Operations Director of Programs - San Jose, California, United States
$274,600 - $371,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is responsible for delivering Arm’s silicon products and systems, managing complex operations stakeholders from product inception to mass production.
What you'll do
- Identify, mitigate, and prevent technical and business challenges across multiple disciplines.
- Deliver successful, mass-production programs for customers.
- Communicate operations-focused schedules, financials, risks, and needed support to executive audiences and diverse stakeholders.
What you'll need
- Proven silicon program execution track record.
- Deep back-end manufacturing knowledge of complex SoCs & packages.
- Experience working with semiconductor foundries, OSAT, and testing process and partners.
- Technical SOC HW & SW design exposure.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a senior execution or technical program management role with back-end silicon execution.
- Master's or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or Computer Science.
Nice to have
- Partner / customer focus.
- Creativity / innovation.
- Collaboration / Influence.
- Technical depth.
- Personal development.
Skills: cloud AI platforms, mass-production program, semiconductor foundries, OSAT, testing process
This role has been open 66 days — slightly above the 65-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
65
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$245k
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| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (65 roles · 19 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 65 |
| Median days open | 66 d | 65 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $245k |
Skills observed across this category: cloud AI platforms, mass-production program, semiconductor foundries, OSAT, testing process
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 15 open roles · median 80 d
- Micron Technology · 11 open roles · median 16 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 76 d
- AMD · 6 open roles · median 44 d
- Tenstorrent · 4 open roles · median 66 d
- Lam Research · 3 open roles · median 65 d
How we counted: 65 open Technical Program Management (AI ML Hardware) roles from 19 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.