Senior Manager, Secure Engineering Enablement

Job Title

Senior Manager, Secure Engineering Enablement

Role Summary

Provide strategic security leadership and trusted partnership to Arm's IP and Silicon engineering organisations. The role aligns security priorities with engineering roadmaps, advises on secure design and engineering practices, and enables teams to deliver efficiently while protecting high-value intellectual property.

Works across engineering, product security, IT, legal and commercial teams to embed practical security controls, guidance and governance into complex semiconductor engineering environments.

Experience Level

Senior — manager-level role. The posting does not specify a years-of-experience requirement but expects significant enterprise security and semiconductor experience.

Responsibilities

Lead strategy, enablement and operational adoption of secure engineering practices across IP and silicon delivery.

• Define and deliver the Secure Engineering Enablement roadmap aligned to engineering and business objectives.
• Act as an enterprise security thought partner for engineering teams across design, development, manufacturing, tooling and collaboration models.
• Drive security-by-design adoption: embed controls, guardrails and risk-informed decision-making into engineering infrastructure and workflows.
• Provide expert guidance on IP protection, EDA/tooling ecosystems, secure collaboration and engineering data protection.
• Translate emerging threats, regulations and customer requirements into actionable priorities and measurable improvements.
• Advise on security architecture and perform practical threat modelling to help teams identify and mitigate risks early.
• Define governance, metrics and reporting to measure delivery performance and security effectiveness.
• Promote automation, data insight and AI-enabled tooling to improve secure engineering practices.

Requirements

Core qualifications and skills required for the role. (Education and certifications summarized separately below.)

• Significant experience in enterprise security within the semiconductor industry, with knowledge of IP development and silicon engineering lifecycles.
• Strong enterprise security architecture background; experience producing practical principles, patterns, roadmaps and assurance approaches.
• Proven ability to lead strategic projects and deliver through collaboration and influence across cross-functional teams.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise security domains: architecture, GRC, IAM, data protection, secure development, cloud/infrastructure security, third‑party risk and security operations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to explain complex security issues to technical and non-technical audiences and influence engineering, legal, procurement and executive stakeholders.
• Awareness of semiconductor supply chain security, supplier assurance, access control and secure third-party collaboration.
• Commercial awareness and ability to balance risk, delivery, cost and engineering efficiency.
• Experience developing and leading teams, fostering accountability and continuous learning.

Education Requirements

Degree and certification expectations noted in the posting: BSc or MSc (or equivalent practical experience) in cybersecurity, computer science, electronic engineering, semiconductor engineering or a related field. Relevant certifications listed as desirable include CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF, CCSP, CISM and CRISC. Familiarity with security frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NIST 800-53/171 or SOC 2 is also cited as beneficial.

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.