Sr. Technical Program Manager (Contract)

The role

You will support engineering teams in Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering. You will turn technical goals into coordinated plans and improve the predictability of delivery and release management.

What you will do

• Own programs across internal tooling and framework teams from initiation through delivery.
• Translate developer, quality engineering, and release management needs into technical requirements and execution plans.
• Support development team release management processes by aligning schedules, decisions, risks, and handoffs.
• Drive prioritization and decisions that balance developer impact, technical constraints, capacity, and delivery timing.
• Identify risks early, lead mitigation, and escalate issues with clear options and trade-offs.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and adapt Agile practices.
• Communicate program health, progress, risks, and decisions to technical partners and senior leaders.
• Improve processes and tools that reduce manual coordination.
• Complete an orderly transition with documented decisions and clear ownership.

Required qualifications

• 5–7+ years of technical program management, program management, or closely related experience.
• Hands-on Scrum Master experience and a strong understanding of Agile ceremonies and team execution.
• A background in software development or quality engineering.
• Practical understanding of system design, testing, and delivery workflows.
• Ability to work with engineers on architecture concepts, system integrations, CI/CD processes, and technical trade-offs.
• Experience coordinating delivery and release readiness across multiple teams with competing priorities and dependencies.
• Experience aligning globally distributed, cross-functional teams and influencing decisions without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication with technical and nontechnical audiences.

Nice to have

• A bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with internal developer tools, application onboarding portals, engineering frameworks, or quality engineering workflows.
• Experience supporting release management processes and CI/CD gating across multiple systems.
• Experience applying Scrum, Kanban, or other Agile approaches to programs involving several teams.
• Experience improving program management practices, tooling, reliability, or delivery efficiency.

Before you apply

• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage.

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.