IT Program Manager, Data & Analytics

Company: Qualcomm
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Company:Qualcomm IncorporatedJob Area:Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Program ManagementGeneral Summary:Centrally manages and coordinates multiple work efforts with a focus to achieve and deliver strategic objectives, outcomes, and benefits. Develops, defines, and executes plans of record, including schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, and risks. Monitors and drives a collection of strategic data initiatives from planning through delivery, interfacing with stakeholders across functions. Manages delivery of programs, budget/spending, on-time delivery, and achievement of milestones. Represents the program/release train and drives alignment across stakeholders.The responsibilities of this role include:

• Scoping, planning, and executing large, cross-functional data programs, ensuring the program and each team's charter is in line with the organizational data strategy and roadmap for the future.
• Provide oversight and coordination across technical project managers and deliver programs on schedule and on budget.
• Proactively manage risks and drive mitigations with timely communication to leadership and actively maintain the risk tracker.
• Build materials and facilitate program level communication at all levels including the executive team on goals and accomplishments.
• Oversee/guide the prioritization and refinement of the product backlog, with business and technical teams to define requirements, estimate features, program roadmap, and budget.
• Foster cross functional team collaboration through process and Agile best practices.
• Lead discussions to drive out internal dependencies between teams.
• Facilitate cross team PI events and collaboration activities.
• Drive simplification and continuous improvement in practices and processes.
• Lead the analysis of complex team dynamics, root cause and work with delivery leaders to drive necessary corrective actions.
• Provide strategies and Agile best practices to drive speed, and operational efficiencies that reduce costs and enhance productivity.
• Collaborate with Product Management, System Architect, and Business Owners to achieve effective outcomes on the ART.
• Advise/Facilitate training and development of teams and people on Agile, in the context of data and analytics.
• Supports the establishment of program governance, goals, and prioritizes deliverables under minimal supervision of IT and Business stakeholders.
• Tracks all key metrics pertaining to a program, provides early warning for potential metric deviations, and escalates in a timely manner when metrics deviate significantly from Plan of Record.
• Supports the compliance of processes by following best practices and procedures and providing observations for process improvement. Integrates organizational change management practices to drive successful business outcomes.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree in the areas of IT, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • Managed or participated in cross functional data programs on modern platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Tableau.
  • Managed programs across Data Engineering, Data Governance and Analytics teams.
  • 10+ years Program Management or related work experience in the Data and Analytics space.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to cut complexity and guide the teams through ambiguity.
  • 5+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Sr Director level and above).
  • 10-15+ years Project Management-relevant work experience in IT.
  • Experience with Scaled Agile (SAFe) and PMP certifications preferred.Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found . Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies.EEO Employer: 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.Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $172,000.00 - $258,000.00. 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. 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 .If you would like more information about this role, please contact .
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