VP, Product Management - CPU

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

About The Position

ROLE SUMMARY Qualcomm is seeking a highly technical CPU Product Management leader with CPU and AI hardware technology background to be part of the team which drives Qualcomm’s Technology roadmaps. The successful candidate will drive overall CPU IP roadmap across all Qualcomm product lines. Focus would be to create industry-leading, well-differentiated CPU technologies for Qualcomm product lines. Qualcomm remains committed to advancing the RISC-V standard and ecosystem. We will continue to focus on our ongoing RISC-V and custom CPU development, which has the potential to strengthen our technology leadership in the AI era and enable innovation across product categories.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
Fifteen (15) years of Product Management or related work experience.
Six (6) years of leadership experience.
Four (4) years of working in a large matrixed organization.
Two (2) years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
Two (2) years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
Twenty (20) years of Product Management or related work experience.
Ten (10) years of leadership experience.
Six (6) years of working in a large matrixed organization.
Four (4) years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
Four (4) years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.
Significant experience with hyperscaler companies, AI, successful full cycle (from product definition/requirements gathering to product launch) over several programs, and driving RISC-V across various stakeholders.
Strategic Execution: Ensures execution plan drives key strategic priorities and company goals; has significant impact on the direction of a large number of critical projects. Drives timely, complex, and strategic decisions that have a global reach and/or significant business or financial impact while adhering to Qualcomm standards of ethical behavior.
Coaching & Development: Provides leadership across organizations (e.g., creates a strategy for organization development, develops a strong talent pipeline/workforce and drives talent development to execute present and future business priorities, sets clear expectations for departments, drives coaching and mentoring relationships, creates a culture of inclusion and learning) and motivates peers, senior leaders, and employees to align individual, team, department, and organization development with the broader vision and goals of the company.
Impactful Innovation: Inspires stakeholders, the company culture, and the industry with a visionary approach that shapes the organization by introducing and enabling breakthrough ideas, products, and/or processes. Creates new business opportunities by challenging the organization to push boundaries while taking the appropriate risk and anticipating future needs.
Clear Communication: Translates the strategic vision into succinct and impactful messages that inspires and connects efforts to the broader vision and goals of the company. Acts as a champion for proactive, open, respectful, and inclusive discussions.

Responsibilities

Directs the CPU definition for products while working with cross functional teams such as Engineering, Chipset, etc.
Communicates regularly within own team and cross-functional team(s) to ensure team-level understanding of processor product plans.
Ensures successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon technology KPIs and specifications are met for product.
Must be a subject matter expert on the interplay of AI and CPU.
Should have strong knowledge of AI, compiler technologies, SW ecosystem dynamics and be able to synthesize clear product plans from large amounts of data.
Up to date on RISC-V, x86, other CPU topologies, corresponding OSes and technology dynamics.
Deep technical expertise in industry level CPU technology.
Detailed view on how to carry out critical NRE, PPA and schedule tradeoffs to pragmatically create CPU roadmaps.
Technical expert of unique requirements for CPU technology across Handset, XR, Automotive, PC and IoT.
Must have the ability to understand the dynamics between different ISAs and how it impacts our business.
Ability to create innovative strategies using our CPU assets to chart a course that creates unique advantages for Qualcomm products.