Program Manager, Senior – Voice & Music Software
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 22
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
The Voice & Music Business Unit (VnM BU) within Qualcomm's Engineering Services Group delivers software spanning Audio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and embedded technologies for products such as earbuds, personal audio, and other voice and music solutions. This Senior Software / Technology Program Manager role provides program management leadership for the planning, development, integration, and delivery of software across multiple technology areas and product segments. The role works with cross-functional engineering, product, business, and customer-facing teams to drive end-to-end execution, manage dependencies and risks, and ensure high-quality software delivery.
What you will do
- Drive requirements scoping, analysis, planning, and execution across multiple software and technology teams, managing interdependencies, resource constraints, customer requirements, and schedule optimization.
- Establish clear Plan of Record (PoR) commitments and drive prioritization, milestone alignment, and timely decision-making across competing requirements.
- Manage programs across the complete software development lifecycle, from planning and development through integration, validation, release, and customer delivery.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Audio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, BSP, Connectivity, Sensors, system software, validation, product teams, and customer-facing teams to drive end-to-end execution.
- Proactively identify and manage program risks, dependencies, critical paths, and schedule variances, driving mitigation, recovery plans, issue resolution, and escalation as needed.
- Establish strong execution and communication mechanisms, including program health metrics for schedule, quality, milestones, and risks, along with executive reporting and stakeholder communication.
- Drive end-to-end hardware/software integration and product readiness, partnering with engineering, quality, product, and operations teams to ensure disciplined execution and high-quality delivery.
- Coordinate across global development sites, external partners, and stakeholders, while driving scalable processes, automation, and continuous improvements that simplify execution and improve delivery efficiency.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Strong domain knowledge and experience in Wireless and Semiconductor industries (mandatory).
- 15+ years of experience combining software product development and program management within the semiconductor/wireless domain.
- Experience managing software products across the full development lifecycle, from concept and planning through development, integration, production, and customer delivery.
- Proven experience in end-to-end product integration across hardware and software stacks.
- Good understanding of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies and their integration within embedded products.
- Familiarity with embedded software architectures, RTOS environments, software development processes, and system integration.
- Experience working with open-source development models and ecosystems is desirable.
- Experience with software build, integration, validation, release management, and quality/readiness processes.
- Familiarity with automation and CI/CD concepts for software build, test, integration, and release workflows is an added advantage.
- Experience with Audio technologies is strongly preferred. Candidates with experience in audio drivers, DSP frameworks, embedded audio stacks, audio codecs, multimedia frameworks, or audio system integration programs will have an added advantage.
- Experience working on earbuds, hearables, headphones, personal audio, Bluetooth audio, or similar embedded consumer products is an added advantage.
- Ability to work effectively with engineering teams to understand technical issues and assess program impact, dependencies, risks, priorities, and resolution plans.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics/Electronics & Communication Engineering.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 4+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
- *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.
Preferred qualifications
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics/Electronics & Communication Engineering,
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a global leader in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry, including mobile processors, 5G, and on-device artificial intelligence. The company designs and markets digital communications products, semiconductor solutions, and system software used globally across smartphones, automotive solutions, IoT devices, and computing systems. Through extensive R&D and intellectual property licensing, Qualcomm powers a highly interconnected and smarter world.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 50000+ employees
- Founded
- 1985
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $53M raised
- 2018-11-01Grant
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Ann Chaplin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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