Director of Product Management, Windows API Platform

About the position

Qualcomm is looking for an experienced Product Management lead in the Compute Business Unit to help strategize and drive windows API platform offerings and related software platform features and SDKs for Windows on Snapdragon® initiative. Qualcomm is enabling a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. You interact with products and technologies made possible by Qualcomm every day, including 5G-enabled smartphones that double as pro-level cameras and gaming devices, smarter vehicles and cities, and the technology behind the smart, connected factories that manufactured your latest purchase. Qualcomm 5G and AI innovations are the power behind the connected intelligent edge. You’ll find our technologies behind and inside the innovations that deliver significant value across multiple industries and to billions of people every day. Windows on Snapdragon® initiative is revolutionizing the PC industry. Windows Copilot+ PCs powered by Snapdragon X Elite are leading the industry with its revolutionary performance, efficiency and AI capabilities. The personal notebook industry is shifting towards these capabilities, and this has created momentum amongst the developer community to adopt this new platform. We are looking for a passionate person who can help accelerate this developer momentum. Windows PC is a development and target platform for millions of software developer community. These developers represent multiple use cases, needs and challenges. To make Snapdragon Compute platform developer ready and to provide developers the access to all the capabilities of Snapdragon, it is important to provide a well thought and developer friendly API platform. With Snapdragon differentiating technologies like Camera, Sensors, A/V, etc become even more important to ensure the power of the hardware is utilized by the ecosystem. More so these APIs need to be complimentary to the offerings in the existing complex Windows PC ecosystem. The role will be central to this movement. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of Core IP technologies like Camera, Audio, Video, Sensors as well developer technologies like Windows APIs, SDKs, tools and dependencies across consumer/enterprise segments of developers. She/he will have hands-on experience and knowledge about the Microsoft and competition offerings in the area of APIs. She/he will work with the internal stakeholders (core technology leads, product, engineering, marketing, business, and program management) and external developers to put together the right requirements and plan for the API platform, SDKs, libraries and tools and features for Compute. She/he will engage with developers and industry partners to analyze new APIs and technical opportunities - new software/hardware requirements, drive execution, and support the go-to-market plans and ISV adoption. The position requires understanding of PC and Windows, knowledge of technical and business sides of software and application development, proven track record of cross-functional leadership with strong interpersonal and communication skills. The role also requires AI tools, technology and ecosystem knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough market and technical competitive analysis to identify current Qualcomm’s API offerings and gaps.
• Interact with Microsoft, OEMs, developers and industry experts, partners, to understand their products/roadmaps/strategies, competition, and overall market.
• Conduct a thorough API market analysis.
• Work with internal teams to understand the Qualcomm software stack and APIs offered for different IP blocks (Camera, A/V, NPU, LPI, GPU, GPS) and what other platforms like mobile expose today.
• Define a comprehensive product roadmap and plan with a clear articulation of what APIs Qualcomm should provide and by when.
• Align across IP software teams and create a product definition.
• Execute on the roadmap creating a strong technology impact.
• Oversee a successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring the completion of milestones.
• Develop a strong product GTM strategy for these APIs to developers through SDK and driver updates.
• Influence external developer/partner integrations and solutions by advocating for Windows on Snapdragon APIs and Qualcomm technologies.
• Drive product launch strategies for new products and technologies through technical marketing opportunities.
• Prepare and deliver highly complex and high-stakes technical presentations to internal and external developer audiences regarding product roadmaps.

Requirements

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

Nice-to-haves

• 15+ years of product management experience in the area of APIs, SDKs and developer products.
• Hands-on experience developing Windows APIs and key IP technologies such as Camera, Audio, Video, AI, etc.
• Relevant knowledge of x86/Windows ecosystem.
• AI, Gen-AI technologies, developer tools, workflows, frameworks.
• Embedded technologies - CPU/GPU/codecs or related software.
• Experience managing, influencing, negotiating with internal audience.
• Experience working in a large matrixed organization.

Benefits

• $196,000.00 - $294,000.00 salary range.
• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
• Highly competitive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play.