AI / ML Senior Technical Program Manager

Why PlayStation?

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 PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, 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.

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PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play —it’s also the Best Place to Work! We’ve excited gamers since 1994, when we launched the original PlayStation. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment and power 112 million users globally.

Do you want to join a Machine Learning Platform engineering team committed to delivering the PlayStation experience for millions of users? The work we do delivers impactful insights to build an increasingly dynamic and interactive experience! The AI/ML Engineering Group delivers optimized interactions across PlayStation experiences and systems by designing, coding, training, documenting, cost-effectively deploying and evaluating very large-scale machine learning systems.

We are looking for a Sr. TPM who helps us deliver delightful products and experiences for millions, in an agile environment, collaborating with teams-across Engineering, Security, Architecture, Product and PMO. Further, you will be immersed in AI/ML technologies, tools and processes, as you help to advance our technical objectives and architectural initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Drive complex technical decisions across multiple teams
• Work cross functionally with engineering, security, architecture, product, and PMO to turn ambiguous opportunities into actionable outcomes
• Influence teams & drive alignment among multiple stakeholders.
• Own and Manage implementation E2E from Project charter, roadmap, plan, design, build, execute, deliver and monitor performance & adoption.
• Communicate schedules, priorities, and status to various stakeholders.
• Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths.
• Facilitate vendor interaction and communication by tracking open issues, feature requests and production readiness.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a technical program manager in AI/ML
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field
• Solid technical background and ability to quickly understand technical designs, challenges and risks. Experience breaking down complex problems and driving decision making
• Proven record of interfacing with multi-disciplinary teams and partners
• Ability to communicate well with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience managing day-to-day distributed scrum teams
• Skilled in foreseeing challenges in deliverables and their mitigation strategies

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in Platform Engineering space
• Significant experience working with software engineering leadership, technical teams, and individual contributors.
• Ability to communicate authoritatively at a sufficient technical depth.
• Passionate about learning new concepts and technologies.
• Hands-on software development experience.
• Knowledge of various ML platforms would be a big plus.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.