Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group > Program Management

General Summary

The Multimedia Technologies Program Manager is responsible for end-to-end planning, execution governance, and delivery predictability of Multimedia technology programs across semiconductor platforms and XR product segments.

This role owns Plan of Record (POR) commitments by orchestrating cross-functional execution across multimedia software and hardware stacks, ensuring clear, decision-ready transparency to leadership. The role operates at the intersection of technology depth, execution rigor, and stakeholder leadership, enabling scalable delivery across multiple SoCs, customers, and market segments.

Key Responsibilities

Program & POR Ownership
Own end-to-end Multimedia technology planning across lifecycle phases: Pre-silicon Bring-up SOD Customer Ship
Define, maintain, and drive Multimedia Plan of Record (POR) across system and product cycles.
Ensure milestone ownership, traceability, and delivery accountability for features and deliverables.
Drive alignment across multiple Multimedia programs, platforms, and releases.
Execution Governance
Drive execution governance across Multimedia workstreams, including:

Feature request (FR) and scope alignment
Release readiness and closure reviews
Dependency and integration tracking

Proactively identify execution risks, conflicts, and gaps, and drive mitigation to closure.
Ensure delivery predictability across internal and customer-facing milestones.
Resource & Capacity Management
Own resource planning and capacity visibility for Multimedia programs.
Drive staffing plans, gap analysis, Level-of-Effort (LoE) estimates, and overage tracking.
Enable program-level cost, capacity, and risk transparency for leadership decision-making.
Partner with engineering and functional leaders to align resourcing with POR commitments.
Stakeholder & Leadership Management
Act as the single point of coordination across:

Engineering teams (software, hardware, systems)
Product Management / Technical Product Managers
Business Unit & Target Program Managers
Executive leadership

Provide clear dashboards, execution updates, and executive-level summaries.
Present trade-offs, escalations, and recommendations with ownership and clarity.
Process, Metrics & Continuous Improvement
Define, maintain, and continuously improve Multimedia program KPIs, dashboards, and execution metrics.
Drive automation, reporting efficiency, and AI/tool adoption where applicable.
Ensure adherence to internal development, release, and compliance processes.
Foster consistent execution rigor across geographies, organizations, and partners.

Qualifications

Education

Minimum: B.E. / B.Tech in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science, or related discipline)

Experience

12–15+ years of experience in the HiTech / Semiconductor / Platform Software industry
Proven experience in Technology Program Management / Engineering Program Management
Strong exposure to one or more of:

Multimedia systems (audio, video, display, vision, ISP, graphics)
Platform software in SoC-based environments
Cross-layer hardware/software integration

Skills & Attributes

Strong execution rigor, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
Ability to operate at engineering depth and executive altitude
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience managing large, cross-geo, cross-discipline programs
Comfortable driving ambiguity, scale, and complexity in fast-paced environments

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
4+ years of Program Management or related work experience.

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Senior Program Manager – Multimedia Technologies