Senior Program Manager - Complex Tech Delivery (Hybrid)

Arm; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 114,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm in Manchester, United Kingdom, is seeking a Project/Program Manager to lead the delivery of complex software and engineering projects within the Strategy & Ecosystems group. You will guide planning, execution, and coordination across business, product and technical teams to ensure transparent delivery progress.

The role emphasizes proactive risk management, cross-team collaboration, and ensuring alignment with Arm processes and ISO requirements while driving automation and process

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex software, engineering, or technology projects and programs, preferably using Agile or iterative development methods.
• Strong planning, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence and collaborate with engineering teams, peers, senior management, and Arm partners.
• Ability to grasp technical discussions and assess their influence on project and program plans, risks, and dependencies.
• Ability to manage complex cross-team dependencies and drive issues through to resolution.
• A positive and adaptable approach, with the confidence to take on new challenges in a fast-paced technology environment.
• Experience working with geographically distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, implementation, tracking, monitoring, and reporting for complex projects and programs.
• Work with teams to build realistic plans and maintain clear visibility of delivery progress and confidence.
• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, issues, and change through to conclusion.
• Bring teams and collaborators together to resolve complex delivery challenges and help recover delivery when projects or programs move off track.
• Ensure effective project and program oversight, audit preparedness, and alignment with applicable Arm processes and ISO requirements.
• Facilitate decisions and coordinate delivery across Engineering, Product Management, Business, Marketing, Legal, and other teams.
• Provide clear communication and alignment across teams, collaborators, and senior management.
• Support extended planning and roadmap creation for complex projects and programs.
• Assist us in ongoing refinement of our project and program management procedures, techniques, and integration of automation.

Skills

Complex projects

Agile methods

Planning & organizing

Communication

Cross-team collaboration

Risk management

Distributed teams

Problem-solving

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Arm in Manchester, United Kingdom, is seeking a Project/Program Manager to lead the delivery of complex software and engineering projects within the Strategy & Ecosystems group. You will guide planning, execution, and coordination across business, product and technical teams to ensure transparent delivery progress.

The role emphasizes proactive risk management, cross-team collaboration, and ensuring alignment with Arm processes and ISO requirements while driving automation and process