Job Summary:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a senior product leader with deep expertise in camera systems, imaging pipelines, and video/AI SoCs. The Director of Product Management will define and execute the multi-year product strategy for IP camera SoCs, owning the full product lifecycle and driving alignment across various teams to ensure a cohesive strategy.
Responsibilities:
• Lead and scale our global IP camera expansion strategy, defining the vision, TAM opportunity, and multi-year roadmap for camera SoCs.
• Architect a multi-tier portfolio (high-end, mainstream, cost-optimized), balancing performance, AI capability, ISP requirements, and system cost targets.
• Formulate long-term product, technology, and investment strategies—driving profitability, cost control, competitive advantage, and ecosystem relevance.
• Drive internal alignment across silicon engineering, software, systems, ODM ecosystem partners, and GTM to ensure a single, coherent strategy.
• Direct product definition, development, and lifecycle management across multiple SoCs and platform variants.
• Lead inbound product requirements, MRDs/PRDs, SKU strategy, competitive analysis, and product‑level P&L considerations.
• Oversee product modifications, upgrades, maintenance, and roadmap transitions across the entire lifecycle.
• Integrate edge AI, ISP excellence, sensor technology, video pipelines, connectivity, security, and system architecture into differentiated solutions.
• Promote adoption of new technologies, industry-leading trends, and future-forward innovations in imaging, AI, and camera systems.
• Drive design wins with top global OEMs across enterprise, prosumer, consumer and industrial segments.
• Engage directly with customers to understand requirements, win platforms, influence roadmaps, and guide long-term strategic partnerships.
• Conduct complex market, competitive, and technology analyses to assess product marketability and opportunity prioritization.
• Create compelling product positioning and technical marketing content; represent the company at key industry events.
• Act as the central PM leader connecting engineering, operations, finance, marketing, quality, and sales throughout product development.
• Ensure KPIs, performance targets, cost structures, and customer requirements are met by cross-functional teams.
• Lead strategic decision-making with executives, engineering leaders, and program sponsors regarding performance, trade-offs, timelines, and customer commitments.
• Build business cases, pricing strategy, feature trade-offs, and investment frameworks for new product initiatives.
• Manage operating budgets, financial models, and multi-year forecasts in collaboration with finance and sales teams.
• Negotiate agreements with third-party partners, ODMs, and technology vendors.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.
• 8+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
Preferred:
• 10+ years in Product Management, platform/SoC PM, or closely related technical leadership roles.
• 15+ years working with embedded systems or camera/vision systems.
• 10+ years working on imaging, camera ISP pipelines, or video encoding/processing.
• 5+ years in edge/on-device AI, neural networks, or NPU‑accelerated workloads.
• Experience building and shipping silicon-based products at scale (camera SoCs preferred).
• Experience with P&L, financial modeling, and operational cost control.
• Experience negotiating 3rd‑party supplier or ecosystem partnerships.
• Experience influencing and operating in a large, matrixed organization.
• Deep familiarity with IP cameras, image sensor technologies, or adjacent segments (mobile imaging, action cams, automotive, robotics, XR, etc.) is a strong plus.
Company:
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices. Founded in 1985, the company is headquartered in San Diego, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.