Job Description

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play —it’s also the Best Place to Work. We’ve thrilled gamers since 1994, when we launched the original PlayStation. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Technical Project Manager

Location: San Mateo, CA

We will consider mid-level to senior professional experience for this position.

How would you like to work for the best-selling gaming and entertainment system of all time? PlayStation has a great career opportunity for you. We seek a project manager to partner with our highly creative R&D team to lead technical projects while collaborating with partners in the USA, Japan and the UK. Here, you will use your highly motivated ability to communicate with people to drive and deliver multiple concurrent hardware & software projects. If you are passionate about finding a high energy workspace surrounded by deeply knowledgeable co-workers working on groundbreaking technology, than we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Lead R&D Projects in state-of-the-art technologies, collaborating with project leads, to deliver them in committed time, agreed scope and required quality.
• You will drive project planning/scheduling, task tracking and follow up as needed, balancing internal teams & vendors across multiple sites working in partnership with Engineering managers
• Set up & maintain appropriate tools for project management artifacts for effective tracking and facilitate sharing of project information.
• Inspire change by conducting effective meetings with partners, teams and vendors.
• Be the key communication point to coordinate tasks between team members in U.S., U.K and Japan.
• Work with engineering leadership to set up/maintain/improve vendor project delivery process.
• Communicate estimates, schedules, issues and dependencies to technical or project lead
• Prepare presentations, project documentation and reports to various partners.
• Delivering multiple research & development projects, involving teams across geographies, leading multiple vendors acting as a program manager.
• Develop and refine vital processes, including development methodologies, usage of tracking tools, release and operational procedures (e.g. process for release management and tracking execution).
• May require 10% to 20% of time traveling nationally and/or internationally depending on project needs.
  

Requirements

• Prior professional experience supporting one or more of these industries: gaming, consumer electronics, embedded software and/or an advanced software platform development.
• Must have successfully shipped multiple products from concept to product launch
• Experience supporting an Agile/Scrum, Hardware/Waterfall and/or hybrid development environments
• Motivated, organized, empathetic self-starter with ability to seek resolution for routine or complicated problems optimally including conflict resolution and risk assessment among other.
• Strong Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office, Jira /Confluence skills.
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills are required.
• Effectively and guide with multi-functional groups (including hardware, software, content and services, or ML/AI) across divisions, worldwide, as part of a team, identifying and balancing dependencies.
• Meticulous attention to detail to make good, and timely decisions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Engineering with equivalent experience
  

Nice To Have

• If you have experience delivering projects in the latest technologies like Sensing, AI/Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Analytics/AR/VR/XR a plus.
• Familiarity with rapid prototyping and MVP / high speed iteration design.
• PMP, CSM, etc. certifications.
• Experience of having collaborated with Japan partners and/or China supply chain (ODMs).
• Understanding of and experience with SAFe.
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.

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We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and we thank you for your interest in PlayStation.

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