Staff Technical Program Manager

PlayStation Global; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid role

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our team in Bristol, Dublin or London. You will lead plans, define processes, monitor progress and coordinate releases across UK and Ireland teams with US and Japan stakeholders, shaping the PlayStation developer platform.

Ideal candidate has strong software engineering background, hands-on experience, and a track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience.
• Experience coordinating software development across global teams.
• Proven track record delivering projects on schedule.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum).
• Strong software engineering background preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• PM certification (PMI/APM) advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate software development, testing and release activities.
• Create project plans and align objectives across stakeholders.
• Report progress to senior executives.
• Manage internal projects to balance internal improvements with external delivery commitments.
• Contribute to improving project management and software development practices.

Skills

Program management

Software development

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

PMI/APM certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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.

The role

We create development tools for PlayStation® platforms. From compilers and performance analysers to audio and graphics tools, our products are designed to make PlayStation® developers' lives easier and more efficient.

To help us continue to evolve and meet the needs of an ever‑changing technical landscape, we are looking for a Technical Program Manager to join our team in Bristol, Dublin or London, supporting the delivery of the best possible game developer experience.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will be working at the heart of our software development lifecycle: creating plans, defining processes, monitoring progress and coordinating releases. You will work closely with predominantly UK and Ireland‑based development teams, alongside stakeholders in the US and Japan. You will be responsible for coordinating resources across the full software development lifecycle, helping to construct roadmaps, managing stakeholder input, highlighting dependencies, mitigating risks and handling unexpected disruptions. You will also contribute to the wider TPM organisation, sharing and developing best practices, ways of working and common frameworks that other groups can leverage.

Your efforts will make a key contribution towards critical elements of the PlayStation® developer platform and, by extension, be part of all software released for PlayStation®. Ultimately, your work will make a meaningful contribution to the continued success of Sony Interactive Entertainment.

This position is ideally suited to Technical Program Managers with a strong software engineering background, including practical hands‑on experience. We'd love to hear from you if you take pride in delivering high‑quality projects on time and within budget, and are excited by the opportunity to improve existing processes and tools.

This is a hybrid role; frequent in‑office time is expected, along with occasional travel as business needs require.

SIE is committed to creating an inclusive working environment.

What you'll be doing

• Support the Software Engineering Manager to coordinate software development, testing and release activities.
  • Create project plans for software projects contributing to the PlayStation® developer platform.
  • Coordinate stakeholders to align on agreed objectives, milestones and quality expectations.
  • Coordinate product testing activities, working closely with colleagues across QA.
  • Report progress cross‑functionally and to senior executives.
• Manage internal projects to achieve the optimal balance between initiatives that improve internal ways of working and external delivery commitments.
• Contribute to improving project management and software development practices.

What you’ll bring

• 8+ years’ relevant project management experience.
• Experience managing multiple software development projects involving medium to high complexity, multiple organisations and globally distributed teams.
• A proven track record of delivering projects on schedule.
• Experience managing multiple software development projects in parallel.
• Experience working with Agile software development methodologies (e.g. Scrum).
• Strong software engineering background, ideally with practical hands‑on experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem‑solving and collaboration skills.
• A project management qualification (PMI, APM or equivalent) would be an advantage.

Nice to have

• Experience with business process improvement.
• Experience working on large developer platforms.
• Experience working with AI or agentic tooling.
• Understanding of modern software development practices, languages and tooling.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working with Japanese and US teams and cultures.

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.