Senior Director, Silicon Technical Program Management - San Jose, California, United States
$313,200 - $423,700 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Senior Director of Silicon Technical Program Management leads a team of Technical Program Managers (TPMs) driving execution for complex Arm-based System-on-Chip (SoC) development from early design through tapeout.
What you'll do
- Lead, develop, and coach a team of TPMs, handling resource planning, performance management, and organizational leadership across multiple pre-silicon SoC programs. - Establish consistent program management methodologies, governance, tools, and execution standards across the TPM organization. - Oversee integrated program plans covering schedules, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, deliverables, risks, and mitigation strategies through tapeout. - Partner with cross-functional engineering leaders across architecture, RTL design, functional verification, physical design, and DFT to drive execution and alignment. - Provide executive visibility into program health, schedule confidence, dependencies, and critical execution risks. - Resolve cross-functional challenges, resource constraints, and technical trade-offs while coordinating with external silicon development partners and vendors where applicable.
What you'll need
- Extensive experience leading and developing teams of Technical Program Managers within semiconductor or engineering organizations. - Deep understanding of the pre-silicon SoC development lifecycle, including architecture, RTL design, functional verification, DFT, physical design, and tapeout. - Demonstrated success overseeing multiple complex, cross-functional SoC development programs and managing critical dependencies through tapeout. - Proven track record influencing senior engineering leaders, navigating competing priorities, and communicating complex technical and program challenges to executive stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience establishing scalable technical program management frameworks, governance structures, and standardized execution practices. - Experience with high-performance, infrastructure-class, or multi-die SoCs. - Experience leading geographically distributed TPM teams supporting multiple concurrent silicon development programs. - Experience coordinating execution across external silicon development partners, vendors, and engineering stakeholders. - Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, program management dashboards, and engineering execution tools.
Skills: pre-silicon, SoC, TPM, tapeout, program management
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 48-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
168
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$220k
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| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (168 roles · 48 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 168 |
| Median days open | 1 d | 48 d (−47 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: pre-silicon, SoC, TPM, tapeout, program management
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 23 open roles · median 58 d
- AMD · 21 open roles · median 33 d
- NVIDIA · 21 open roles · median 44 d
- Synopsys · 15 open roles · median 48 d
- GlobalFoundries · 7 open roles · median 15 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 7 open roles · median 38 d
How we counted: 168 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 48 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 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.