SR, Product Manager

Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area:Operations Group, Operations Group > Product ManagementGeneral Summary:Qualcomm is a company of inventors that helped unlock 5G, accelerating connectivity and creating new possibilities that can transform industries, generate jobs, and enrich lives. This is only the beginning. Realizing 5G’s full potential requires inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and perspectives to create world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age—and this is where you come in.The Compute Chipset Product Management team is part of QCT’s Product Management organization. The team manages the Windows on Snapdragon portfolio, which includes Snapdragon products used in laptops, notebooks, all-in-one devices, and other compute form factors.The team’s objective is to synthesize and prioritize technical requirements, define the compute product, silicon, and IP portfolio strategy, and build roadmaps that enable QCT to sustain technology, product, and business leadership. Portfolio development reflects technology evolution, standardization efforts, ecosystem partnerships, device engineering and testing needs, market and product requirements, business opportunities, and the competitive landscape.This role leads compute chipset products, from market assessment and product definition through silicon and IP roadmap planning, and business justification. Responsibilities include defining product positioning and feature requirements, shaping future silicon and IP investment priorities, partnering with engineering and architecture teams to evaluate technology trade-offs, and aligning roadmap decisions with customer needs, competitive dynamics, platform reuse, cost, power, performance, schedule, and long-term business strategy.Principal Requirements and ResponsibilitiesDeep understanding of the PC processor market, including desktops, laptops, all-in-ones, small form factor devices, key processor vendors, OEMs, ODMs, channel partners, laptop market requirements, performance expectations, competitive dynamics, and industry trends.Lead the end-to-end PC chipset processor roadmap strategy from concept and definition through execution and end of life.Identify gaps in the PC market through rigorous analysis of market, customer, technology, and ecosystem needs, and use those insights to guide product design and definition discussions.Develop and promote strategies that leverage new technologies, industry trends, and disruptive approaches to grow Snapdragon share across laptops, desktops, all-in-ones, and other compute categories.Define and drive silicon and IP roadmap planning for compute platforms, aligning CPU, GPU, NPU, memory, I/O, connectivity, security, multimedia, power, and system architecture investments with long-term product strategy, customer requirements, and market differentiation.Partner with engineering, architecture, technology planning, and business stakeholders to evaluate silicon and IP trade-offs and prioritize scalable platform roadmaps that balance performance, power, cost, schedule, reuse, and competitiveness.Translate competitive trends, OEM needs, software ecosystem requirements, and emerging workload shifts into silicon and IP strategy recommendations that guide future-generation compute chipset definition and investment decisions.Lead silicon requirements definition across IP and architecture by translating AI trends, model workloads, software frameworks, and on-device intelligence use cases into clear platform requirements for future compute products.Bring AI silicon definition expertise, including understanding of LLM architectures, transformer-based models, generative AI workloads, memory and bandwidth requirements, accelerator partitioning across CPU, GPU, NPU, and external AI accelerator attach platforms, and software stack implications for on-device, hybrid, and externally accelerated AI experiences.Guide teams involved in the design, modification, and evaluation of all phases of a specific product or product family.Lead cross-functional collaboration on business cases for new, complex products, validating alignment with business direction and roadmap priorities.Market complex products and technologies through technical marketing opportunities, including conferences, industry events, direct customer engagement, and product launch activities.Prepare and deliver advanced technical presentations that explain the product roadmap and demonstrate managed products to customers.Translate customer feedback and external market signals into potential roadmap changes and communicate recommendations to senior leaders, including GM and executive staff.Independently direct and oversee development of complex products, new product areas, and services while maintaining communication across functional teams.Hold self and teams accountable for staying current on competitors, technology advances, and the product ecosystem, while leading innovation to articulate product differentiation and identify emerging trends.Communicate regularly with leadership through an established plan to ensure cross-functional alignment on product-line plans.Ensure successful cross-functional collaboration by confirming that agreed KPIs and specifications are met when complex new products are delivered by engineering.Collaborate with key stakeholders and program sponsors to define product goals, including performance, cost, timeline, and customer schedules; assess feasibility; and support cross-functional decision-making for owned products.Minimum Qualifications:• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.• 4+ years of Product 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.Preferred Qualifications:• 7+ years of Product Management or related work experience.• 2+ years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.• 2+ years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.• 2+ years of working in a large matrixed organization..Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. 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