Voice AI Product Manager

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Operations Group, Operations Group >
Product Management

This role is responsible for defining and driving Voice AI technology across multiple business units, including mobile, compute, smart glasses, wearables, personal AI, IoT, and automotive.

The Voice AI Product Manager owns the end-to-end product lifecycle, from concept and definition through launch and lifecycle management. The role serves as the central point of coordination across engineering and business units to deliver scalable, power-efficient, and high-performance Voice AI user experiences.

The product manager will be responsible for the Voice AI stack, including:

• Voice activation / wake word detection
• Echo cancellation & noise suppression (ECNS)
• Speech recognition (ASR)
• Text-to-speech (TTS)
• Speaker identification / verification
• Speaker Diarization (SDZ)
• End-to-end Voice AI / conversational UX
• On-device vs. cloud partitioning
• Hardware and software platform roadmap definition to support the above

• Define and execute long-term Voice AI product strategy
• Develop and maintain Voice AI software roadmap
• Drive differentiation through:
  • Low-power always-on capabilities
  • On-device intelligence and privacy
  • Promote adoption of new Voice AI technologies, features and address industry trends

• Drive product lifecycle:
  Requirements → development → validation → launch
• Own feature definition for Voice AI software stack
• Work with engineering teams (DSP, AI SW, OS, frameworks) to:
  • Deliver features
  • Meet KPIs (power, latency, accuracy)
  • Build business cases for new features and investments

• Serve as the product management lead, and domain expert, with:
  • Chipset teams
  • BU/Product teams
  • Audio / Voice software teams
  • AI / ML hardware and software teams
  • OS teams (Android, Windows, Linux)
• Align stakeholders across product, engineering, and customer teams
• Drive cross-functional decision-making and execution

• Work with:
  • OEMs and customers
  • Ecosystem partners (cloud, voice AI vendors, ISVs)
• Translate customer needs into product requirements
• Ensure clear Voice AI requirements across platforms and BUs
• Support customer engagements and early enablement
• Coordinate activities with Customer Engineering teams

• Conduct analysis on:
  • Competing voice AI solutions
  • Trends in on-device vs cloud voice AI
• Identify opportunities for differentiation
• Drive platform positioning and strategy

• Develop product messaging and positioning
• Create technical collateral and presentations
• Deliver:
  • Customer demos
  • Technical presentations
  • Executive briefings

• 7+ years of Product Management or related work experience
• Experience with audio, voice, and/or AI software systems
• Strong understanding of:
  • AL/ML pipelines (Speech Recognition, Natural Language Processing, Text-to-Speech)
  • Low-power / embedded systems (DSPs, NPUs)
• Working in a large matrixed organization
• Experience working with external ecosystem players

• Analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making
• Strong cross-functional leadership
• Ability to translate customer needs into product requirements
• Strong communication across technical and business audiences
• Ability to drive execution across complex, ambiguous environments

• Works independently with limited supervision
• Drives decisions with organizational impact
• Influences roadmap and platform-level direction
• Solves complex, ambiguous problems requiring multi-domain understanding
• Participates in strategic planning for Voice AI and broader AI platform efforts

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field
• 5+ years of Product Management or related work experience

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.

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In addition to base salary, Qualcomm offers a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and the potential for annual RSU grants. The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, and other benefits designed to support success at work, at home, and in play.