Senior Director, Post Silicon Technical Program Management

Job Title

Senior Director, Post Silicon Technical Program Management

Role Summary

Hands-on program management leader responsible for driving post-silicon execution and silicon readiness for complex Arm-based SoC programs. This individual contributor role coordinates silicon bring-up, validation, board-level validation, and convergence on functionality, performance, power, and quality objectives across a matrixed organization.

The role provides cross-functional oversight, integration management, and vendor/partner coordination to ensure schedules, dependencies, risks, and deliverables align with program goals.

Experience Level

Senior-level (12+ years of relevant experience expected) in semiconductor post-silicon, validation, and technical program management.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities focus on planning, coordination, execution tracking, and continuous improvement of post-silicon activities.

• Own post-silicon program execution from bring-up through validation, qualification, and manufacturing readiness.
• Develop and maintain integrated execution plans covering schedules, dependencies, critical paths, deliverables, risks, and mitigations.
• Coordinate across silicon validation, board bring-up, software enablement, debug, operations, TPMs, vendors, and partners.
• Drive cross-functional convergence on functional correctness, performance, power, quality, and release criteria.
• Lead execution forums that assign clear actions, ownership, and accountability and ensure issue resolution and follow-through.
• Identify execution gaps and improve post-silicon processes, tools, and workflows to strengthen program readiness.
• Maintain transparent program health tracking: schedule status, readiness criteria, risks, blockers, and cross-domain execution status.

Requirements

Core qualifications and skills required to perform the role, followed by optional experience that is advantageous.

Must-have:

• 12+ years of experience in semiconductor post-silicon, silicon bring-up, validation, and technical program management for complex SoC programs.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional programs within a matrixed organization.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to drive alignment and accountability without direct authority.
• Detailed understanding of post-silicon lifecycle: bring-up, validation, qualification, debug, software dependencies, and manufacturing handoff.
• Strong execution rigor; ability to convert process into consistent delivery.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making under ambiguity or high pressure.
• Strong communication skills; able to translate technical issues into clear, actionable updates.

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.