Qualcomm · 6 days ago
IT Program Manager, Staff
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$159K/yr - $238K/yr
5+ years expQualcomm Incorporated is a leading technology company, and they are seeking an IT Program Manager to lead their Product Lifecycle Management Transformation initiative. This role involves coordinating multiple projects, managing program governance, and driving alignment across stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of the program.
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Responsibilities
Scoping, planning and executing large, cross-functional programs and projects
Deep experience managing large programs in Agile methodologies and the SAFe framework
Strong proficiency in Jira for project tracking, issue management, and workflow optimization to effectively oversee project deliverables
Primarily working independently with little supervision. Taking responsibility for own work and making decisions that are moderate to high in impact; errors may have financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct
Using verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question. Role requires proficiency in negotiation and influence, cooperation, tact, and diplomacy, etc
Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or incomplete; intermediate data analysis/interpretation skills may be required
Exercising substantial creativity to innovate new processes, procedures and deliverables within guidelines or to achieve established objectives
Facilitates the creation and approval of project business cases
Creates and manages program/projects scope, schedule, resource plans and budgets
Aligns goals, plans, dependencies and resources across the contributing or affected functional or regional teams to ensure attainment of milestones
Drives cohesive end-to-end planning, design and execution of changes to accelerate adoption while minimizing adverse impact to business operations
Enforces project lifecycle process and gate reviews
Maintains score cards and metrics to report performance against plans and goals and to highlight risks, issues and action plans
Supports the establishment of program governance, goals and prioritizes deliverables under minimal supervision of IT and Business stakeholders
Manages and takes responsibility for multiple small programs/technologies with minimal complexity or a single program/technology with moderate to high complexity by applying program management methodology, principals, frameworks and knowledge to meet deadlines
Builds and manages the execution of the Plan of Record (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope) for multiple small programs or a single medium to large sized program, which includes monitoring overall progress, schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization
Tracks all key metrics pertaining to a program, provides early warning for potential metric deviations and escalates in timely manner when metrics deviate significantly from Plan of Record
Identifies program issues/risks and creates a risk mitigation plan for multiple small programs or a single medium to large sized program. Maintains and updates the risk tracker
Supports team vision and objectives by motivating team
Supports the compliance of processes by following best practices and procedures and providing observations for process improvement. Integrates organizational change management practices to drive successful business outcomes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
5+ years Program Management or related work experience
Experience driving PLM transformation
Ability to engage and influence effectively at all levels and within a matrixed environment of both internal and external resources
Advanced supplier and contract management skills
Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with a diverse set of peers and stakeholders across organizational levels, functions and geographies/cultures
Must be driven, self-motivated, well organized and able to thrive under ambiguity
Deep experience managing large programs in Agile methodologies and the SAFe framework
Strong proficiency in Jira for project tracking, issue management, and workflow optimization to effectively oversee project deliverables
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in the areas of IT, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
10+ years Program Management or related work experience
2+ years experience with program management tools such as dashboards, Gantt charts, etc
5+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above)
3+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization
10-15+ years Project Management-relevant work experience in IT
PMO, PMP, Scrum, SAFe, and/or Six Sigma Project Management Certification
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.5M1991-12-20IPO
1988-01-01Undisclosed· $3.5M
Leadership Team
Cristiano Amon
President and Chief Executive Officer
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CEO
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