Marketing Communications Specialist, Associate - Strategic Planning & Integration

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Sales, Business Development & Marketing Group, Sales, Business Development & Marketing Group > Marketing Communications General Summary: The Associate Marketing Communications Specialist – Strategic Planning & Integration supports clarity, consistency, and alignment across Qualcomm’s marketing planning cycles, Competitive Marketing Intelligence, and strategic focus areas. Working under the guidance of the Strategic Planning & Integration team, this role helps keep planning materials, timelines, and communications accurate and up to date, so teams stay connected to shared priorities. You will work closely with your immediate team and planning leads to update core planning materials, coordinate 360 planning forums, support market and competitive research, and contribute ideas that improve how marketing works. This position is ideal for an early‑career professional who is highly organized, enjoys clear communication, and is eager to build knowledge of strategic planning in a cross‑functional marketing environment. Key Responsibilities Maintain planning calendars, trackers, templates, and centralized repositories, ensuring materials are current, version‑controlled, and accessible under the direction of planning leads. Gather inputs from teams and help communicate requirements, deadlines, and deliverables throughout strategic planning cycles. Support Planning leads in organizing planning priorities and leadership direction into clear, structured documents that teams can easily follow. Support 360 planning forums by scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and pre‑reads, capturing notes, and tracking follow‑ups. Flag missing inputs, unresolved actions, or dependencies to planning leads in a timely manner. Assist in preparing planning materials, including presentations, summaries, and timelines, applying established templates and quality standards. Help compile inputs for strategic focus areas and business cases into concise summaries for review by planning leads. Draft routine planning updates and communications that support transparency and alignment across OneMarketing. Contribute ideas for improving processes, tools, and ways of working, including potential AI use cases, and help put agreed changes into action. Assist in gathering, organizing, and validating, market competitive and planning information to support Competitive Marketing Intelligence reporting. Support QBRs and retrospectives by collecting inputs and helping organize common themes. Collect and organize basic performance and planning data to support measurement discussions. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree. OR Associate's degree and 2+ years of Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, or related work experience. OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 4+ years of Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, or related work experience. Preferred Qualifications 0–2 years of experience in marketing communications, operations, planning, or program coordination . Strong writing, editing, and visual communication skills, with the ability to communicate information accurately and on time. Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines while adapting to changing priorities. Ability to build effective working relationships with team members and welcome feedback. Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and documentation or project‑management tools. Exposure to marketing planning or cross‑functional projects through coursework, internships, or prior roles. Interest in learning planning frameworks and competitive intelligence in a matrixed organization. Curiosity and attention to detail, with the ability to spot patterns or opportunities for process improvement. This is an office-based position located in San Diego, CA and is expected to comply with the company's onsite work policy. This is a U.S. based position and is not eligible for visa sponsorship. 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. 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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: $29.50 - $44.30 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. 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