Qualcomm
Sr. Director, Product Development Manager (PDM) AI Platforms and Systems Solutions
$238K–$357K
San Diego, California · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 10+ years of Product Management or related work experience; completed relevant advanced degrees may substitute for up to two years. Preferred: 15+ years. Other preferred experience includes 5+ years of people leadership, 4+ years in a large matrixed organization, and 2+ years each working with budgets/project financials and negotiating third-party agreements or partnerships.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field. Advanced degree (MS or MBA) preferred.
About the job
Leads product strategy, teams, and cross-functional delivery for Windows-focused on-device and hybrid AI platforms, runtimes, specifications, and standards from conception through end of life.
What you'll do
- Build and develop a product management team and set the Windows AI platform roadmap.
- Direct portfolio strategy and cross-functional development of AI products and specifications, including market analysis, business cases, and launch plans.
- Drive standards contributions, partner and customer engagement, and long-term innovation and IP strategy.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of Product Management or related work experience; relevant advanced degrees may substitute for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years).
- Hands-on experience delivering AI products or services using local accelerators, plus understanding of edge-device AI APIs/DDIs, SDKs, and app-to-silicon workload flow.
- Depth in several technical focus areas and working fluency across AI/ML models, agentic systems, orchestration, protocols and standards, Windows/edge AI, and product/specification development.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (MS or MBA) in a technical or business discipline.
- 15+ years of Product Management or related technical work experience; people leadership, matrixed-organization, budget, and partnership-negotiation experience are also listed as preferred qualifications.
Pay
$237,800.00 - $356,800.00 USD (pay range; salary)
Tools
Windows, CPU, GPU, NPU, DirectX, WinML, OpenCL (OCL), GGML
AI focus
Defines and delivers on-device and hybrid AI platforms, model enablement and inference optimization, agentic systems, orchestration runtimes, and interoperability standards, with a focus on Windows and edge accelerators.
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