Senior Technical Program Manager: Agile Leader (Hybrid)

Game Companies; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Top-tier benefits package

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Diego is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead planning and delivery of large, complex technical programs within the People Technology Services group. You will own end‑to‑end delivery, act as hands‑on Scrum Master for two‑week sprints, and collaborate across HR, IT, and vendor teams to align priorities and ensure timely outcomes.

The role requires deep Agile expertise, strong executive communication, and the ability to mentor teams while driving

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical project or program management experience leading complex software, platform, integration, or infrastructure initiatives.
• Hands‑on Scrum Master experience for technical teams with recurring sprints and core ceremonies.
• Deep knowledge of Agile and Scrum, including backlog readiness, estimation, capacity planning, and governance.
• Proven ability to lead large, multi‑workstream programs with cross‑functional dependencies.
• Advanced Jira experience, dashboards, and program reporting.
• Executive‑level stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong technical literacy across the SDLC and enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as hands‑on Scrum Master for the People Technology Services Team, leading a two‑week sprint cadence and facilitating all Scrum ceremonies.
• Improve the team’s Agile operating rhythm, backlogs, readiness standards, and sprint governance to strengthen focus and predictability.
• Align priorities, capacity, dependencies, and sequencing across project work, intake demand, and unplanned work before sprint commitments.
• Facilitate clear sprint goals, monitor progress, impediments, scope changes, and risk resolution.
• Use retrospective insights and metrics to improve flow, quality, and delivery predictability.
• Coach Product Leads and delivery partners on practical Agile practices and team accountability.

Skills

Technical project management

Scrum Master

Agile & Scrum

Executive communication

Jira administration

Tools

Jira

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Diego is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead planning and delivery of large, complex technical programs within the People Technology Services group. You will own end‑to‑end delivery, act as hands‑on Scrum Master for two‑week sprints, and collaborate across HR, IT, and vendor teams to align priorities and ensure timely outcomes.

The role requires deep Agile expertise, strong executive communication, and the ability to mentor teams while driving