Global Cloud Streaming Programs Lead

sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) seeks a Principal Program Manager to lead cross-functional, large-scale cloud streaming programs across the PlayStation ecosystem. You will drive strategy, execution, and value realization, partnering with engineering, product, design, and operations teams to deliver outcomes at scale.

The role combines strategic direction with hands-on leadership, requiring strong collaboration with global teams and executive stakeholders to navigate ambiguity and drive

Responsibilities

• Lead geographically distributed, cross-functional teams in delivering large-scale programs from strategy and definition through execution, launch, and ongoing value realization.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear program outcomes, priorities, milestones, success measures, and execution plans.
• Drive end‑to‑end program outcomes, connecting business objectives, product strategy, technology delivery, and operational readiness.
• Create structure and clarity in complex or ambiguous environments, ensuring teams remain aligned on priorities, ownership, and desired outcomes.
• Serve as a trusted program voice to executives and stakeholders, providing clear visibility into program health, priorities, risks, and decisions.
• Define and influence program delivery strategies that balance speed, quality, scalability, investment, and risk.
• Establish effective program structures, governance, operating rhythms, and decision-making frameworks appropriate to the scale and complexity of the work.
• Maintain a broad perspective across the program, anticipating emerging risks, dependencies, opportunities, and decisions.
• Navigate ambiguity with sound judgment, clearly communicating trade-offs and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Adapt plans as business, technology, and customer needs evolve while maintaining focus on overall program outcomes.
• Apply and evolve program management best practices to improve predictability, execution, and business impact.
• Build strong partnerships across Engineering, Product Management, Design, Quality, Operations, Business, and other functions required to deliver program outcomes.
• Influence effectively across teams and organizational boundaries, including in situations where priorities, perspectives, or incentives differ.
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities, framing complex issues clearly and bringing forward options and recommendations.
• Synthesize complex information into concise, actionable communication for senior leaders and executive audiences.
• Establish transparent, data-driven reporting that provides a reliable source of truth for program health and decision-making.
• Foster shared ownership and accountability across teams, ensuring actions and decisions are driven through to resolution.
• Identify opportunities to simplify ways of working, reduce unnecessary overhead, and accelerate cross-functional execution.
• Develop and apply scalable approaches, frameworks, and best practices that strengthen program delivery beyond an individual initiative.
• Use data, insights, and measurable outcomes to evaluate program effectiveness and inform decisions.
• Challenge existing approaches where appropriate and help teams continuously improve how they plan, collaborate, and deliver.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to Program Managers and Technical Program Managers supporting the program.
• Where applicable, provide strategic oversight of a broader program management team.

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) seeks a Principal Program Manager to lead cross-functional, large-scale cloud streaming programs across the PlayStation ecosystem. You will drive strategy, execution, and value realization, partnering with engineering, product, design, and operations teams to deliver outcomes at scale.

The role combines strategic direction with hands-on leadership, requiring strong collaboration with global teams and executive stakeholders to navigate ambiguity and drive