Technical Program Management (Contract)

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San Mateo, CA, USA
In-Office
70-90 Annually
Mid level
Gaming
The Role
Lead and deliver large-scale, cross-team technical programs within Quality Engineering. Define roadmaps, milestones, risk mitigation, stakeholder alignment, and maintain deep understanding of HW/SW systems and online service integrations.
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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 PlayStation 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 PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Technical Program Manager - 6 month contract

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex technical initiatives that span multiple functionality within the quality engineering division. PlayStation's Software Quality Engineering teams align across PlayStation ensuring that the PlayStation brand retains its association with quality, detail, and exceptional experiences. Tasked with ensuring an extremely high level of quality in everything we ship, the QE teams work alongside developers, designs, and product owners to ensure test coverage of all feature areas and develop new and innovative test strategies and technologies for automation and manual testing. 

The Technical Program Manager leads complex technical initiatives that span multiple functionality within the quality engineering division. To excel in this role, you must be able to navigate ambiguous technical challenges, work well within set deadlines, and drive through influence. In this role, you will lead a diverse team through the processes of establishing online services linking to multiple platforms and apps.  Ideal candidates have knowledge of cloud services, work independently and seek to define order from complex multi-project needs. 


Key Responsibilities:

  • Own delivery of large scale technical programs with significant impact.

  • Define deliverables and milestones for cross team dependencies to achieve maximum efficiency.

  • Develop a comprehensive roadmap for future releases and projects ensuring teams are able to allocate resources to achieve the roadmap with minimal risks.

  • Identify and mitigate risks across multiple programs providing clear and proactive communication to Program Management leadership.

  • Drive alignment across stakeholders providing clear communication and alignment to define key internal milestones, lead technical trade-offs, execute retrospective processes, and optimize program management processes

  • Backup program team for additional programs including internal tooling.

  • Develop and maintain deep understanding of systems including HW and SW architecture as well as Application or HW integrations.

  • Keep aligned with current technical trends and emerging technologies.


Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, related field or equivalent experience.

  • 3+ years of technical program management experience in software development; Network and HW experience a plus.

  • Proven track record of delivering on schedule across complex, multi-team technical programs.

  • Technical experience with reviewing software architecture and design.

  • Technical experience in online services. Experience integrating with personal devices, apps on PC, or consoles, a plus.

  • Deep understanding of quality engineering including shift left/shift right methodologies.

  • Experience with program management and issue tracking tools such as Asana and JIRA.

  • Experience with KPI development and management.

  • Proven ability to quickly learn new software.

At SIE, working with our partners, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. 
Please note that the individual base pay range may vary based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for benefit offerings that include medical, dental, and vision. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below, this is an hourly rate.
$70$90 USD

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.

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. 

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


Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, related field or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of technical program management experience in software development.
  • Network and hardware experience.
  • Proven track record of delivering on schedule across complex, multi-team technical programs.
  • Technical experience reviewing software architecture and design.
  • Technical experience in online services.
  • Experience integrating with personal devices, PC apps, or consoles.
  • Deep understanding of quality engineering including shift left/shift right methodologies.
  • Experience with program management and issue tracking tools such as Asana and JIRA.
  • Experience with KPI development and management.
  • Proven ability to quickly learn new software.

PlayStation Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about PlayStation and has not been reviewed or approved by PlayStation.

  • Healthcare Strength The package includes medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, mental wellbeing programs, disability, and life insurance. Feedback suggests coverage breadth is a consistent strength that helps anchor overall comp satisfaction.
  • Retirement Support U.S. offerings include a 401(k) with a company match along with student‑loan repayment and a college‑savings plan match. These financial supports are positioned as strong additions to total compensation.
  • Parental & Family Support Offerings include paid parental and family‑care leave, fertility and family‑forming support, backup care, and child developmental resources. Feedback suggests these programs are valued and contribute to a well‑rounded package.

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The Company
HQ: San Mateo, CA
8,768 Employees
Year Founded: 1994

What We Do

PlayStation has been at the forefront of interactive and digital entertainment since the debut of our first console in 1994. Our products delight millions across the world through incredible games, cutting edge experiences and access to many types of media. This commitment to amazing our fans is at the core of who we are and one we share with Sony Corporation, internationally known as a leader in music, movies and consumer electronics. We can only achieve this goal by welcoming talented people and empowering them to do their best work. From game developers to data scientists, software engineers to cybersecurity experts, marketing to accounting and finance professionals, we’re always looking for talented people who share a passion for creating and our commitment to delivering amazement.

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