Director, Technical Program Manager

Job Title

Director, Technical Program Manager

Role Summary

The Director of Post-Silicon Program Management is a hands-on individual contributor responsible for driving post-silicon execution and silicon readiness for complex Arm-based SoC programs.

This role centralizes coordination across silicon validation, board bring-up, software enablement, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure functional correctness, performance, power, quality, and manufacturing readiness.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 12+ years of experience in semiconductor, silicon bring-up, validation, and technical program management.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on planning, coordination, execution tracking, and cross-functional convergence for post-silicon activities.

• Own post-silicon program execution from bring-up through validation, qualification, and manufacturing readiness for complex SoCs.
• Create and maintain integrated execution plans covering schedules, dependencies, critical paths, deliverables, risks, and mitigations.
• Serve as the central coordination point across silicon validation, board bring-up, debug, software enablement, TPMs, vendors, and partners.
• Drive cross-functional convergence on functional correctness, performance, power, quality, and release criteria.
• Lead execution meetings and forums with clear actions, ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
• Identify execution gaps and improve post-silicon processes, tools, workflows, and feedback loops.
• Maintain integrated program health tracking with visibility into deliverable readiness, risks, blockers, dependencies, and mitigation plans.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience to perform the role successfully.

• 12+ years of experience in semiconductor programs, silicon bring-up, validation, and technical program management for complex SoC development.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional programs in a matrixed organization.
• Strong ability to influence, align teams, and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Deep understanding of the post-silicon lifecycle: bring-up, validation, qualification, debug, software dependencies, and manufacturing handoff.
• Execution rigor with a track record of turning process into consistent delivery.
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills for high-pressure or ambiguous situations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across organizations and deliver on high-priority initiatives.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with high-performance or infrastructure-class SoCs.
• Exposure to multi-die integration and complex cross-domain dependency management.
• Experience working with external post-silicon vendors, labs, or ecosystem partners.
• Familiarity with pre- to post-silicon correlation methodologies and silicon quality metrics.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.