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The role enables Sales & Business Development teams across Automotive, Connectivity, Broadband & Networking (CBN) & Operators, and Space engagements to expand pipeline and revenue while executing strategic initiatives. The role is the main operations partner to these teams. It drives operational excellence, improves processes, and provides insights that support strategic decisions in a competitive, fast-moving environment. The role also leads opex and headcount planning for the North America region, aligning resources with regional priorities and growth targets.\nKey Responsibilities for North America Region:\nRegional Performance Goals & KPI Reporting\nLead annual planning for Automotive, CBN & Operators, and Space, including pipeline goals, design-win targets, revenue plan, and sales incentive plan alignment. Work closely with Finance and the business units to set annual objectives.\nReport on forecast changes and variances against plan. Lead monthly reviews with regional sales leaders to highlight risks and opportunities.\nSupport pipeline management to ensure design win opportunities are properly recorded and updated. Lead pipeline reviews with Sales team.\nAnalyze sales performance, design-win trends, and market share data to provide actionable insights.\nBuild and maintain dashboards and reports that help sales teams and leadership track KPIs and spot opportunities and risks.\nStrategic Business Support\nProvide financial reporting, develop strategic narratives and executive-ready materials, and support internal executive and regional business reviews.\nProvide market analysis and insights for the automotive, connectivity, operator, and space ecosystems.\nHelp plan events, tradeshows, and customer engagements, including logistics coordination, attendee targets and lists, and preparing internal briefing materials.\nAddress ad hoc requests from business units.\nOPEX & Headcount Planning\nOwn the annual and quarterly opex planning process for the North America region, including budget development, spend tracking, and variance analysis with Finance.\nLead regional headcount planning, including requisition tracking, hiring prioritization, and alignment of resources to strategic priorities and growth targets.\nKeep org and resource models current, and give leadership regular views of headcount, open roles, and opex use.\nTools & Enablement\nSupport AI initiatives across the North America region. Identify and implement improvements that streamline processes such as opportunity registration, pipeline management, and forecast reporting.\nTrain and support sales teams on operational processes and best practices. Drive adoption and improvement of internal dashboards and CRM processes (e.g., Salesforce, Tableau, internally created AI tools).\nThis is an office based position located in San Diego, CA and is expected to comply with the company's onsite work policy. This is a U.S. based position and is not eligible for visa sponsorship.\n Minimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, or related field and 7+ years of business operations or related experience.OR\nAssociate's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, or related field and 9+ years of business operations or related experience.\n*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.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Business or a related field\nMBA \n7+ years of experience in Sales Operations, Business Operations, Finance, or related functions; tech or semiconductor experience preferred.\nExperience with opex budgeting, headcount planning, or financial planning and analysis.\nStrong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, SharePoint, data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau), and AI productivity tools (e.g., Copilot).\nDetail oriented, with experience turning large data sets into actionable analysis and recommendations.\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills.\nAble to thrive in a fast-paced, global environment with complex dynamics.\nExperience with CRM systems, including Salesforce.\nExperience with sales incentive planning.\nKnowledge of semiconductor sales cycles and design-win processes.\nFamiliarity with the automotive, wireless operator, broadband and networking, or satellite and space ecosystems.\nExperience with event or tradeshow planning.\nExperience working with global teams and managing regional operational priorities.\nQualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail  or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).\nTo all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.\nEEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.\nQualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.\nPay rangeand Other Compensation & Benefits :\n$128,100.00 - $192,100.00The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. 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