ARM Director CPU Product Management 

United States, Texas, Austin 

380022059

You will be instrumental in the management of Cortex-X products throughout their lifecycle including market requirements capture and business planning, product positioning, competitive industry trends and analysis, creation and maintenance of marketing collateral, launch planning and execution, press and analyst briefings, support of sales opportunities and definition of the product roadmap.

If the challenge of working in a collaborative and innovative culture on cutting-edge technology excites you, and you can meet the requirements of the job description below, we look forward to receiving your application!

What will I be accountable for?

• Managing the full product lifecycle starting with product definition through approvals, development, release and maintenance.
• Ensuring market and solutions requirements are translated effectively into engineering product requirements.
• Working closely with engineering teams worldwide to ensure product features and engineering schedules are signed off against the business plan.
• Technical schedules are monitored and feature trade-offs made where necessary against the business plan.
• Produce the necessary arguments to support project justification.
• Management of collaborative relationships with Arm partners (customers) in conjunction with Account Managers (sales and FAEs) to secure licensing commitments and design wins.
• Development of collateral including presentations, white papers, benchmarks for products and their applicability in the context of Arm’s roadmaps and customer applications.
• Analysis of the competitive landscape with benchmarks and product positioning messaging.
• Development of strategies to explore new markets or expand existing ones and secure key industry and OEM endorsements.
• Planning and execution of marketing communications activities for press and analyst briefings, product launches, conference presentations and technology demonstrations.

• Degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5 or more years in Product Management in the semiconductor CPU field
• Experience writing business plans and commercial justifications
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Willingness to travel to meet with customers and colleagues

• Capable of working as a great teammate or independently
• High degree of initiative and a tried problem solver
• Good communicator and negotiator, personable and able to work and communicate at a detailed or high level
• Self-starter and a "getting-things-done" demeanor

• Management in the laptop space, either for CPUs or SoCs
• Strong engineering background in high-performance CPUs with good understanding of the semiconductor landscape
• In-depth knowledge of microprocessor design, including CPU hardware and software especially on the Arm instruction set architecture (ISA) for Armv8-A and Armv9-A instruction sets
• Understanding of SoC design, system interconnects, bus architectures and topology configurations including cache coherency, QoS (Quality of Service) and AMBA bus interface standards
• Knowledge of EDA flows for implementation, system and software development
• Experience of customer interaction of a technical nature – ideally in a field applications, technical support role or through engineering development work
• Understanding of process technology nodes and implementation of IP products

We are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together! These behaviors are assessed as part of the hiring process:

• Partner and customer focus
• Teamwork and communication
• Creativity and innovation
• Team and personal development
• Impact and influence