Senior Legal Operations Program Manager

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the Play Station brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting‑edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world.

Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the Play Station brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

San Mateo, CA | Hybrid - 2 days per week in our San Mateo office

Full relocation assistance available for qualified candidates

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking an experienced Senior
Legal Operations Program Manager to join our Legal Operations Team
. In this strategic role, you will lead complex, cross‑functional programs that enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability of SIE’s global Legal Department. You will serve as a central program management partner across Legal technology initiatives, helping shape and execute short-, mid-, and long‑term roadmaps while bringing structure, prioritization, and consistency to a growing portfolio of tools and services.

The role will work closely across Legal and with partners in IT, Finance, Procurement, Privacy, and the broader business. The ideal candidate combines strong program management expertise with experience working within a Legal environment, hands‑on knowledge of Asana, familiarity with legal technology, and a passion for operational improvement and innovation.

• Lead complex, cross‑functional Legal programs from planning through delivery, establishing clear roadmaps, priorities, timelines, milestones, and success measures.
• Serve as a central program management partner across Legal technology initiatives, using Asana to manage work streams, sprint schedules, dependencies, prioritization, and delivery.
• Support development of the Legal technology roadmap across short-, mid-, and long‑term priorities.
• Partner with Legal stakeholders to conduct discovery, understand business requirements, and translate needs into actionable programs and solutions.
• Support a portfolio of Legal technologies that may include CLM, eBilling, Matter Management, IP/Trademark management, e‑signature, workflow automation, knowledge management, and AI‑powered platforms.
• Partner with IT and vendors on technology implementations, upgrades, integrations, and ongoing optimization.
• Provide clear reporting to Legal leadership on program status, risks, dependencies, KPIs, and decisions required.

• Identify opportunities to simplify and improve Legal workflows using Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Lead process mapping, root cause analysis, and development of standardized processes, playbooks, and documentation.
• Partner with Legal Operations colleagues on vendor management, budget planning, reporting, analytics, and operational initiatives.
• Use data and performance measures to identify opportunities and drive better decision‑making across Legal.
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives while maintaining strong stakeholder alignment and clear communication.

• Partner with Legal and technology teams to support the Legal Department’s AI and innovation roadmap.
• Help evaluate, pilot, implement, and drive adoption of AI‑powered legal tools and workflows.
• Identify opportunities to…