Qualcomm

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Operations Group, Operations Group > Operations Program Management

General Summary:

As a New Product Introduction (NPI) Operations Program Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the timely launch of products with exceptional quality and maximum availability for customers. Your leadership and facilitation skills will be key to driving the dynamic development and successful launch of our products.

In this role, you will be a dynamic, driven, and detail-oriented leader who excels in program and project management. You will communicate effectively at all levels, thrive in ambiguous environments, and adeptly facilitate actions and resolve conflicts.

You will lead within our global Operations team and collaborate closely with the core product development team and other functional organizations. You will manage complex, multi-disciplinary projects from inception to completion, working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and maintain clear communication with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span multiple offices, time zones, and hemispheres, requiring you to coordinate efforts and keep all parties informed of progress and deadlines.

As the primary Operations/Supply Chain interface to the development and deployment teams, you will be responsible for driving new product development operations and supporting products through production ramp. You will lead a team of professionals to ensure that products are designed and built to meet our high standards.

JOB OVERVIEW:

• The Operations Program Manager (OPM) will work with RFFE engineering teams manufacturing suppliers to produce best in class RF Front End Solutions.
• Materials Management - The OPM will manage inventory for the module assemblies, including IC die to include Power Amplifiers, Switches, Low Noise Amplifiers, passive components, filters and substrates.
• Cycle Time Analysis - The candidate will integrate with the Program Manager, Program Analysts, Design Team, Supply Chain Management and Sales Operations teams to allow them to execute on the project and meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Process Efficiency - There will be a focus on process efficiencies that can be applied across the RFFE module teams. This position works closely with local prototype assembly lines, offshore suppliers, Product and Test Engineering, Package and Reliability teams and the IPS group to ensure on time delivery, evaluation and launch of Front-End modules.

Job Details:

• Engage with Module Program Managers, Design Leads, Supply Chain, and Program Analysts to ensure that the project schedule is accurate with regards to IC die fabrication lead times, BE1/BE2 SAT assembly times, passive component (resistors, capacitors, inductors) manufacturing lead times, filter manufacturing lead times and up to date global shipping time estimates.
• Understands product attribute info used to project the supply line: Die/IC attributes: DPW, wafer size, geometry; Planning/sourcing attributes: lead times, yields, sourcing paths.
• Ensure that the module project milestone definitions, dates and material quantities are clearly identified and communicated.
• Identify supply delivery risks to the proposed project plan and insure these risks are documented.
• Provide regular updates at the Module Program Management core team with regards to the status of supporting the project milestone delivery requirements.
  • Risks to meeting module sample deliveries to be highlighted/communicated when observed to the module core team.
    • Expectation is that the OPM will propose a recovery plan where applicable.
    • Escalation to RFFE BU management to be driven/tracked by OPM where a recovery solution cannot be determined at his/her level.
• Ensure that module BOMs are locked in time to allow successful delivery of supply per the project milestones. Escalation to be driven as required to ensure that BOM locks are completed on time.
• Single point of contact who maintains the ultimate responsibility/accountability for end-to-end supply line throughout NPI and until full production handover.
• Ability to directly manage a team is preferred.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of relevant operations experience.

OR

Associate's degree and 5+ years of relevant operations experience.

OR

High School Diploma or equivalent and 7+ years of relevant operations experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

7+ years Supply Chain, Program Management, or related work experience. Experience with Qualcomm's Rapid Response System. Experience interacting with manufacturing team to help schedule and manage module builds.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelors degree in Science, Engineering, Business or related field OR Associates degree with 5 years of relevant work experience OR High School diploma with 7 years of relevant experience.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$136,800.00 - $205,200.00

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.

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