Sr. Portfolio Business Analyst

Socket.dev; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Bonus package

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Diego is hiring a Sr. Portfolio Business Analyst to lead recurring portfolio operations, drive improvements, and enable senior leaders with decision-ready reporting.

Candidate will partner with Portfolio Strategy, Data & Analytics, Finance, and Program Delivery to optimize planning, resource management, and reporting., ensuring accuracy, scalability, and timely execution within a dynamic entertainment technology environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Operations, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 4–7 years of experience in portfolio operations, business operations, operational reporting, or business analysis.
• Ability to own and execute recurring operational processes with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience collecting, validating, consolidating information from multiple stakeholders and source systems.
• Strong business and data acumen to identify issues and inform improvements.
• Experience producing high-quality portfolio or operational reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication across cross-functional teams.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and collaboration tools.
• Experience with Jira, ServiceNow, OnePlan, Power Apps or similar platforms.
• Experience developing operational documentation, procedures, and training materials.

Responsibilities

• Independently own and execute recurring portfolio operational processes with accuracy and timeliness.
• Collect, validate, consolidate, and maintain portfolio information across stakeholders and source systems.
• Own operational execution and quality of resource management activities and portfolio cost reporting.
• Administer Time Editor processes including onboarding, communications, and compliance monitoring.
• Produce recurring portfolio reports and operational deliverables, validating information for decision-ready outputs.
• Develop and maintain operational controls, templates, and checklists for scalable execution.
• Identify gaps or exceptions and drive follow-up with stakeholders.
• Translate operational needs into business requirements and test tooling enhancements.
• Identify improvements to standardize and reduce manual effort.

Skills

Portfolio operations

Business operations

Operational reporting

Business analysis

Communication

Data-driven decisions

Reporting

Excel

PowerPoint

Collaboration tools

Data collection

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

OnePlan

Power Apps

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.

Sr. Portfolio Business Analyst

San Diego, CA

The Sr. Portfolio Business Analyst is responsible for the effective execution and continuous improvement of recurring Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) operations. The role independently owns operational processes and controls that support portfolio planning, portfolio review operations, resource management, and portfolio reporting, ensuring work is accurate, timely, scalable, and consistently executed.

The role applies operational judgment to identify gaps, risks, and inefficiencies; resolve issues across functional partners; and improve how recurring portfolio work is executed. The role partners closely with Portfolio Strategy, Portfolio Data & Analytics, Portfolio Enablement, Finance, Program Delivery, and other cross-functional partners to strengthen portfolio operations and enable senior team members to focus on strategic planning, portfolio decision support, and organizational leadership.

Responsibilities

• Independently own and execute recurring portfolio operational processes, ensuring accurate, timely, and consistent delivery while resolving operational issues and exceptions.
• Collect, validate, consolidate, and maintain portfolio information across multiple stakeholders and source systems, proactively identifying and resolving data gaps, inconsistencies, and exceptions.
• Own the operational execution and quality of recurring resource management activities, including resource estimates, resource actuals, PMA operational support, and portfolio cost reporting.
• Administer Time Editor processes, including onboarding/offboarding, recurring communications, compliance monitoring, exception resolution, and follow-up activities.
• Produce recurring portfolio reports and operational deliverables, applying judgment to validate information, identify issues, and ensure outputs are accurate, complete, timely, and decision-ready.
• Develop and maintain operational controls, documentation, templates, checklists, work instructions, and other mechanisms that enable consistent and scalable execution.
• Monitor recurring portfolio operations, proactively identify gaps or exceptions, and drive required follow-up and resolution across stakeholders.
• Partner with Portfolio Enablement to translate operational needs and process gaps into business requirements, validate solutions, and lead operational testing and adoption of tooling enhancements.
• Identify and implement improvements to recurring portfolio operations through standardization, simplification, stronger controls, and reduced manual effort.
• Develop and maintain the operational knowledge, documentation, and training needed to support onboarding, knowledge transfer, and continuity of recurring portfolio operations.
• Use operational data and trends to assess process health, identify recurring issues and root causes, and recommend or implement improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4–7 of experience in portfolio operations, business operations, operational reporting, business analysis, or a related operational function.
• Demonstrated ability to independently own and execute recurring operational processes with a high degree of accuracy, organization, and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to identify operational risks, gaps, and exceptions, exercise sound judgment, and drive issues through resolution with limited oversight.
• Experience collecting, validating, consolidating, and maintaining information from multiple stakeholders and source systems.
• Strong business and data acumen, with the ability to use operational data and trends to identify issues, assess process health, and inform improvements.
• Experience producing high-quality portfolio or operational reporting and translating complex inputs into clear, accurate, decision-ready information.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to independently manage multiple priorities and deadlines in an environment with evolving requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements that increase operational efficiency, quality, consistency, or scalability.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and collaboration tools.
• Experience supporting portfolio operations, strategic planning operations, resource management, or business operations within a complex organization.
• Experience supporting recurring resource, financial, reporting, or operational processes.
• Experience working with enterprise business applications such as Jira, ServiceNow, OnePlan, Power Apps, or similar platforms.
• Experience developing operational documentation, procedures, and training materials.
• Experience in the gaming, entertainment, technology, or software industry is preferred.

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.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$134,900 — $202,300 USD

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