Staff Program Manager

Qualcomm • Santa Clara, CA

2d • $202,000 - $303,000

About The Position

This Software Program Manager role focuses on Server Software teams, managing the planning, development, and delivery of software and firmware for Qualcomm's Server Business Unit. The position develops and executes plans covering schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, and risks; oversees programs from start to finish; collaborates with internal and external stakeholders on technical matters; and drives on-time delivery and alignment across stakeholders.

The role supports the growing Server Software Business Unit and collaborates with technology areas including HLOS, firmware, BMC, Platform, SoC, and Oryon CPU. It manages multiple medium-sized programs or a single complex program, maintaining program plans, metrics, forecasts, communications, prioritization, and risk mitigation. The role works independently with minimal supervision and communicates complex information to audiences including senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may substitute for up to two years of work experience: a Master's degree substitutes for one year and a Doctorate substitutes for two years.
• Technical understanding of software deliverables and risk management/mitigation.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information to diverse audiences, including senior leadership and large groups.
• Ability to execute multi-step tasks requiring simultaneous cognitive abilities and memory management.
• Ability to use deductive and inductive reasoning to solve complex problems with advanced data analysis and interpretation.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• PMP certification.
• 10+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• 2+ years in chipset/firmware development or AI development in an engineering or program management role.
• Agile certification.
• 3+ years of experience using agile program management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and dashboards, including Gantt charts, PowerBI, or Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Develop, define, and execute plans for one or more software/firmware teams, including requirements scoping, analysis, interdependencies, staffing constraints, and schedule optimization.
• Establish a clear Plan of Record commitment and drive prioritization.
• Apply program initiation, planning, execution, and closing best practices while supporting business outcomes and benefits tracking.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and program sponsors to define goals, prioritize deliverables, address business processes, and drive decisions needed for on-time delivery.
• Manage program health and execution, including technical deliverables, risks, mitigation, execution discipline, Agile practices, communications, schedule trends, recovery actions, and executive reporting.
• Partner with other program managers to develop program health indicators covering quality and timelines.
• Promote program vision and objectives within the team, ensure objectives are met or exceeded, present the vision to management, and gain stakeholder buy-in.
• Develop and manage execution of the Plan of Record for multiple medium-sized programs, including schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, communications, scope, and prioritization.
• Establish key program metrics and lead teams to respond when metrics deviate from the Plan of Record.
• Drive identification of program issues and risks, create mitigation plans, and maintain and update the risk tracker.

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 designed to support employees at work, at home, and at play.

What This Job Offers

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