Director of Sourcing - EDA & Third-Party IP
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Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area: Operations Group, Operations Group > Sourcing

General Summary:

The Sourcing Director will lead the direct procurement of EDA and Third-Party IP for both hardware and software across all Qualcomm design projects. Responsibilities include identifying and qualifying strategic suppliers, negotiating pricing and contractual terms, and managing business models. The role requires collaboration with engineering, finance, and program leads to align internal requirements with supplier offerings, and to support make vs. buy decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Join a team executing direct procurement of EDA and 3rd Party IP across all Design Projects.
• Identify and qualify strategic suppliers for these domains.
• Work cross functionally to put in place TLA and SLAs.
• Comfortable negotiating the contractual T&Cs for products that are incorporated in QCOM products.
• Ability to structure, negotiate, and manage business models with strategic suppliers.
• Identify strategic suppliers and work cross-functionally with engineering, finance, and program leads of the design projects to match their internal needs.
• Collaborate cross functionally to weigh the make vs buy decisions.
• Continue to build strong, trust-based strategic relationships internally and externally to bring more value to Qualcomm.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 9+ years of Sourcing or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Procurement.
• 10+ years of direct procurement in technology licensing.
• Experience sourcing EDA and 3rd Party IP.
• Knowledge and experience in the following design domains: Wireless, Compute/CPU, IoT, or Automotive.
• Track record of building trusted relationships internally and externally.
• Background must show analytical skills to derive conclusions from often complex data sets.
• Ability to crystallize conclusions into simple messaging targeting all levels of management.
• Experience to read, edit, write, and negotiate contracts while working with internal cross-functional team members (engineering, procurement, finance, legal).
• Must understand the basics of finance and legal terminology.
• Team player with ability to execute in a matrix environment.
• Effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

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Pay range: $175,500.00 - $263,300.00

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. 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!

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