Senior Director, Program Management

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

8d • $228,000 - $342,000

About The Position

Develops, defines, and executes plans of record, including: schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, and risks. Monitors and drives the program from initiation through delivery, interfacing with internal and external stakeholders across functions on technical matters, as needed. Monitors budget/spending, on-time delivery, and achievement of program milestones. Represents the program and drives alignment across stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of Program 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
• PMP Certification.
• 15+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• 4+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
• 4+ years of experience with program management tools such as dashboards, Gantt charts, etc.
• 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Vice President level and above).

Responsibilities

• Translates external stakeholder needs, product roadmaps and organizational strategy into successful programs, and drives decisions necessary for program delivery by partnering with program sponsors and organizational leadership.
• Manages and takes responsibility for multiple large programs/technology/portfolios of varying complexity with significant impact on the organization by applying up-to-date and innovative program management best practices.
• Develops, guides, manages the execution of, and reviews program Plan of Record (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope) for multiple large programs with significant impact on the organization; this includes schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization.
• Fully owns all key program metrics, including updating them as needed based on technical, roadmap and organizational needs; influences the priorities of teams as necessary, and applies appropriate leadership style to overcome both technical and organizational challenges.
• Identifies and secures internal/external resources ensuring alignment to program/technology and organizational demands for large programs or portfolio.
• Makes recommendations, advises, implements risk management strategies, and reviews risk mitigation plans for multiple large programs or a portfolio of programs with significant impact based on knowledge of organizational strategies.
• Validates business cases and determines relevance to organizational strategy; provides guidance in creating the program roadmap to ensure roadmap direction is followed.
• Drives and presents program vision across portfolio and influences executive leadership to ensure buy-in from stakeholders.
• Leads and drives the design, development and implementation of new and innovative Program Management processes; identifies the need for new processes to increase organization efficiencies and profitability.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants
• Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.

What This Job Offers

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