Senior Technical Program Manager New United States, Remote

PlayStation; Snowflake (AZ); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Join PlayStation as a Senior Technical Program Manager, where you'll lead critical security initiatives across engineering and data teams. This role requires strong collaboration and organization skills, guiding teams towards delivering impactful security solutions. Enjoy benefits like flexible work arrangements, generous PTO, and comprehensive health benefits.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Generous PTO

Comprehensive health benefits

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in technical security-focused program roles.
• Familiarity with security platforms like Qualys, Wiz, or Snyk.
• Excellent communicator across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support and guide delivery of key programs within Risk Insights.
• Facilitate project planning, lead standups and retros.
• Communicate updates and surface risks early and clearly.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Proactive

Detail-oriented

Agile Methodologies

Education

Technical or security-focused program experience

PMP, CSM, CISSP, or similar certifications

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

At SIE, we believe in making play safer for everyone. Within our Information Security team, we protect our people, platforms, and products with smart, scalable, and thoughtful solutions. Our mission is to provide clear, actionable risk and security insights that guide the business and enable amazing player experiences.

We’re building a team that thrives on collaboration, curiosity, and delivering real value. Come help us make a difference!

About This Role:

We’re hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to support program delivery and operational coordination for our Security Insights and Global Vulnerability Management (GVM) teams.

This role will help move our most important data and security initiatives forward. You’ll work with security engineers, data analysts, PMO leaders, and teams across PlayStation to help track progress, remove blockers, and improve how we work together. We’ll look to you to bring people together, ask great questions, and keep things moving with clarity and care.

This is a great role if you enjoy working across technical teams, organizing complex work, and helping teams deliver results that matter.

What You'll Do:

We value action, communication, and making things better. Here’s how you’ll make an impact:

• Support and guide the delivery of key programs within Risk Insights portfolio involving security data analytics
• Help teams clarify goals, define milestones, and set realistic timelines
• Facilitate project planning, lead standups, retros, and other team planning rhythms
• Coordinate with other program managers across SIE to align delivery plans
• Track program progress using Jira, Confluence, and reporting dashboards
• Communicate updates and surface risks early and clearly
• Solve issues, clear blockers, and guide team execution
• Support reporting efforts and improve the way we share results
• Recommend and support continuous improvements in team workflows
• Demonstrate people and soft skills to generate a positive atmosphere of excitement and collaboration towards delighting customers.
• Simplify and communicate complex problems through clear communication to inspire changes in behavior.
• Facilitating large-sized programs and processes.

What We’re Looking For:

• You’re someone who enjoys working across multiple teams and finding ways to get things done. You take pride in staying organized and bringing clarity to complex work.
• An excellent communicator across both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience managing programs across engineering, security, or data teams
• Comfortable working across distributed teams and multiple priorities
• Familiar with agile and traditional program management practices
• Proactive, detail-oriented, self-driven, and comfortable managing shifting priorities
• Ability to influence without direct authority and guide cross-team delivery
• Use technical background to act as a bridge between engineers and decision makers. Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

You don’t need to have every one of these to apply, but they help:

• 4+ years of experience working in a technical or security-focused program roles
• Familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Snowflake, Domo
• Experience with security platforms like Qualys, Wiz, CrowdStrike, or Snyk
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure and software development lifecycles
• Exposure to scripting (e.g., Python) is a plus
• PMP, CSM, CISSP, or similar certifications
• Past experience with the Scrum Master role; understanding all of the agile practices and ceremonies.
• Knowledge of industry standards for building large scale and highly reliable consumer applications.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

We support our team with flexible work arrangements, generous PTO, paid family leave, and comprehensive health benefits. We care about your growth and make space for continuous learning. We believe in doing meaningful work — and celebrating how far we’ve come.

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$175,500 - $263,300 USD

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