Principal Technical Development Program Manager

Marvell Technology • Santa Clara, CA

1d • $142,580 - $213,600

About The Position

Marvell Technical Development, part of the Corporate CTO Office, develops engineers through technical training, technical career development, and technical leadership programs. The Principal Technical Development Program Manager will lead and scale these programs, aligning them with the company's engineering roadmap and technical career ladders. The role shapes program strategy, establishes governance and standards, and leads end-to-end delivery across regions.

The position owns a portfolio of technical development programs and uses engineering workforce analyses, learning expertise, and program data to prioritize initiatives and measure business impact. It also partners with senior technical leaders, develops program managers and coordinators, and tracks emerging technologies and industry offerings to expand the portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and 10–15 years of related professional experience; or a master’s degree and/or PhD in those fields with 5–10 years of experience.
• Solid experience managing programs in technical training, technical career development, or technical leadership, including ownership of a multi-program portfolio across regions and hands-on delivery of cohort planning, workshops, mentoring, and events.
• Deep understanding of learning science, instructional design, adult learning, and performance consulting, applied to technical audiences.
• Track record of setting program strategy, building programs from the ground up, and scaling them globally with measurable business impact.
• Experience leading enterprise-level skills needs assessments or engineering workforce analyses linked to business priorities and product roadmaps, and translating findings into a prioritized training plan.
• Strong working knowledge of AI tools and emerging technologies for program design, content production, and analysis, and the vision to apply them at scale.
• Credibility as a trusted advisor to senior engineering leaders, grounded in understanding how engineering organizations think, decide, and operate.
• Experience setting governance, standards, and operating models that support consistent quality across regions and developing others to lead independently.
• Sound judgment in ambiguous, high-stakes situations; experience leading change and negotiating priorities among competing stakeholders in a matrixed, global organization.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including budget management, business cases, and investment trade-offs as priorities shift.
• Analytical skills to turn program data, skill-gap trends, and feedback into insights that guide leadership decisions, build impact measurement frameworks, and connect outcomes to business impact.
• Proven experience facilitating workshops and discussions for senior technical audiences.
• Must be eligible to access export-controlled information under applicable law; applicants may be subject to an export license review process prior to employment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a technology or semiconductor company.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, roadmap, budget, and end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of technical development programs.
• Set program objectives, milestones, KPIs, and success measures.
• Define program governance and quality standards, including templates, toolkits, and sign-off processes.
• Guide local program managers, review and approve regional program plans and changes, and facilitate cross-region best-practice sharing.
• Partner with executive sponsors, senior leaders, and the Technical Career Committee to understand engineering priorities.
• Align programs with technical competencies, career ladders, customer engagement, and the long-term talent pipeline.
• Lead enterprise-level skills needs assessments and engineering workforce analyses grounded in business priorities, product roadmaps, and emerging areas.
• Translate assessment findings into a prioritized technical training plan.
• Use data to guide program launch and scaling decisions and connect outcomes to business impact, including time to productivity, retention, and technical bench strength.
• Design new programs and pilots from concept to scale, drawing on external best practices.
• Build and maintain an impact measurement framework, including the Technical Talent Intelligence Dashboard.
• Report program ROI, skill-gap trends, retention impact, and pipeline health.
• Track emerging technologies, industry trends, and vendor offerings, and turn promising innovations into scalable value for the engineering community.
• Mentor program managers and coordinators and shape the team's operating model and scalability.
• Facilitate workshops and discussions for senior technical audiences.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in bonus and equity plans, including a new-hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers.
• Employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back.
• Family support programs to help balance work and home life.
• Mental health resources.
• Recognition and service awards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal