Datacenter Software Program Manager (Up to Staff level)

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish Plan of Record (POR): ensure roadmap/requirements baseline, project priorities, requirements change control, driving synchronization across several development teams, coordinate and synchronize external deliverables, and schedules among many worldwide design centers, etc.
• Drive planning/scheduling: develop the execution schedule to include staffing needs and interdependencies.
• Coordinates department schedules, resources etc. and develops program master schedule, work plans, checklists, design reviews, and resource requirements
• Establish routine update & communications process: update status, schedule trends versus baseline, risk management, mitigation and recovery actions, etc.
• Develop program indicators to push information to internal teams and management, develop content and present at monthly program reviews.
• Partner with other functional areas to establish critical processes to support disciplined product development and decision making and to ensure quality.
• Interfaces with internal departments, (contracts, legal, design and product engineering, technical publications, product support, etc.), to be aware of each department’s priorities, available resources etc.
• Coordinates across multiple development sites will be required. This includes different Qualcomm sites as well as contractors, both domestic and international. International travel to other development and customer sites may also be required
• Organizes and leads interdepartmental meetings (i.e. leads meetings with engineering, technical publications and/or product support), to set project milestones, define project tasks, establish program policies and processes and allocate resources
• Responsible for establishing project milestones, definition of project tasks, establishing program policies and processes and allocation of resources. Delegates project assignments to internal departments where required.
• Develops control systems and methods to accurately monitor and measure program progress, identify potential problems for each internal department, identify risks, and to then develop and maintain risk matrix with mitigation and contingency strategies, monitor adherence to program master plans and schedules.
• Troubleshoots program issues and helps to develop alternative program tasks, schedules, milestones, processes etc. to resolve program issues.
• Communicates project status, issues, and recommends mitigation plans to cross-functional core and executive teams.
• Participate in design reviews and coordinate or assure compliance to design or department checklists and procedures. May interface with customer or supplier directly on a regular basis throughout the life cycle of program.
• Work with software product management team to define end-to-end software and long-term maintenance strategy.
• Drive an extensive ecosystem of third-party software developers while identifying opportunities for software reuse that result in software roadmap optimizations.

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Pay range

• and Other Compensation & Benefits :
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