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Software Leader Role

We are looking for a customer and ecosystem-focused software leader to drive platform software and enablement strategy for next-generation Arm technologies.

This role sits within the business unit and is responsible for ensuring Arm innovations are translated into software solutions that customers and ecosystem partners can adopt optimally. You will work across internal engineering teams, Software, product management, OEMs, silicon partners, and broader ecosystem team members to define requirements, shape enablement priorities, and drive readiness across reference platforms, firmware, OS, and tooling.

A key part of the role is ensuring the right balance between internal platform validation and ecosystem-facing upstream enablement, so that Arm technologies are validated early and made available in the software environments that matter to partners. Reference platforms like simulation, emulation, FPGAs, testchip will be significant vehicles for demonstrating readiness, enabling engagement, and supporting adoption.

Responsibilities

• Establish and guide the approach for platform software, firmware, and reference build enablement across Arm platforms aimed at the Mobile and consumer compute segment.
• Engage directly with customers, OEMs, silicon partners, and ecosystem team members to understand requirements, capture feedback, and shape software priorities.
• Translate market and partner needs into clear software requirements across firmware, platform software, OS enablement, and tooling.
• Partner with internal engineering, architecture, and Software teams to align downstream validation with upstream ecosystem readiness.
• Drive software readiness for reference platforms as vehicles for customer engagement, feature demonstration, and partner enablement.
• Help ensure features are supported in the software stacks and release cycles that matter to customers, including Android, Linux, Windows, and associated tools.
• Build alignment across teams on priorities, ownership, and success criteria for software adoption.
• Represent the business unit in ecosystem discussions, partner engagements, and multi-functional planning.
• Define and lead the strategy for enabling core software, firmware, and reference builds across Arm platforms aimed at the Mobile and consumer compute segment.
• Lead the downstream software stack required to validate new technologies across simulation, emulation, FPGA, reference platforms.
• Drive platform bring-up and feature validation for software environments such as firmware, Linux, Android, Windows variants, and other internal enablement stacks as required.
• Translate technology and product roadmap priorities into detailed software requirements, implementation plans, and validation work.
• Establish end-to-end requirements' traceability across architecture intent, platform implementation, validation achievements, and ecosystem preparedness.
• Partner closely with architecture, silicon, firmware, software, and other IP product teams to ensure aligned execution across platform verification and upstream enablement.
• Create a clear operating model between downstream-first validation and parallel upstreaming, reducing ambiguity, friction, and delivery risk across teams.
• Support AFaaS as the integration point for system software, operating environment support services, and ecosystem readiness, ensuring that required components come together on time and with clear ownership.
• Work with internal and external collaborators to identify gaps in feature readiness across kernel, framework, development tools, monitoring systems, power methodology, and broader ecosystem enablement.
• Drive prioritisation and trade-off decisions across multiple feature areas, platforms, and release timelines.
• Represent software readiness and platform enablement status in planning discussions with senior leadership, partner teams, and ecosystem participants.
• Build and scale a balanced team model for reference platform and firmware/platform enablement over time.

Required Qualifications and Background

• Validated experience in software product leadership, platform software, or ecosystem enablement in a customer-facing environment.
• Strong understanding of system software, firmware, platform bring-up, or OS enablement.
• Experience defining strategy and execution for software that bridges early technology validation and productization.
• Ability to translate technical capabilities into partner value, requirements, roadmap priorities and clarifying ambiguous technical needs into well-defined work.
• Strong partner management and multi-functional leadership skills across business and engineering teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to align senior partners around scope, priorities, and delivery models.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with Arm architecture, Arm-based SoCs, or Arm platform software.
• Familiarity with client or compute platform bring-up across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
• Experience with Android upstreaming, kernel enablement, performance tooling, telemetry, power measurement, or compiler/toolchain integration.
• Experience leading the transition from prototype or research code into stable, maintainable, customer-ready software.
• Knowledge of ecosystem enablement challenges for advanced features spanning firmware, OS, tooling, and applications.
• Experience working with release alignment constraints, such as feature readiness tied to Android or other OS release cycles.

In Return:

Help develop products that will define the future of AI compute and define what extraordinary product management looks like in AI infrastructure. You'll grow as a leader and technical voice and help ensure Arm delivers the products our customers need today and the platforms that will power tomorrow.

Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want our people to Do Phenomenal Things. If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self throughout the hiring process, please email accommodations@arm.com. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not a comprehensive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

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.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm's hybrid approach to working is centered around flexibility, where we split our time between the office and other locations to get our work done. Within that framework, we empower groups and teams to resolve their own particular hybrid working pattern, depending on the work and the team's needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Salary Range:

$211,600-$286,200 per year

We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.