Qualcomm is accelerating digital transformation across the retail and payments ecosystem by bringing advanced edge compute, AI, and connectivity technologies into next-generation retail operations, store automation, payment systems, customer engagement, and supply-chain optimization. As Senior Manager of Business Development for the Retail Vertical North America, you will develop and drive Qualcomm’s go-to-market strategy for retailers, payment providers, technology suppliers (POS OEMs, device makers, ISVs, SIs), and ecosystem partners. You will create demand for Qualcomm-based solutions, identify and incubate high-value use cases, and translate industry requirements into actionable insights for Qualcomm’s product management, engineering, and business teams.

This is a high-visibility, growth-oriented role requiring strong industry understanding, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to manage and influence diverse internal and external stakeholders.

What You'll Do

Lead ecosystem engagement across retailers, payments providers, POS/checkout OEMs, ISVs, SIs, cloud providers, and solution vendors to drive adoption of Qualcomm-powered solutions.
Create and convert demand by mapping top retail and payment use cases to Qualcomm platforms and technologies.
Develop joint propositions with ecosystem partners through co-innovation and co-selling motions.
Shape the roadmap by capturing requirements and delivering structured insights to Qualcomm’s product and engineering teams.
Drive solution incubation by coordinating PoCs, pilots, and scalable deployments.
Negotiate and Close: structure partnerships (NDAs, MOUs, licensing, VAR/OEM/SI agreements), define success criteria, and drive toward scalable deployments and multi‑year agreements.
Represent Qualcomm at industry events and ecosystem forums.
Operational excellence: forecast accurately, manage pipeline health in CRM, maintain joint business plans, and deliver executive‑ready updates with measurable outcomes.

Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of sales, business development, product development or related work experience.
OR
• Associate's degree and 6+ years of sales, business development, product development or related work experience.
OR
• High school Diploma or equivalent and 8+ years of sales, business development, product development or related work experience.

This position will require the ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

This role is eligible to be remote in the U.S.

This role is U.S.-based, and is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
MBA or advanced technical degree.
5+ years in business development, partnerships, strategic sales, or product GTM; 3+ years in retail, payments, POS, or commerce-tech ecosystems.
Track record in complex partnership building.
Understanding of retail operations, POS, edge AI, cloud integrations.
Executive communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
Deep industry knowledge across payments, in-store automation, retail AI.
Experience scaling partner-led solutions.
Familiarity with retail IT/OT integrations.
Established network across retail and payments ecosystem.
Ability to use data/AI tools and CRM platforms.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$180,200.00 - $270,200.00

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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