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Senior Software Project Manager

Job ID 2024-10822 Date posted 20/11/2025 Location Cambridge, United Kingdom; Manchester, United Kingdom Category Program/Project Management
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Job Overview

Join the Central Engineering Software Operations team as a Project Manager where you will lead delivery of software projects that help our partners’ build energy efficient Arm powered products. This is an amazing opportunity to work with outstanding engineering teams in a fast-paced high-tech environment, and be part of a capable, diverse, supportive and inclusive team.

To be considered for this role, you will have a solid track record in software delivery management and experience in leading software projects using iterative / agile development methods. Excellent interpersonal skills are a requirement, as is displaying confident leadership and a dedication to engage the team and drive your projects through to success.

Responsibilities:

You will:

  • Own and drive planning, scheduling, tracking, monitoring and reporting for your projects.
  • Motivate and drive teams to deliver commitments.
  • Ensure project governance, and proactively drive project risks, change and dependencies to conclusion.
  • Have strong organizational skills, a can-do approach and be a collaborative member of the team.
  • Work closely with adjacent functional groups such as Engineering, Product Management, Legal and Operations.
  • Intentionally engage to develop and improve our processes and practices.

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Leading project delivery, preferably software projects in an Agile or iterative environment.
  • Strong communication and networking skills to be able to influence and collaborate with engineering teams, peers, senior management, and Arm partners.
  • A positive, can-do behavior which is adaptive to change, resilient and eager to accept new challenges within a fast-paced high-tech environment.
  • Experience working with geographically distributed engineering teams.
  • Ability to engage confidently in technical discussions.

'Nice to Have’ Skills & Experience

  • Familiarity with the Software Development Lifecycle, and of Project and Product Lifecycles.
  • Ability to translate complex technical challenges into actionable plans and milestones
  • Exposure to Open-Source Software.
  • Usage of supporting tools commonly used in Arm project management e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project.
  • Professional memberships or qualifications in project management methodologies e.g; APM/PMI/Prince2

In return:

You will have the opportunity to learn about the latest Arm architecture features, working closely with highly skilled engineering teams on ground-breaking technology. You will be empowered to continually identify and roll out improvements to our ways of working; while being supported by a diverse team of project and program managers.

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Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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