Senior Technical Program Manager

Why PlayStation

PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today were recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5 PlayStation4 PlayStationVR PlayStationPlus acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation technology and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

With over 150 Million customers in 109 countries Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is committed to using data to understand The Players : our customers better than anyone else. Using the amazing networked power of PlayStation5 and our other PlayStation systems we learn how they use them for gaming and also how they use the networked services like streamed games music video and how they pay and how we can improve their customer experience. We work with games developers marketing R&D PlayStationStore and many other parts of Sony to constantly improve our customer experience and maximise our business potential.

The ICDS DE team has grown rapidly over recent years in response to an increasing need for the business to leverage data to inform and shape key decisions and to identify new opportunities. Currently there are approximately 120 staff within the ICDS DE team split between London and California made up of high-quality data professionals covering architecture and platform support data processing and technical program management

Due to team expansion ICDS DE are looking to recruit talented highly driven individuals who have excelled in previous roles and are looking for a new challenge in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

ICDS delivers data that powers Analytics Data sciences Marketing ML and multiple other teams across the companies and offices that make up the PlayStation business : high quality valuable to the user accessible and continuously improving.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional technical initiatives from concept through delivery. This role is critical in driving alignment across engineering product design operations and leadership teams to ensure predictable execution and scalable high-quality solutions. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguous environments excels at systems thinking and has a strong background in software engineering or technical program management.

Key Responsibilities :

Program Leadership & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end program management for large multi-quarter data engineering initiatives
• Develop program charters execution plans timelines OKRs and success metrics.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering product analytics cloud infrastructure and security.
• Proactively identify dependencies risks and mitigation strategies.

Technical Expertise & Execution :

Process & Operational Excellence

Stakeholder Management

Basic Qualifications :

Data lakes / warehouses (e.g. Snowflake Delta Lake)

Batch / stream processing frameworks (Spark Flink Kafka Kinesis)

Orchestration tools (Airflow Workflow Kubeflow)

Cloud platforms (AWS Azure)

Data Processing Platforms (Databricks Ab Initio)

Preferred Qualifications :

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At SIE we consider several factors when setting each roles base pay range including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location.

In addition this role is eligible for SIEs top-tier benefits package that includes medical dental vision matching 401(k) paid time off wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$163600 - $245400 USD

Equal Opportunity Statement :

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity gender expression and gender reassignment) race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief marital or civil partnership status disability age sexual orientation pregnancy maternity or parental status trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Project Management Methodology,Project / Program Management,Program Management,Management Experience,Microsoft Powerpoint,Project Management,Microsoft Project,Budgeting,DoD Experience,Leadership Experience,Supervising Experience,Contracts

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 163600 - 245400