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Qualcomm

Senior Director, Product Management - Robotics

Qualcomm, San Diego, California, United States, 92189


Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Operations Group, Operations Group > Product Management

General Summary:

Qualcomm Industrial and Embedded IoT unit is seeking someone passionate about building industry leading Robotics solutions for the Robotics market segment.

As the Senior Director, Product Management, the position will own the Robotics platform roadmap and requirements for the Robotics segment needs. This person will lead product and technology roadmaps definition by taking a customer-centric approach to champion product features, functionality and experience. He or she, while leading the product definition phase, will also collaborate with cross functional teams – sales, business development, engineering – throughout the product life cycle.

Responsibilities:

Leading product planning and development of Robotics platform.

Define and clearly articulate product and business requirements: Use Cases, Features, User Experience, Business, Compatibility, Transition etc.

Create detailed user stories that clearly define the problem and the proposed solution. Work with UX design team to create visuals that accurately reflect the details within user stories and optimize for an ideal user experience.

In collaboration with the business development team, identify target customers and market verticals, the key problems the products are designed to solve and the key attributes of the products.

Lead prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, performance, timeline and cost.

Plan competitive analysis activities and provide an up to date and quantitative view of Robotics products competitiveness in the marketplace.

Remain up to date on technology advancements in the Retail payment service.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.

10+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.

15+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

4+ years of working in a large matrixed organization.

2+ years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.

2+ years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.

Additional Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Reviews identified gaps in market based on complex analyses of overall ecosystem demands and makes portfolio decisions on how these gaps impact product roadmaps.

Validates business cases and determines relevance to organizational strategy; contributes to the creation of the product roadmap to advance organizational strategy and goals.

Drives portfolio launch strategies and identifies technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and ensures successful product launch.

Reviews, prepares, and delivers technical presentations regarding product roadmaps, RFPs, and/or proposals to demonstrate and market product portfolios to customers and/or prospective customers, and integrates customer feedback into project roadmaps.

Serves as the authority in the creation of a differentiated roadmap for a product portfolio, facilitates decision making between cross-functional leaders, and achieves buy-in from internal and external stakeholders.

Drives cross-functional conversations around the development of a product portfolio that meets customer needs and aligns with product roadmaps.

Reviews development and definition activities for multiple new and emerging technology product portfolios including determination of cost and impact, and continually reviews ROI of specific products.

Establishes long-term portfolio innovation strategy, product roadmaps, and IP strategies while identifying gaps and maintaining the best interest of customers and alignment to the product roadmap.

Drives communication plan and communicates appropriately with internal customers, third-party vendors, and senior management to build relationships, ensure alignment and buy-in, and achieve product goals as well as manage any planned changes.

Drives effective cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that Engineering and other internal partners (i.e., program management) meet customer expectations, promised deadlines, and align with overall roadmap for product portfolio(s).

Translates customer needs, product roadmaps, and organizational strategy into successful product portfolios and facilitates decisions necessary for product delivery by partnering with cross-functional leaders.

In addition to experience, the successful candidate will have demonstrated competencies in the following areas:

Analytical Skills:

The ability to collect information and identify fundamental patterns/trends in data. This includes the ability to gather, integrate, and interpret information from several sources.

Building Trusting Relationships:

The ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and rapport with different types of people and businesses. This includes delivering on commitments and maintaining confidential information, as well as being approachable, showing interest in the other person, and relating well to people regardless of personality or background.

Communication:

The ability to convey information clearly and accurately, as well as choosing the most effective method of delivery (e.g., email, phone, face-to-face). This includes using a technically sound communication style both verbally and in writing.

Creating the New and Different:

The ability to be creative. This includes the ability to produce breakthrough ideas, being a visionary, managing innovation, seeing multiple futures, having broad interests and knowledge, and gaining support in order to translate new ideas into solutions. This also includes the ability to plan and implement unconventional ideas and speculate about alternative futures without all of the data.

Decision Making:

The ability to make quick, accurate decisions. This includes the ability to weigh alternatives and take into account the impact of the decisions on people, equipment, or other resources.

Getting Work Done:

The ability to be organized, resourceful, and planful. This includes the ability to leverage multiple resources to get things done and lay out tasks in sufficient detail. This also includes the ability to get things done with fewer resources and in less time, work on multiple tasks at once without losing track, and foresee and plan around obstacles.

Technical Knowledge:

Knowledge of program management methodology (e.g., planning, scheduling, tracking, execution). This includes the ability to effectively use program management tools to carry out the program management function.

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