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This role serves as an interface between PDTE team, Business Unit PM, supply chain, fab, OSAT, test house and customers to ensure successful timely product development, qualification, ramp, and production.\nThis role requires full-time onsite work in our Santa Clara, CA office (5 days per week).\n Minimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.5+ years of Program Management or related work 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.\nKey Responsibilities\nProgram management:\nManage execution from post Silicon tape-out through RTP and production ramp.\nOwn program schedules, milestone tracking, deliverables, risk management, and periodic reporting.\nEnsure phase-gate reviews, customer samples delivery, qualification builds, and RTP\nManage cross-functional team, communication and escalation management.\nOperations:\nWork with engineering and supply chain team to manage schedule, milestones and planning for fab, OSAT and test house, customer/engineering sample forecasting, material readiness, and engineering/qualification/production scheduling.\nTechnical:\nSupport silicon bring-up and yield improvement initiatives.\nUse data analytics for decision making, post Si bring up (working with DFT) and continuous yield improvement.\nCustomer:\nPrimary interface for customers. Manage customer escalations and ensure resolution of technical and operational issues.\nBuild strong collaborative relationships across internal and customer teams.\nQualifications\nBS in Engineering, Science or related field.\n10+ years of semiconductor industry experience.\nExperience with ASIC, SoC, advanced node and advanced semiconductor packaging.\nStrong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing, assembly, test.\nPrincipal Duties and Responsibilities:\nCollaborates with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop program goals, set the prioritization of deliverables, discuss involvement of business processes (e.g., program change management, communication) and drives decisions necessary for on time delivery.\nManages and takes responsibility for multiple medium sized programs/technology with moderate complexity by applying up-to-date program management knowledge to meet deadlines.\nDevelops and manages the execution of the program Plan of Record (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope) for multiple medium sized programs which include schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholders identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization.\nEstablishes key program metrics and manages team to take action outside their comfort zone to ensure program success when metrics deviate from Plan of Record.\nIdentifies and secures resources to ensure alignment of team with program/technology demand for multiple medium sized programs with moderate complexity.\nDrives teams to identify program issues/risks, and create a risk mitigation plan for multiple medium sized or a single complex program(s). Maintains and updates the risk tracker.\nPromotes program vision and objectives within the team, ensures program objectives are met or exceeded, presents program vision to management, and gains buy-in from stakeholders.\nPromotes adoption of processes by applying best practices and identifying and executing process improvement initiatives across the Program Management team.\nLevel of Responsibility:\nWorking independently with little supervision.\nMaking decisions that are significant in impact; errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results; errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds to correct.\nUsing verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. May require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.\nHaving a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).\nCompleting tasks that require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; tasks require simultaneously executing multiple cognitive abilities and maintaining information in short- or long-term memory.\nExercising exceptional creativity to innovate new ideas and develop innovative products/processes without established objectives or known parameters.\nUsing deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required.\nOccasionally participates in strategic planning within own area affecting immediate operations.\nThe responsibilities of this role do not include:\nFinancial accountability (e.g., does not involve budgeting responsibility).\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$202,000.00 - $303,000.00The 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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