Product Manager - Wireless Infrastructure Networking

Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.

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Product Management

As a market leader in wireless networking solutions, Qualcomm has been instrumental in enabling Wi‑Fi as the primary means of providing network access to devices in homes, small businesses, large enterprises, and public venues such as airports and hotels. We are at an inflection point in wireless networking where the next generation of Wi‑Fi devices are going to be transformational in solving new challenges to reach ultra‑high reliability in heavily congested environments.

• Identifies gaps in market based on complex analyses of market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands and provides this information to guide design conversations for Qualcomm’s Wireless Infrastructure Networking (WIN) products
• Leads team collaboration in the creation of business cases and validates cases for development of a new, complex product to ensure they are appropriate given business direction and asks appropriate questions to understand relevance of program to roadmap
• Markets new and complex products and technologies through technical marketing opportunities such as conferences, congresses, and direct customer contact and drives product launch efforts
• Prepares and delivers highly complex technical presentations regarding a product roadmap that explains and demonstrates products managed to customers
• Translates customer feedback and external environment into potential changes for the differentiated product roadmap and communicates this to senior leaders
• Directs and oversees the development of highly complex products or new products areas and services, independently; maintains communication with individuals across functional teams
• Completes product development and definition activities for a new or highly complex, owned product, including determination of cost and impact, and interacts with sales team to generate forecasts
• Define product roadmap and features needed for next generation Wi‑Fi and Networking systems. Product evangelization, positioning and go‑to‑market strategy
• Holds self and team(s) accountable for remaining up to date on competitors, technological advances, and the product ecosystem and taking the lead on development and design innovation of new and complex products to articulate differentiation of products to customer and identify trends
• Communicates regularly with leadership following a communication plan to ensure cross‑functional understanding of product plans for a product line
• Ensures successful cross‑functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon KPIs and specifications are met for a new, complex product(s), upon delivery by engineering team
• Collaborates with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop product goals (e.g., performance, cost, timeline, customer schedules), discuss product feasibility, and facilitate cross‑functional decision making for products they own
• Leading customer engagements and translating customer needs into product requirements

This is an office‑based position located in Santa Clara, CA and is expected to comply with the company's onsite work policy.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of Product 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.

• MBA or advanced technical degree
• 10+ years in wireless networking or broadband industries
• Strong understanding of Wireless Networking Technology, including Wi‑Fi, Broadband Gateways, Mesh…