Director, Business Partner

We have an exciting opportunity for a Director-level People Business Partner to join Arm in a strategic role. You will work in close partnership with the leaders of some of our most dynamic and fast-paced engineering groups to ensure our people and organization are fully aligned to deliver our business strategies!

Arm’s opportunity is immense and historic, to seize that opportunity we hold our people to a high-performance bar, and we require our leaders to build engaged and effective organizations. This means we need People leaders with the confidence, knowledge, and skill to help our leaders make the tough decisions in service of business performance.

• Partner with your leadership teams to bring a people lens to strategic and operational initiatives and problems, operating as a trusted member of the LT.
• Support, coach, and challenge leaders on key people decisions.
• Support leadership teams in ensuring their groups are effective, efficient, and operating in a way that fully supports business strategy.
• Connect leaders with the right expertise and resources within the People group, ensuring work and driving self-service where appropriate.
• Bring global People strategy to life in your groups, tailoring it to the group context where needed.
• Develop leadership, people, and organizational capabilities through development programs and coaching.
• Lead a particular strategic domain for the People group. Deliver related projects, offer expert advice to colleagues in and beyond the people team.

• Prior experience as a Senior HR / People Business Partner in the semiconductor industry working directly with C‑Suite level stakeholders is required.
• Significant experience partnering with executives and their leadership teams in designing and delivering a people agenda across global groups.
• Track record of resolving complex people issues, deploying expertise and judgment in balancing business and employee‑centric perspectives. Commercial decision‑making and a strong focus on delivering business outcomes.
• Articulate, confident communication with senior leaders.
• Strong ability to get work done through teamwork across a global matrix organization.
• Breadth of HR expertise across the full employee lifecycle with deep expertise in one or more people / talent / organization specialisms.
• Articulate, confident communication with style.
• Top‑tier slide deck presentation (PowerPoint, etc.) creation experience; with the ability to present this information to high‑level stakeholders concisely.

Our 10x mindset guides how we engineer, collaborate, and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work:

• Prior management consulting experience
• Experience partnering an R&D / engineering organization
• M&A integration experience

You will be a key part of the growth and scaling journey of a remarkable company that is shaping the future of compute and AI. You’ll enjoy our remarkable collaborative and fast‑paced culture where the best and brightest talents challenge each other every day to do great things.

$204,000-$276,000 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.

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email  To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation.

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