About Qualcomm

The successful candidate will bring strategic account support, AI ecosystem fluency, mobile device expertise, and strong cross-functional influence. They will translate frontier AI companies’ model, product, and enterprise AI roadmaps into actionable Qualcomm opportunities across devices, silicon, software enablement, developer ecosystems, and joint go-to-market motions, while building trusted partner relationships and helping drive disciplined execution.

Excerpted from one of Qualcomm's open partner manager postings.

Compensation Context

This company's median disclosed compensation for director partner roles is $290K. The national median for director partner manager roles in our dataset is $130K, meaning Qualcomm posts roughly 121 percent above the national median for this seniority.

For the full seniority-by-seniority comparison, see our state of partner manager compensation analysis.

Seniority Mix

Open partner roles at Qualcomm span the senior and director bands (senior (2), director (1)). The seniority breakdown shapes whether the company is building a partner org (more director-and-above hiring) or staffing it out (more mid-level hiring).

Partner Program Signals

Structural signals extracted from this company's open partner job descriptions:

  • Channel: Indirect revenue motion through resellers, distributors, MSPs, or referral partners.
  • Enterprise: Enterprise segment focus, typical deal size in the $100K+ range.
  • Emea: EMEA regional focus.
  • Equity: Equity compensation is part of the package.

Where They Hire

Open partner postings appear in the following locations:

  • Santa Clara, CA, US (1)
  • San Diego, CA (1)
  • Munich, Bavaria, Germany (1)

Open Partner Manager Roles at Qualcomm

Title Location Salary Range Seniority
Director, Business Development - Frontier AI Partnerships Santa Clara, CA, US $232K - $348K Director
Senior Director, EMEA PC Consumer Channel Sales , Qualcomm - UK or Germany (Remote) Munich, Bavaria, Germany Not disclosed Senior
Staff Product Manager , Linux Platforms and Ecosystem San Diego, CA Not disclosed Senior

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