Qualcomm

Program Analyst

Qualcomm$101K — $152K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required.
  • 3+ years' experience managing program plans or related experience in a similar role.
  • 2+ years' experience with program management tools.
  • Proficient in Power BI for building dashboards, data modeling, and report generation.
  • Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate with internal teams and third parties to align on program needs and track status updates.
  • Prepare agendas for review board meetings and document key outcomes and changes.
  • Contribute to and maintain comprehensive project plans that outline priorities and timelines.
  • Monitor budget data, identify issues, and communicate findings to the Program Manager.
  • Track progress of deliverables to ensure deadlines are met and escalate potential issues.
  • Manage schedules and task assignments while applying proper project management practices.
  • Analyze and interpret complex data into understandable reports for stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
  • Comprehensive benefits package that supports work-life balance.
  • Support for professional development and growth opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Area:
Operations Group, Operations Group > Program Analyst

General Summary:
  • Assists with program development and implementation through managing processes, procedures, and tools that improve efficiencies. A Program Analyst coordinates across teams and monitors timelines, budgets, risks, and priorities to achieve program progress. Typically, a program needing a Program Analyst will be of significant size and will require expertise related to the development of project management mechanisms.
    This is an office-based position in San Diego, CA (Full time, 5 days a week.
  • *Proficiency in Power BI Dashboards is required.
    Ideal candidate will have:
    • Experience in data analysis or business intelligence tools
    • Proficient in Power BI: Building dashboards, Data Modelling, DAX, data refresh schedules
    • Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases
    • Analytical and problem-solving skills and experience working with large and complex datasets

    Preferred Qualifications:
    • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
    • 3+ years of experience creating, scheduling, and maintaining program plans or related experience.
    • 2+ years of experience with program management tools.
    Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Regularly coordinates with third parties and/or internal customers for large, complex programs to identify and meet needs, track and communicate program status updates, and ensure compliance with processes and guidelines.
    • Prepares and discusses agenda for review board meetings under guidance of the Program Manager and documents key discussion points, project plan changes, and stakeholder needs.
    • Contributes to and updates project plans to support Program Managers or Leads on large programs that include priorities, timelines, critical tasks, stakeholder identification for each task, and forecasted resource allocation.
    • Collects, compiles, monitors, and maintains budget data, identifies potential issues, and communicates to the Program Manager.
    • Tracks the progress and execution of complex deliverables to ensure deadlines are met, and identifies and escalates issues that may impact deadlines.
    • Coordinates schedules and task assignments for complex projects by following proper project management practices with some guidance from the Program Manager.
    • Manages and communicates changes in program timelines, priorities, and deliverables to stakeholders.
    • Identifies risks and issues in limited capacity that occur throughout the program lifecycle, communicates issues to the Program Manager, and identifies team members needed to determine a solution.
    • Gathers, analyzes, and interprets data and program metrics using advanced tools (e.g., macros, pivot tables, charts, graphs) and resolves inconsistencies.
    • Maintains and updates databases using advanced aspects of data management tools (e.g., Excel, agile).
    • Synthesizes moderately complex data and metrics into a summary of key trends, risks, and changes, and presents results into a report that can be easily understood by key stakeholders.
    • Gathers feedback and implements improvements to assigned planning processes, tools, and methods.
    Level of Responsibility:
    • Working under some supervision.
    • Providing some supervision/guidance to others.
    • Making dec


Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
OR
Associate's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience.
OR
High School Diploma or equivalent and 4+ years of relevant work experience.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$101,800.00 - $152,800.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with over 150 active portfolio companies and more than 20 exits over a billion dollars, including 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze, and more. As a global investor, Qualcomm Ventures helps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.

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