.
8+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
Must have knowledge of current and evolving semiconductor technologies and their impact on chipset architecture.

Nice To Haves

10+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
5+ years of experience in hardware platform, development kits, modules, reference design and related ecosystem and development/management.
2+ years driving 3rd party business agreements and engagements.
2+ years’ experience in customer/ecosystem engagements, product planning and management in IoT.
Experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
Experience working in a large matrixed organization.
Experience with networking and connectivity chipsets and architectures
Experience with industrial IoT embedded systems and applications
Experience with IoT or mobile BSP and Apps software such as Android, Yocto, Debian, Ubuntu.
Experience working with indirect and distribution channel partners.

Responsibilities

Define, collect and manage product requirements, access business opportunities and help drive go-to-market plans and ecosystem partner engagements.
Work with ecosystem partners to define and lead hardware platforms and reference design roadmap.
Work closely with internal and external software, hardware engineering teams across global sites and time zones.
Work with IP & domain leads and team to drive technology roadmap for industrial IoT requirements.
Maintain our platform competitive positioning across tiers from features, power, performance, benchmarking, and cost, and use those to ensure that we continue to have the best-in-class overall IoT product roadmap.
IoT System design and use case analysis to evaluate architectural changes to existing and new platforms.
Working with ecosystem partners and internal engineering teams to support customer RFI, RFQs, system level use case modelling and analysis.
Develop risk management strategies, and plans, and monitor key performance indicators.
Identifies gaps in market based on complex analyses of market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands and provide this information to guide design conversations and engagements with ecosystem partners and developer communities.
Lead team collaboration in the creation of business cases and validates cases for development of a new, complex platforms to ensure they are appropriate given business direction and ask 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 partner and developer contact.
Prepare and deliver highly complex technical presentations regarding product and platform roadmap that explains and demonstrates products managed for ecosystem partners and Developers.
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.
Complete product development and definition activities for a new or highly complex, owned product, including determination of cost and impact, and interacts with sales team and ecosystem partners to generate forecasts.
Hold 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 and/or partner.
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.