Senior Software Technology Manager

Salary: £45,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience with creation and management of software requirements, preferably in a software product delivery context, and an understanding of how they are validated and delivered to required levels of quality.
• Ability to express ideas and communicate effectively with other team members, customers, and suppliers to formulate, agree, and implement strategic plans.
• Software development experience, for example with firmware, operating systems, or application development.
• Motivation to work unsupervised, but as an integral member of a local developer team, as well as our globally distributed technology management team.
• Comfortable with travel; up to 25% of this role may involve international travel.
• Good university degree, or equivalent, ideally in a numerate subject, although other graduates would be considered if they have relevant experience.
• Visibility or experience of a full open-source software development lifecycle and the components of a typical software stack, including definition of non-functional aspects of software and targets for integration maturity.
• Visibility or experience of a software product development and delivery lifecycle.
• Technical Product Management, Technology Sales, or Technology Marketing experience from a previous role.
• Experience in an environment where hardware was designed, and proof-of-concept software was built to verify it.
• Experience with the definition of requirements to achieve quality and optimisation goals.
• Experience working in non-functional areas such as performance and functional safety.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate the complete value chain of end customers, manufacturers, and designers of hardware, software, and systems, including productization, support, and quality assurance for what we deliver to those customers.
• Gather specific market segment needs and translate these into product plans.
• Work with internal engineering teams and software vendors to prioritize features and enhancements that meet customer needs.
• Perform competitive analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of Arm-based solutions versus the competition.
• Evangelize in open-source communities and engage customers and sales teams by participating in customer meetings, sales meetings, and training.
• Work with Project Managers, Architects, Engineering Leads, and Product Managers, both internal and external to Arm, to deliver software for our technology and communicate its value.

Technologies:

• ARM
• Firmware
• Hardware
• Support
• Marketing

More:

As a Senior Software Technology Manager, we work with our key customers to define and prioritize requirements for software enablement and optimization and develop strategies to deliver them across our software ecosystem. Our Central Engineering Software group bridges our technologies, and we are building a team of technology managers to meet the growing demand for software on Arm technology. We own the roadmap and vision for software development, configuration, optimization, productization, and delivery, and we develop strategies around new and existing software components to support our products across multiple market segments. We also support accommodation requests during the recruitment process, offer hybrid working with flexibility based on team needs, and are an equal opportunity employer committed to mutual respect and inclusion.

last updated 40 week of 2026