Director, Technical Program Manager
ArmJob Title
Director, Technical Program Manager
Role Summary
Lead end-to-end delivery of an Arm AGI SoC program from pre-silicon through commercialization, coordinating hardware, software, validation, manufacturing, and customer readiness across global teams.
Based in the San Jose, CA or Austin, TX office; relocation support is available for candidates who require it.
Experience Level
Senior (Director). Requires significant experience leading complex, multi-year silicon or systems programs and driving cross-functional execution; no specific years of experience specified.
Responsibilities
Accountable for program delivery and cross-functional coordination. Key responsibilities include:
- Establish and maintain an integrated program plan covering dependencies, resourcing assumptions, and delivery risks across hardware, software, systems, and product teams.
- Drive timely cross-functional decisions on delivery approach, sequencing, resourcing, risk acceptance, and recovery actions within agreed product scope and customer commitments.
- Provide clear, fact-based reporting to senior leaders on program status, trade-offs, risks, and required decisions.
- Drive alignment across engineering, product, operations, and customer-facing organizations and hold owners accountable for delivery.
- Identify product-level risks and lead development and execution of credible recovery plans.
- Ensure the complete product (firmware, software, validation, platform enablement, documentation, and customer readiness) is deployment-ready.
- Continuously improve end-to-end development practices by applying lessons learned and removing structural barriers to delivery.
Requirements
Must-have technical program management and leadership skills:
- Proven track record leading complex, end-to-end silicon or systems programs to customer deployment.
- Experience delivering large, multi-year programs with diverse, distributed teams.
- Deep understanding of semiconductor development lifecycles (design, verification, validation, manufacturing readiness, software enablement, product qualification).
- Experience building and coaching high-performing program teams and raising execution standards.
- Ability to lead through influence across large, global organizations.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication; able to provide concise, fact-based guidance to senior executives.
- Proven ability to identify systemic delivery risks early and drive recovery actions.
Education Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical subject area, or equivalent practical experience.
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.
