Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area:

Human Resources Group, Human Resources Group > Compensation

General Summary:

Manages and leads the company’s performance review process, base pay, annual incentive plans, equity plans, and other related compensation programs. Partners with members of the Compensation team, HR partners, and functional leaders to complete work and drive solutions that are aligned with the company vision. Leverages knowledge of principles, best practices, and applicable laws and regulations to enhance our culture by creating an open, fair, and transparent work environment that makes a positive impact on the employees and the company. 

This is an office based position located in San Diego, CA.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of Compensation, Human Resources, Finance, or related work experience.
OR
Associate's degree and 9+ years of Compensation, Human Resources, Finance, or related work experience.
OR
High School Diploma or equivalent and 11+ years of Compensation, Human Resources, Finance, or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Leverages advanced knowledge of compensation principles, processes, and best practices to manage, lead, and drive compensation programs (e.g., base pay, annual incentive plans, equity plans, etc.) that aid in talent attraction and retention.
•    Plays lead role and provides guidance to team members during the company’s annual review process by working on a variety of activities (e.g., modeling program funding; developing and testing program guidelines; reviewing proposed recommendations to guidelines, budgets, and internal consistencies; analyzing and developing pay recommendations for a workforce, etc.).
•    Reviews and ensures compensation proposals, including title and/or salary adjustments for conformance with established policies and procedures.
•    Analyzes existing compensation programs and policies and recommends solutions that are market competitive, cost effective, aligned with corporate goals, and in compliance with applicable legislative and regulatory requirements and laws. 
•    Delegates tasks and supervises team members and/or projects by discussing current and future state of deliverables based on key compensation metrics.
•    Collaborates with team members, HR Partners, functional leaders, and external consultants to complete works and drive solutions for compensation-related challenges based on the understanding of business needs, market landscape, and associated detailed analysis/models.   
•    Collaborates with Talent Acquisition leads in developing competitive compensation packages for key/critical candidates. 
•    Leverages cross-functional relationships with Legal, Finance, Tax, and/or Internal Audit teams to ensure compensation programs are accurately reported and compliant with all applicable laws and regulations.
•    Collaborates with leadership on the strategic direction for compensation programs.   
•    Identifies trends from internal and external compensation data/information to make decisions and recommendations regarding compensation-related topics, projects, and programs including the annual market benchmarking process.
•    Acquires expert knowledge on evolving regulatory environment, pay equity, and other areas related to compensation; helps less experience colleagues understand and apply advanced concepts.
•    Writes and organizes technical documentation for compensation-related decisions, projects, and/or processes; reviews and provides guidance for documentation of team members.
•    Lead and support projects supporting Engineering initiatives (job architecture, global audits, etc.)
•    Lead and support recognition programs through analyzing data, ad-hoc reporting and providing support to employee inquiries, as needed.

Level of Responsibility:  
•    Works independently with little supervision.
•    Provides supervision to team members.
•    Decisions are more significant in their impact, influencing overall program or project success, finances, and/or the ability to meet objectives. Errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results. Errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds to correct.
•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. Role may require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.
•    Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that will have substantial impact over the organization).
•    Most tasks do not have defined steps; simultaneous use of multiple mental abilities is generally required to determine the best approach; mistakes may result in significant rework.
•    Exceptional creativity is needed to innovate new ideas and develop innovative products/ processes without established objectives or known parameters.
•    Deductive and inductive problem solving are required; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced analysis and interpretation skills are required. 
•    Participates in the organization's planning process, interpreting business strategies, establishing strategic plans and objectives for multiple areas and functions. Decisions may affect entire organization.
 

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$148,000.00 - $222,000.00

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.

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