{"id":4174252,"url":"https://alion.io/job/arm-holdings-principal-program-manager","title":"Principal Program Manager","company":{"id":268,"name":"Arm Holdings","domain":"arm.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/arm","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Radancy","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":88,"open_postings":67,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.493,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":44,"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cambridge, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Confluence","optional":true},{"name":"Jira","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-12T15:33:24Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-12","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T15:33:24Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Job Overview\nWe are looking for a technical leader to join Arm’s Productivity Engineering team to drive the successful delivery of multifaceted, cross-functional programs. In this role, you will work closely with engineering, IT, and enabling teams to turn strategy into clear plans, maintain delivery confidence, and lead teams through risks, dependencies, decisions, and execution challenges.\nThis role is based in our Productivity Engineering Group, playing a key role in delivering engineering transformation across Arm through scalable, standardized, and well-adopted solutions.\nThis is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced, global technology environment. You will bring structure, visibility, and momentum to programs that support Arm's business priorities, while helping teams stay aligned, focused, and accountable.\nResponsibilities\nLead delivery of complex programs in Arm engineering, including planning, tracking, reporting, and governance across multiple engineering teams, geographies, stakeholder groups, and delivery partners.\nBuild complete bottom-up plans, translating strategy into clear objectives, key results, plans and measurable outcomes.\nManage cross-functional teams through all phases of delivery, from early prototyping work through to deployment with measurable impact.\nProvide tailored communication to senior management to operational groups, including progress, delivery confidence, risks, required decisions, and recommended actions.\nProactively identify, prioritize, communicate, and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and changes.\nBuild tracking approaches that identify slippage early, make delivery confidence visible, and support timely recovery plans.\nApply change management approaches so that delivered changes are adopted successfully into the business, with appropriate reinforcement and operational handover.\nPromote collaborative behaviours, shared accountability, continuous improvement, and Arm's 10x mindset across the teams you work with.\nRequired Skills and Experience\nExperience managing complex semiconductor development, technology, engineering, operations, or business transformation programs, involving cross-functional teams.\nStrong program management skills, including planning, risk and dependency management, resource planning and change control across multiple projects running in parallel as part of leading a wider program of work.\nStrong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build trust, communicate clearly, tailor engagement, and influence effectively from executive leadership through to delivery teams.\nExcellent organization, prioritization, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and tenacious approach to successful delivery.\nAbility to work with technical and non-technical teams and translate complex requirements, constraints, and uncertainties into clear plans and delivery of improvements that can be measured consistently.\nDemonstrated ability to lead other project managers and engineering teams, influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders, resolve conflict across teams, and secure commitment from without relying solely on formal authority.\nAbility to lead, motivate, and organize teams by understanding individual strengths, expertise, dependencies, and delivery constraints.\nExperience in semiconductor, IP, software, platform, cloud, AI, embedded systems, or technology environments.\nProgram management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, AgilePM, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent demonstrable experience.\nNice-to-Have Skills and Experience\nExperience delivering efficiency or productivity improvements for engineering delivery, such as cloud compute, FPGA, emulation, tooling, automation, or workflow improvement.\nFamiliarity with Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or similar planning, collaboration, and reporting tools.\nIn Return\nAt Arm, you will be part of a global technology business that is shaping the future of computing. You will work with hardworking, collaborative teams across engineering, operations, commercial, legal, and enabling functions. You will be able to influence meaningful programs that improve how Arm delivers at scale.\nThis position offers the chance to lead complex, high-impact efficiency programs across Arm Engineering, engaging with senior collaborators and cross-functional teams in multiple geographies. The role provides a collaborative environment where your ownership, judgment, and ability to coordinate and prioritize complexity will be appreciated.\nWe also provide opportunities to grow your leadership, relationship management, and delivery skills in a fast paced technology environment. You can contribute to program management good practice within a team culture that values innovation, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.\nAdditional Information\nIf skilled worker sponsorship is required, Arm will meet costs associated with sponsorship for the employer only. All fees associated with the individual’s application e.g. visa application fee and Immigration Health Surcharge, will be the responsibility of the successful candidate.\nOur 10x Mindset\nAt Arm, we believe progress happens when people are empowered to think bigger and push beyond what seems possible. Our 10x mindset is about curiosity, ambition and creating impact that will be used by millions. We learn fast, prioritise collaboration and turn bold ideas into real technology. We look for people who are inspired by this way of working and want to grow in an environment where bold ideas are welcomed. Discover how the 10x mindset shapes life at Arm: https://careers.arm.com/10x-mindset\nUse of AI in Your Application\nAt Arm, we embrace the benefits AI can bring, including in recruitment. You may use AI to support your preparation, such as improving the clarity of written responses, practicing interview questions, or learning more about our industry. However, your application and interview responses must reflect your own thinking, experience, and abilities. We want to understand your authentic perspective, creativity, and approach to problem solving. As such, you may not use AI to complete assigned tasks as part of any assessments. If you plan to use AI-supported or assistive technologies as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact  so we can support you.\nRecruitment Adjustments and Accommodations\nAt Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email . To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.\nHybrid Working\nArm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.\nEqual Opportunities\nArm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. 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