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Qualcomm Incorporated
Job Area:
Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Project Management
General Summary:
Enterally manages and coordinates multiple work efforts with a focus to achieve and deliver strategic objectives, outcomes, and benefits. Develops, defines, and executes plans of record, including schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, and risks. Monitors and drives a collection of IT projects and features for the Supply Chain area from initiation through delivery, interfacing with stakeholders across functions as needed. Monitors budget/spending, on-time delivery, and achievement of milestones. Represents the program/release train and drives alignment across stakeholders.
Additionally, as a Scrum Master, the individual facilitates agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. They ensure the team adheres to agile principles, removes impediments to the team's progress, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement. The Scrum Master also shields the team from external interruptions and provides coaching on agile best practices to enhance team productivity and collaboration.
Position requires to be in San Diego full time
Responsibilities:
- Working under some supervision.
- Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
- Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question.
- Most tasks require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework.
- Deductive and inductive problem solving is required; 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 creativity to draft original documents, imagery, or work products within established guidelines.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develops and executes project/program plans for medium- to large-sized projects/programs within a specific domain which include schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization.
- Creates and promotes project vision and objectives within project team, ensures project/program objectives are met, presents project vision to management, and gains buy-in from stakeholders.
- Identifies resources to ensure the alignment of team member skills and strengths with project demands, creates project teams, secures resources, schedules task assignments for medium- to large-sized projects/programs by following project management best practices, and recommends process improvements.
- Communicates directly with stakeholders to establish needs and goals, and executes communication/change management plan for project team, stakeholders, management, and executives.
- Manages project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope, and with quality) for projects/programs of medium to large size or complexity.
- Supports the compliance of project plans by following best practices and procedures.
- Collaborates with key stakeholders and project sponsors to develop project goals, set the prioritization of deliverables, discuss involvement of business processes (e.g., project change management, communication) and facilitate decisions necessary for project delivery.
- Ensures and facilitates collaboration with diverse project stakeholders throughout the project by using appropriate tools.
- Facilitating Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
- Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
- Helping the Development Team to create high-value products.
- Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress.
- Coaching the Product Owner in effective Product Backlog management.
- Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the time-box.
- Facilitating effective communication and collaboration between the Development Team, Product Owner, and other stakeholders.
- Experience supporting projects within Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Operations environments preferred.
IT CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Accountability - Hold one’s self and others accountable for measurable quality, timely and cost-effective results, and accepts responsibility for impacts to the business and changes to business processes.
- Adaptability - Adjusting own behaviors to work efficiently and effectively in light of new information, changing situations and/or different environments.
- Collaboration - Fosters working together by establishing, communicating, and reinforcing shared values, norms, and objectives.
- Communication - The ability to effectively exchange information with stakeholders in addition to the ability to accurately hear and understand the partially expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others.
- Financial Acumen - Ability to understand in-depth financial information that can be used to make meaningful insights to drive business growth in a safe and transparent environment.
- Influence - The ability to accomplish goals through others.
- People Development - Models and creates an environment that promotes career development.
- Strategic Focus - Applies a comprehensive approach using business acumen and industry research to solve systematic complexities that promote growth.
ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES:
(All competencies below are required upon entry)
- 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.
- Dealing with Conflict - The ability to quickly and directly address problems, find common ground, and persevere on tough assignments. This includes having the willingness to be centrally involved in debates and facilitating conflict discussion and resolution.
- 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.
- Escalation Management - Knowledge of the procedures for incident escalation. This includes understanding when to escalate as required in a timely manner.
- Focusing on the Customer - The ability to effectively identify and address key customer needs. This includes leading others to maintain focus on customers and seeking information to uncover a true client need.
- Getting Organized - 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.
- Inspiring Others - The ability to motivate teams or functional groups to perform at their best and accept change. This includes the ability to identify and promote a unifying vision with associated goals, create a climate in which people want to contribute, and understand what motivates different people. This also includes sustaining performance during times of change, identifying individuals who are resistant to change, and developing tailored solutions to increase engagement.
- Managing Diverse Relationships - The ability to manage a variety of relationships from both inside and outside the organization. This includes building and nurturing a diverse network, finding a balance between meeting one's own interest and the interest of other groups, and having a good understanding of group dynamics. This also includes embracing diversity in terms of backgrounds and opinions and creating an environment of trust and respect for differences.
- Managing Resources - The ability to spend his/her time and the time of others on the most mission-critical work activities. This includes communicating priorities to others, removing roadblocks that threaten to derail progress, and making timely and difficult decisions about serious tradeoffs with incomplete information.
- Project Management - Knowledge of project lifecycles. This includes an understanding of methodology attributes such as entrance and exit criteria for assigned project stages, team roles and responsibilities, and tools and techniques. This also includes the ability to plan activities within a project stage and report on progress.
- Providing Feedback - The ability to regularly provide feedback to others in a timely manner. This includes identifying opportunities to provide feedback, providing feedback for improvement in a tactful and impactful way, and providing positive feedback in order to empower and motivate employees to maximize performance.
- Taking Initiative - The ability to attack work activities with drive and energy, understand the impact of work on key metrics, and make decisions that are in the company's best interest. This includes not being afraid to initiate action before all the facts are known, and driving value-added work tasks to completion.
- Time Management - The ability to quickly prioritize mission-critical from less important or trivial work activities. This includes sensing what the next most useful thing is to work on, and focusing on the critical few tasks that add value while putting aside or delaying the rest.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in the areas of IT, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 7+ years Project Management-relevant work experience in IT.
- SAFe certified.
- PMO, PMP, or Six Sigma Project Management Certification.
- 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
- 3+ years managing operating budgets and/or project financials.
- Experience working as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment, facilitating Scrum events, and coaching teams in Agile principles and practices.
- Knowledge of Agile frameworks and methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.
- Experience with Agile tools, such as Jira, Trello, or similar.
- Experience with HR, Payroll or ERP domains and systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
7+ years of Project Management-relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
OR
9+ years of Project Management-relevant work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.
Qualcomm 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 disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com 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.
To 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.
EEO 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.
Qualcomm 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.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$142,400.00 - $213,600.00
The 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.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
Company:
Qualcomm Incorporated
Job Area:
Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Project Management
General Summary:
Enterally manages and coordinates multiple work efforts with a focus to achieve and deliver strategic objectives, outcomes, and benefits. Develops, defines, and executes plans of record, including schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, and risks. Monitors and drives a collection of IT projects and features for the Supply Chain area from initiation through delivery, interfacing with stakeholders across functions as needed. Monitors budget/spending, on-time delivery, and achievement of milestones. Represents the program/release train and drives alignment across stakeholders.
Additionally, as a Scrum Master, the individual facilitates agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. They ensure the team adheres to agile principles, removes impediments to the team's progress, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement. The Scrum Master also shields the team from external interruptions and provides coaching on agile best practices to enhance team productivity and collaboration.
Position requires to be in San Diego full time
Responsibilities:
- Working under some supervision.
- Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
- Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question.
- Most tasks require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework.
- Deductive and inductive problem solving is required; 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 creativity to draft original documents, imagery, or work products within established guidelines.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develops and executes project/program plans for medium- to large-sized projects/programs within a specific domain which include schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization.
- Creates and promotes project vision and objectives within project team, ensures project/program objectives are met, presents project vision to management, and gains buy-in from stakeholders.
- Identifies resources to ensure the alignment of team member skills and strengths with project demands, creates project teams, secures resources, schedules task assignments for medium- to large-sized projects/programs by following project management best practices, and recommends process improvements.
- Communicates directly with stakeholders to establish needs and goals, and executes communication/change management plan for project team, stakeholders, management, and executives.
- Manages project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope, and with quality) for projects/programs of medium to large size or complexity.
- Supports the compliance of project plans by following best practices and procedures.
- Collaborates with key stakeholders and project sponsors to develop project goals, set the prioritization of deliverables, discuss involvement of business processes (e.g., project change management, communication) and facilitate decisions necessary for project delivery.
- Ensures and facilitates collaboration with diverse project stakeholders throughout the project by using appropriate tools.
- Facilitating Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
- Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
- Helping the Development Team to create high-value products.
- Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress.
- Coaching the Product Owner in effective Product Backlog management.
- Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the time-box.
- Facilitating effective communication and collaboration between the Development Team, Product Owner, and other stakeholders.
- Experience supporting projects within Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Operations environments preferred.
IT CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Accountability - Hold one’s self and others accountable for measurable quality, timely and cost-effective results, and accepts responsibility for impacts to the business and changes to business processes.
- Adaptability - Adjusting own behaviors to work efficiently and effectively in light of new information, changing situations and/or different environments.
- Collaboration - Fosters working together by establishing, communicating, and reinforcing shared values, norms, and objectives.
- Communication - The ability to effectively exchange information with stakeholders in addition to the ability to accurately hear and understand the partially expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others.
- Financial Acumen - Ability to understand in-depth financial information that can be used to make meaningful insights to drive business growth in a safe and transparent environment.
- Influence - The ability to accomplish goals through others.
- People Development - Models and creates an environment that promotes career development.
- Strategic Focus - Applies a comprehensive approach using business acumen and industry research to solve systematic complexities that promote growth.
ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES:
(All competencies below are required upon entry)
- 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.
- Dealing with Conflict - The ability to quickly and directly address problems, find common ground, and persevere on tough assignments. This includes having the willingness to be centrally involved in debates and facilitating conflict discussion and resolution.
- 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.
- Escalation Management - Knowledge of the procedures for incident escalation. This includes understanding when to escalate as required in a timely manner.
- Focusing on the Customer - The ability to effectively identify and address key customer needs. This includes leading others to maintain focus on customers and seeking information to uncover a true client need.
- Getting Organized - 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.
- Inspiring Others - The ability to motivate teams or functional groups to perform at their best and accept change. This includes the ability to identify and promote a unifying vision with associated goals, create a climate in which people want to contribute, and understand what motivates different people. This also includes sustaining performance during times of change, identifying individuals who are resistant to change, and developing tailored solutions to increase engagement.
- Managing Diverse Relationships - The ability to manage a variety of relationships from both inside and outside the organization. This includes building and nurturing a diverse network, finding a balance between meeting one's own interest and the interest of other groups, and having a good understanding of group dynamics. This also includes embracing diversity in terms of backgrounds and opinions and creating an environment of trust and respect for differences.
- Managing Resources - The ability to spend his/her time and the time of others on the most mission-critical work activities. This includes communicating priorities to others, removing roadblocks that threaten to derail progress, and making timely and difficult decisions about serious tradeoffs with incomplete information.
- Project Management - Knowledge of project lifecycles. This includes an understanding of methodology attributes such as entrance and exit criteria for assigned project stages, team roles and responsibilities, and tools and techniques. This also includes the ability to plan activities within a project stage and report on progress.
- Providing Feedback - The ability to regularly provide feedback to others in a timely manner. This includes identifying opportunities to provide feedback, providing feedback for improvement in a tactful and impactful way, and providing positive feedback in order to empower and motivate employees to maximize performance.
- Taking Initiative - The ability to attack work activities with drive and energy, understand the impact of work on key metrics, and make decisions that are in the company's best interest. This includes not being afraid to initiate action before all the facts are known, and driving value-added work tasks to completion.
- Time Management - The ability to quickly prioritize mission-critical from less important or trivial work activities. This includes sensing what the next most useful thing is to work on, and focusing on the critical few tasks that add value while putting aside or delaying the rest.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in the areas of IT, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 7+ years Project Management-relevant work experience in IT.
- SAFe certified.
- PMO, PMP, or Six Sigma Project Management Certification.
- 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
- 3+ years managing operating budgets and/or project financials.
- Experience working as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment, facilitating Scrum events, and coaching teams in Agile principles and practices.
- Knowledge of Agile frameworks and methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.
- Experience with Agile tools, such as Jira, Trello, or similar.
- Experience with HR, Payroll or ERP domains and systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
7+ years of Project Management-relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
OR
9+ years of Project Management-relevant work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.
Qualcomm 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 disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com 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.
To 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.
EEO 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.
Qualcomm 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.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$142,400.00 - $213,600.00
The 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.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
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Frame your PM credentials around hardware programs
Qualcomm's Project Manager roles frequently sit inside silicon or RF engineering programs. Credentials that show you've managed technical milestones, hardware tape-outs, or cross-functional engineering teams will position your application more precisely than generic project management experience.
Target roles in semiconductor product lines specifically
Qualcomm's PM openings cluster around Snapdragon, modem, and connectivity product lines. Applying to roles tied to these programs increases the likelihood your position falls under a business unit with an established H-1B sponsorship workflow rather than a newer or less structured team.
Ask about the LCA filing timeline during offer negotiation
Before accepting an offer, ask whether your start date accommodates the DOL's Labor Condition Application certification window. LCA approval typically takes seven business days, but delays push back your I-129 filing and can compress your transition window if you're changing status.
Use Migrate Mate to filter open PM roles by visa type
Not every open Project Manager listing at Qualcomm will explicitly state sponsorship availability. Use Migrate Mate to filter Qualcomm's current openings by the visa categories they sponsor, so you're applying only to roles where your immigration status is already a known fit.
Prepare a specialty occupation rationale for your specific role
USCIS requires Project Manager positions to meet the specialty occupation standard, which means your role must normally require a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Document how your position requires engineering, technical program management, or a comparable specialized discipline rather than general management.
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Does Qualcomm sponsor H-1B visas for Project Managers?
Yes, Qualcomm sponsors H-1B visas for Project Manager roles. The company has a well-established immigration program and regularly files H-1B petitions for technical and program management functions. Because Project Manager positions must qualify as specialty occupations under USCIS standards, your offer letter and role description need to clearly reflect degree-specific requirements tied to a technical or engineering discipline.
Which visa types does Qualcomm commonly use for Project Manager roles?
Qualcomm sponsors several visa categories for Project Managers, including H-1B, H-1B1 for Chilean and Singaporean nationals, TN for Canadian and Mexican professionals, F-1 OPT and CPT for students in eligible degree programs, and employment-based Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3 for longer-term sponsorship. The right category depends on your nationality, current status, and how long you've been in the U.S.
What qualifications does Qualcomm expect for Project Manager positions?
Qualcomm's Project Manager roles typically require a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a closely related technical field, combined with hands-on experience managing complex, cross-functional programs in a hardware or semiconductor environment. Familiarity with Agile or stage-gate development processes is common across listings. Roles closer to product or chipset programs may also expect experience with silicon development cycles or RF systems.
How do I apply for Project Manager jobs at Qualcomm?
You can browse and apply for Project Manager openings at Qualcomm through Migrate Mate, which filters listings by visa sponsorship type so you can confirm your immigration status is a fit before applying. When you apply, tailor your resume to reflect technical program scope, not just process management. Qualcomm's recruiting process for PM roles typically includes a recruiter screen, hiring manager interview, and a panel focused on cross-functional execution experience.
How long does the H-1B sponsorship process take at Qualcomm once I have an offer?
After an offer is confirmed, your employer files a Labor Condition Application with the DOL, which takes approximately seven business days. The I-129 petition follows and is filed with USCIS, with standard processing taking several months. If your start date is urgent, Qualcomm can request premium processing from USCIS, which targets a 15-business-day adjudication window for an additional fee paid by the employer.
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