[Hiring] Staff/Director, Product Marketing @Qualcomm

Role Description

The Staff/Director Product Marketing serves as the primary technical bridge between internal PDM/Engineering and the external customer ecosystem. Translates complex SoC/SW innovations into quantifiable business value for customers and partners. Is a promoter of technology, and an architect of its adoption, ensuring that platform capabilities are perfectly aligned with market pain points and strategic GTM objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Content & Messaging
  • Asset Creation: Author original, high-impact technical assets including white papers, deployment guides, reference architectures, and performance benchmarks.
  • Value Translation: Distill dense engineering designs and product specifications into clear, compelling technical briefs and customer-centric value propositions.
• Sales & Field Enablement
  • Strategic Guidance: Develop "what to say to customers" guidance, including competitive positioning, objection-handling "battle cards," and architectural tradeoff analysis.
  • Sales Collateral: Partner with PDMs, sales and Field Application Engineers (FAEs) to create pitch decks, FAQs, and technical case studies to drive product adoption.
  • Technical Training: Design and deliver global training programs for internal sales teams and external partners (OEMs, scaling partners, and distributors) on complex systems.
• Product Strategy & Roadmap Influence
  • Feedback Loop: Act as an advocate for the customer by funneling structured field feedback and market intelligence back to engineering and product management.
  • Roadmap Definition: Influence future product roadmaps by identifying technical gaps, emerging trends, and opportunities for innovation within specific segments.
  • Competitive Analysis: Perform deep technical competitive analysis to identify market gaps and refine product positioning strategies.
• Customer Engagement & Evangelism
  • Market Evangelism: Represent the company as a technical authority at industry events, webinars, and developer workshops to build "belief" in the technology stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of Product Marketing, Marketing, Business, Engineering, Communications, or related work experience.
• OR Associate's degree or equivalent degree and 10+ years of Product Marketing, Marketing, Business, Engineering, Communications, or related work experience.
• OR High school Diploma or equivalent and 12+ years of Product Marketing, Marketing, Business, Engineering, Communications, 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.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Advanced Degree: Master’s degree in Engineering or an MBA.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in technical marketing, applications engineering, solutions architecture, or product management within the semiconductor industry.
• Technical Core: Deep understanding of SoC architecture, specialized stacks (AI frameworks, ROS etc.).
• Communication: Exceptional technical storytelling skills with a proven ability to present complex material to both executive and engineering audiences.
• Industry Standards: Familiarity with industrial protocols and specific developer ecosystems.

Success Metrics (KPIs)

• Product Adoption: Acceleration of time-to-market for customers through the use of reference designs and technical enablement assets.
• Market Impact: Quality of market intelligence provided to engineering as measured by roadmap alignment with customer needs.

Benefits

• Pay range: $198,900.00 - $298,300.00.
• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).
• Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.