Senior Program Manager

Why Play Station?

Play Station isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The Play Station family of products and services including Play Station®5, Play Station®4, Play Station®VR, Play Station®Plus, acclaimed Play Station software titles from Play Station Studios, and more.

Play Station 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 Play Station brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

The Senior Program Manager supports the Global Technical Information Group (GTIG) by leading the implementation of cross-functional programs that improve the Play Station partner information strategy. This role drives delivery across core GTIG functions, including communications, training, documentation, and partner-facing information initiatives.

Blending hands‑on program management with portfolio‑level oversight, the Senior Program Manager ensures GTIG initiatives are clearly prioritized, effectively tracked in tracking systems, and delivered on schedule. The role partners closely with communications, training, documentation, translations, and other GTIG teams to manage day‑to‑day execution, maintain delivery momentum, and support central initiatives as needed.

This role demands working on both tactical and strategic levels. It involves managing Jira tickets, dependencies, and timelines. The position also supports GTIG leadership in planning, coordinating, and carrying out larger, cross‑functional initiatives.

• Significant background in program management at a senior level guiding complex, cross-functional initiatives to successful outcomes.
• Proficiency with Jira for task tracking, reporting, and workflow management. Own Jira as a program-level system of record to plan, track, and communicate delivery across multiple teams and complex work streams.
• Lead structuring of initiatives, epics, achievements, and dependencies to align cross-functional execution with strategic objectives and timelines.
• Monitor program health and delivery risk using Jira data and trends, surfacing insights and driving informed tradeoff and blocking issue decisions.
• Demonstrated experience leading and delivering complex programs that drive organizational change, with proficiency in program management and/or change management frameworks, practices, and collaborator engagement.
• Strong expertise in managing collaborators, advanced risk mitigation, program structuring, and delivery governance.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and align collaborators at all levels.
• Operate independently and proactively in ambiguous, high-stakes environments, with a strong delivery and adoption approach.
• Highly data-driven and analytical, with advanced planning capabilities, attention to detail, and the ability to build executive-ready reporting.
• Background in process development, problem solving, and continuous improvement, with a strong track record of elevating delivery models.
• Creative, self-starting approach with a proactive, delivery-focused, and adoption-aware attitude.
• Strong negotiation, diplomacy, and advocacy abilities, paired with the perseverance to lead groups through change and uncertainty.
• Able to communicate and operate effectively at team and leadership level within GTIG.

• Working knowledge of game development and publishing processes.
• Background in the games industry or digital entertainment sector.
• Experience contributing to or building a program management center of excellence within the team.

• Coordinate cross-functional groups responsible for the PS Partners information strategy, including communications, training, documentation, and translation, ensuring alignment and delivery across all functions.
• Build and operationalize coordinated…