Senior Technical Program Manager – Hybrid Agile Leader

Sony Playstation; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Diego is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead planning and delivery of large, complex programs across the People Technology platform. You will be the hands-on Scrum Master, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams to deliver on strategic priorities.

Working within an Agile product delivery model, you will collaborate with HR, Payroll, Product Leads, IT, Data, and Security to translate priorities into executable plans.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical project or program management leading complex software initiatives.
• Hands-on Scrum Master for teams with recurring sprints and core ceremonies.
• Deep knowledge of Agile and Scrum practices and continuous improvement.
• Experience leading multi-workstream programs with roadmaps and governance.
• Strong ability to translate data into executive updates and actions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the hands-on Scrum Master for the People Technology Services team, leading a consistent two-week sprint cadence and facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews or demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Own and continuously improve the team’s Agile operating rhythm, working agreements, backlog readiness standards, and sprint governance to strengthen focus, transparency, accountability, and predictable delivery.
• Partner with Product Leads, Managers, and Technical Leads to align priorities, capacity, dependencies, and sequencing across project work, operational support, intake demand, and unplanned work before sprint commitments are made.
• Facilitate clear sprint goals and realistic commitments; monitor progress, impediments, scope changes, carryover, and unplanned work, and lead timely resolution or escalation when outcomes are at risk.
• Use retrospective insights and delivery data to identify systemic bottlenecks, ensure improvement actions have accountable owners, and measure whether changes improve flow, quality, and predictability.
• Coach Product Leads, team members, and delivery partners on practical Agile and Scrum practices, reinforcing role clarity and shared accountability while adapting the framework thoughtfully to enterprise needs.

Skills

Technical program management

Scrum Master

Agile methodologies

Executive communication

Jira

Stakeholder management

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 programs across the People Technology platform. You will be the hands-on Scrum Master, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams to deliver on strategic priorities.

Working within an Agile product delivery model, you will collaborate with HR, Payroll, Product Leads, IT, Data, and Security to translate priorities into executable plans.