Director, Business Operations

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Operations Group, Operations Group > Business Operations General Summary: The Director, Business Operations will serve as a strategic and operational partner to the EVP BU Engineering Lead for Data Center BU Engineering. This role will help drive execution across Data Center AI, CPU, custom silicon, networking, hardware systems, and global engineering priorities. Guided and empowered by the EVP BU Engineering Lead, the Director, Business Operations will manage operating cadence, coordinate cross-functional execution, improve decision velocity, and ensure clear alignment across engineering, product, program management, finance, operations, talent acquisition, and executive stakeholders.

Strategic Planning: Partner with the SVP BU Engineering Leads and the Data Center BU Engineering leadership team to define, prioritize, and execute strategic initiatives across AI inference processors, AI software enablement, server CPU, custom silicon, networking, hardware systems, and rack-scale engineering. Operational Management: Drive the operating rhythm for the organization, including leadership reviews, execution tracking, staffing priorities, roadmap alignment, budget visibility, and follow-through on critical decisions. Navigate complex matrix structures and influence across engineering, product, finance, HR, operations, and executive teams. Communication Liaison: Act as a trusted point of coordination between the SVP BU Engineering Lead, Data Center BU Engineering leaders, peer and support organizations, and key stakeholders. Prepare executive-ready communications, leadership updates, decision briefs, organizational messages, and follow-up action plans. Project Management: Lead high-priority cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution, including engineering buildout plans, leadership hiring priorities, AI300 readiness, hardware systems scale-up, and process improvements that increase organizational speed and accountability. Performance Monitoring: Establish and manage key performance indicators, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to track hiring, program execution, engineering milestones, budget, risks, and organizational capacity. Problem-Solving: Identify execution gaps, organizational bottlenecks, and decision blockers; develop practical options, escalate appropriately, and drive closure with clear ownership and timelines. Meeting Coordination: Shape agendas, materials, and follow-through for key leadership forums, staff meetings, operating reviews, customer-facing discussions, and executive updates to ensure meetings are focused, decision-oriented, and productive. Executive Support: Coordinate with the EVP’s administrative support and leadership team to prioritize executive meetings, customer engagements, travel, internal reviews, and stakeholder follow-ups. Risk Assessment: Evaluate risks across roadmap execution, staffing, customer commitments, organizational scale, and cross-functional dependencies; provide recommendations that enable timely and informed decisions. Additional Requirements: Minimum of 3 years in a leadership role supporting complex engineering, semiconductor, cloud, AI, data center, or infrastructure organizations. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, or related field and 10+ years of business operations or related experience. OR Associate's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, or related field and 12+ years of business operations or related experience. *Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

MBA or Master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or a related field of study. 12+ years of experience in engineering operations, strategy, product/program execution, or business