Director, Program Management

PlayStation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment seeks a Director of Program Management to lead delivery, governance, and strategic execution of critical e-commerce, payments, and monetization initiatives across the PlayStation platform.

This role oversees a portfolio of large-scale programs spanning Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Operations, and Commercial teams, driving measurable customer and business outcomes through disciplined execution.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large-scale technology programs and portfolios.
• Experience leading cross-functional programs across engineering, product, and business.
• Ability to operate in large matrixed global organizations with executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of complex, high-visibility initiatives supporting PlayStation's commerce and monetization ecosystem.
• Define strategic objectives, roadmaps, priorities, success metrics, and investment plans.
• Drive alignment across global organizations and manage competing priorities and dependencies.
• Establish operating models and governance frameworks for portfolio planning, decision-making, and risk management.
• Oversee executive reviews, planning cadences, and portfolio decision-making processes.

Skills

Large-scale programs

Cross-functional leadership

Global matrixed organizations

Executive communication

Governance & reporting

Analytical skills

Job description

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.

Director, Program Management

Portfolio & Program Management Office (PPMO)

About the Role

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Director, Program Management to lead the delivery, governance, and strategic execution of critical e-commerce, payments, and monetization initiatives across the PlayStation platform.

This role is responsible for leading a portfolio of large-scale, cross-functional programs that span Product, Engineering, Finance, Tax, Legal, Operations, Customer Experience, and Commercial organizations. The Director will drive alignment across senior leaders, influence strategic investment decisions, and ensure complex initiatives deliver measurable customer and business outcomes.

The ideal candidate combines deep program leadership expertise with strong domain knowledge in digital commerce, payments, subscription businesses, marketplaces, checkout experiences, fraud prevention, taxation, and financial operations. They must be capable of operating at both strategic and execution levels, translating business objectives into scalable delivery plans while ensuring disciplined program execution.

What You'll Do

Strategic Portfolio Leadership

• Lead a portfolio of complex, high-visibility initiatives supporting PlayStation's commerce and monetization ecosystem.
• Partner with executive leaders to define strategic objectives, roadmaps, priorities, success metrics, and investment plans.
• Drive alignment across global organizations and mission groups with competing priorities and dependencies.
• Establish operating models and governance frameworks that enable informed decision-making, accountability, and effective risk management.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership on portfolio health, execution strategy, organizational readiness, capacity planning, and investment decisions.

Commerce & Payments Transformation

• Partner with Product Management and Engineering leaders to evaluate business opportunities and develop scalable execution strategies.
• Ensure business, operational, regulatory, compliance, and customer experience requirements are incorporated into planning and delivery.
• Drive initiatives that improve conversion, payment success rates, operational efficiency, platform scalability, compliance readiness, and customer satisfaction.
• Contribute to the evolution of player experiences in discovering and transacting in their journeys.

Portfolio Execution & Benefits Realization

• Establish and maintain portfolio-level planning, dependency management, reporting, forecasting, and executive communications.
• Identify delivery risks, resource constraints, and execution challenges early and drive mitigation plans.
• Oversee complex cross-organizational dependencies across multiple teams, business units, and external partners.
• Facilitate executive reviews, planning cadences, governance forums, and portfolio decision-making processes.
• Define and track outcome-based KPIs, benefits realization plans, and success metrics that demonstrate measurable business value.

Organizational Leadership

• Build and lead a program management organization focused on execution excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support the professional development and growth of program managers and senior program leaders.
• Build strong partnerships with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Tax, Operations, and Commercial organizations.
• Drive a culture of accountability, clarity, transparency, operational excellence, and customer focus.
• Influence execution across organizations without direct authority while maintaining strong stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

Required

• Significant experience leading large-scale technology programs, portfolios, or product delivery organizations.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional programs involving multiple engineering, product, and business organizations.
• Demonstrated success operating within large, matrixed global organizations.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational influence skills.
• Experience establishing governance models, portfolio management processes, operating rhythms, and executive reporting frameworks.
• Strong analytical and