Central Program Management (TPE) - Program Manager, Staff
$175,300 - $262,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on 5G/6G technologies for chipset products for the Infra base station business.
About the role
The Staff Program Manager will be a key member of the Central PMO within the Technology Planning and Edge Solutions (TPE) group, focusing on 5G/6G technologies for chipset products for the Infra base station business. This role involves driving the integration of silicon, systems, and software to deliver Infra base station products.
What you'll do
- Drive large cross-functional engineering teams across program life cycles from product conception to commercialization.
- Understand requirements priority and drive scoping and planning, including interdependencies, staffing constraints, and schedule optimization.
- Establish rigorous execution discipline and communication processes, including risk management, mitigation, tracking, and executive reporting.
- Develop program indicators to manage program health, including quality and timelines.
- Develop and establish strong processes that streamline the development cycle and integrate multiple plans, dependencies, and deliverables effectively.
- Manage stakeholder expectations, channel requirements to respective development teams, and drive consensus on development schedules, plans and processes.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 5+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
- Direct experience in semiconductor development and/or manufacturing.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 10 years of Program Management or related work experience.
- 5 years of experience working with digital SOC and/or mixed-signal baseband and/or RF chips.
- 5 years of experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership.
- 3 years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
- 2 years of experience with program management tools such as dashboards, Gantt charts.
- 2 years of experience in telecommunication, wireless cellular industry.
Skills: cross-functional engineering teams, program life cycles, risk management, executive reporting, semiconductor development
This role has been open 35 days — well below the 47-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
175
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Median days open
47 d
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Median salary
$219k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (175 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 26 | 175 |
| Median days open | 50 d | 47 d (+3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $219k |
Skills observed across this category: cross-functional engineering teams, program life cycles, risk management, executive reporting, semiconductor development
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 26 open roles · median 50 d
- AMD · 20 open roles · median 28 d
- NVIDIA · 19 open roles · median 47 d
- Synopsys · 14 open roles · median 44 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 81 d
- Apple · 6 open roles · median 65 d
How we counted: 175 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.