Senior Director, Product Management - Industrial & Edge AI
$237,800 - $356,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Qualcomm is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management to define and grow its Industrial and Edge AI products and business. The role focuses on scaling Qualcomm's edge-AI processor roadmap, software enablement, and reference platforms across PLC systems, industrial PCs, Edge AI boxes, machine vision, and intelligent endpoints.
What you'll do
- Own the multi-generation processor, platform, and business strategy for Industrial and Edge AI markets.
- Identify common platform capabilities and vertical-specific requirements, translating customer workloads into scalable silicon, software, and platform roadmaps.
- Set market segmentation, competitive positioning, investment priorities, pricing direction, portfolio economics, and lifecycle plans.
- Build a coherent portfolio spanning PLC and soft-PLC systems, industrial PCs, Edge AI boxes, machine vision, motor control, controllers, and intelligent endpoints.
- Build partnerships with ISVs, OS and RTOS providers, system integrators, module and platform providers, ODMs, and AI ecosystem partners.
- Partner with engineering, software, sales, marketing, and business development to convert processor roadmaps and design wins into repeatable revenue growth.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.
- 10+ years of Product Management or related work experience (advanced degrees in a relevant field may substitute for up to two years).
- Experience with processor portfolios, embedded compute, Edge AI, and industrial system architectures.
Nice to have
- 20 years of relevant experience in product management, business leadership, semiconductors, embedded compute, Industrial IoT, or Edge AI.
- Working knowledge of processor architecture, software ecosystems, industrial systems, and system-level platform development.
- Masters or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related field; advanced technical degree and/or MBA.
Skills: product management, processor roadmap, edge AI, industrial IoT, platform strategy
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 50-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
67
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Median days open
50 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$248k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (67 roles · 22 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 67 |
| Median days open | 78 d | 50 d (+28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $248k |
Skills observed across this category: product management, processor roadmap, edge AI, industrial IoT, platform strategy
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 20 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 9 open roles · median 79 d
- Arm Holdings · 5 open roles · median 2 d
- AMD · 4 open roles · median 48 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 4 open roles · median 29 d
- Analog Devices · 3 open roles · median 48 d
How we counted: 67 open Product Management (AI ML Hardware) roles from 22 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 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.