Program Analyst, Specialist|6574 Program Analyst, Specialist|6574

Job Description: Top 5 Required Skills:
1. Planning / Scheduling
2. Ability to work independently
3. Interpersonal Skills / Able to communicate effectively
4. Critical thinking
5. Proficient in MS Office

Technologies:
• Semiconductor Chip development
• SW development

Keywords
• Program Analyst
• Project Analyst

Education Requirement
• degree and above. B.S. degree in technical engineering field preferred.

Required Years of Experience
• 3-5 years of experience in Engineering development environment

Physical Requirements
• Push Max Weight Limit = 50 lbs
• Pull Max Weight Limit = 50 lbs
• Lift Max Weight Limit = 25 lbs
• Forklift Required (Y/N): N

Driving Requirements
• Are there driving responsibilities no matter how minimal with this role? No.

Comments for Suppliers
• Rounds of interviews to be expected: 2
• Interview Method: 1-could Video conference, 2-to be onsite, maybe a 3rd round if required.
• Work Location Requirement: Per company policy (4 days/week onsite, 1 day remote)
• Work Address: 5745 Pacific Center Blvd San Diego, CA 92121
• Qualcomm Building: WT
• Work Days: Mon-Fri
• Shift Time: 8-5pm PST, could vary, depending on program needs.
• Weekly / Daily Expected Hours: 40.0 / 8.0

Job Description Overview
• Assists with program development and implementation through managing processes, procedures, and tools that improve efficiencies. A Program Analyst coordinates across teams and monitors timelines, budgets, risks, and priorities to achieve program progress. Typically, a program needing a Program Analyst will be of significant size and will require expertise related to the development of project management mechanisms.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Regularly coordinates with third parties and/or internal customers for large, complex programs to identify and meet needs, track and communicate program status updates, and ensure compliance with processes and guidelines.
• Prepares and discusses agenda for review board meetings under guidance of the Program Manager and documents key discussion points, project plan changes, and stakeholder needs.
• Contributes to and updates project plans to support Program Managers or Leads on large programs that include priorities, timelines, critical tasks, stakeholder identification for each task, and forecasted resource allocation.
• Collects, compiles, monitors, and maintains budget data, identifies potential issues, and communicates to the Program Manager.
• Tracks the progress and execution of complex deliverables to ensure deadlines are met, and identifies and escalates issues that may impact deadlines.
• Coordinates schedules and task assignments for complex projects by following proper project management practices with some guidance from the Program Manager.
• Manages and communicates changes in program timelines, priorities, and deliverables to stakeholders.
• Identifies risks and issues in limited capacity that occur throughout the program lifecycle, communicates issues to the Program Manager, and identifies team members needed to determine a solution.
• Gathers, analyzes, and interprets data and program metrics using advanced tools (e.g., macros, pivot tables, charts, graphs) and resolves inconsistencies.
• Maintains and updates databases using advanced aspects of data management tools (e.g., Excel, agile).
• Synthesizes moderately complex data and metrics into a summary of key trends, risks, and changes, and presents results into a report that can be easily understood by key stakeholders.
• Gathers feedback and implements improvements to assigned planning processes, tools, and methods.

Level of Responsibility:
• Working under some supervision.
• Providing some supervision/guidance to others.
• Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have relatively minor financial impact or affect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
• Using verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question. May require basic negotiation and influence, cooperation, tact, and diplomacy, etc.
• Completing most tasks with multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework.
• Exercising creativity to draft original documents, imagery, or work products within established guidelines.
• Using deductive problem solving to solve moderately complex problems; most problems have defined processes of diagnosis/detection; some limited data analysis may be required.
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