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This person will manage CHS schedules, headcount and NRE, risks, and change requests, working closely with CHS engineering leads, key engineering partner leads, BU chipset program managers, and Finance.\nThe ideal candidate has an engineering background and understands package design and the silicon lifecycle. This person will represent CHS in SoC program meetings the way a technical program manager does: judge how changes in other teams' schedules and requirements affect CHS downstream, and drive the plan, trade-offs, and decisions that follow.\nPrincipal Duties and Responsibilities\nOwn schedule management for CHS programs: build and maintain the integrated schedule, manage dependencies within CHS and with external partner teams, and track the critical path.\nAssess the downstream impact on CHS when partner-team schedules or requirements change, and bring a recovery plan with options and trade-offs.\nOwn resource management (HC and NRE): plan with functional teams at each program milestone, identify gaps by team and region, and review them with leadership before submission.\nTrack HC and NRE against plan as scope and schedules change. Work with Finance on forecasts and spend, and flag drift early with options to close the gap.\nOwn risk management: maintain the CHS risk and issue register, score risks, define mitigation and contingency plans, and drive them to closure.\nOwn change request management: assess the impact on CHS schedule, resources, and cost, and drive decisions with stakeholders.\nOwn tape-out checklist (TOCL) management: track checklist items and sign-offs with engineering leads, and drive them to closure ahead of each tape-out.\nDrive chipset core meetings: own the agenda, capture decisions and action items, and follow up to closure.\nEscalate schedule, resource, or technical risks to leadership on time, with a recommendation.\nSet a regular status cadence for leadership covering schedule trends against baseline, top risks, and decisions needed. Prepare executive briefings for Director and VP audiences.\nUse AI tools and automation to build dashboards, track program health, and reduce manual reporting (for example Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents, Power BI, Power Automate, JIRA).\n Minimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.2+ 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.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Mechanical, Materials, or a related engineering discipline).\n2+ years of Program Management or related work experience.\nDirect experience in semiconductor development or manufacturing. Candidates without semiconductor experience will not be considered.\nWorking knowledge of the SoC and silicon product lifecycle, from architecture and tape-out through bring-up, qualification, and customer sampling.\nUnderstanding of IC package design and development, including substrate design, tape-out, and assembly.\nExperience with headcount (HC) and NRE planning, tracking, and forecasting for engineering programs.\nHands-on experience with project management tools such as MS Project and JIRA, including building integrated schedules with cross-team dependencies.\nHands-on experience using AI tools (such as Microsoft 365 Copilot or AI agents) to automate reporting, analysis, and routine program work.\nStrong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to engineering teams and leadership.\nPMP certification or equivalent.\nExperience in the HW SoC development cycle.\nPackage engineering, SI/PI, thermal, or test engineering experience before moving into program management.\n2+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).\n2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.\n2+ years of experience with program management tools such as dashboards (Splunk, ThoughtSpot, Tableau, Power BI/Power Automate, Agentic AI), Gantt charts, etc.\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$132,800.00 - $199,200.00The 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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.\nIf you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7350,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":2,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Processors, MCUs & AI Chips","Autonomous Driving","RF & Wireless Hardware","Car Electronics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T23:50:46Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 55 · green card filings: 6","filings_12m":55,"filings_prev_12m":87,"green_card_filings_12m":6,"median_offered_wage_usd":122008,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":74,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":199200,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/qualcomm-program-manager-7","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/qualcomm-program-manager-7.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T20:50:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":27790,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":94},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=94"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fqualcomm-program-manager-7"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fqualcomm-program-manager-7"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fqualcomm-program-manager-7"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/qualcomm-program-manager-7\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fqualcomm-program-manager-7"}]}