Marketing Communications Specialist, Associate - Strategic Planning & Integration

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

2d • $30 - $44 • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Marketing Communications Specialist – Strategic Planning & Integration supports clarity, consistency, and alignment across Qualcomm’s marketing planning cycles, Competitive Marketing Intelligence, and strategic focus areas. Working under the guidance of the Strategic Planning & Integration team, this role helps keep planning materials, timelines, and communications accurate and up to date so teams stay connected to shared priorities.

The role works closely with the immediate team and planning leads to update core planning materials, coordinate 360 planning forums, support market and competitive research, and contribute ideas that improve how marketing works. It is suited to an early-career professional who is highly organized, communicates clearly, and is eager to build knowledge of strategic planning in a cross-functional marketing environment. This is an office-based position in San Diego, California, and is expected to comply with the company’s onsite work policy. It is a U.S.-based position and is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; or an associate’s degree and 2+ years of Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, or related work experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and 4+ years of such experience.
• Strong writing, editing, and visual communication skills, with the ability to communicate information accurately and on time.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines while adapting to changing priorities.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with team members and welcome feedback.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and documentation or project-management tools.

Nice To Haves

• 0–2 years of experience in marketing communications, operations, planning, or program coordination.
• Exposure to marketing planning or cross-functional projects through coursework, internships, or prior roles.
• Interest in learning planning frameworks and competitive intelligence in a matrixed organization.
• Curiosity and attention to detail, with the ability to spot patterns or opportunities for process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Maintain planning calendars, trackers, templates, and centralized repositories, ensuring materials are current, version-controlled, and accessible under the direction of planning leads.
• Gather inputs from teams and help communicate requirements, deadlines, and deliverables throughout strategic planning cycles.
• Support planning leads in organizing planning priorities and leadership direction into clear, structured documents.
• Support 360 planning forums by scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and pre-reads, capturing notes, and tracking follow-ups.
• Flag missing inputs, unresolved actions, or dependencies to planning leads in a timely manner.
• Assist in preparing planning materials, including presentations, summaries, and timelines, using established templates and quality standards.
• Help compile inputs for strategic focus areas and business cases into concise summaries for review by planning leads.
• Draft routine planning updates and communications that support transparency and alignment across OneMarketing.
• Contribute ideas for improving processes, tools, and ways of working, including potential AI use cases, and help implement agreed changes.
• Assist in gathering, organizing, and validating market, competitive, and planning information to support Competitive Marketing Intelligence reporting.
• Support QBRs and retrospectives by collecting inputs and helping organize common themes.
• Collect and organize basic performance and planning data to support measurement discussions.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for the annual bonus).
• Competitive benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level