Associate Project Manager, Consumer Platform & Services

Arcadian Consulting•Culver City, CA

2d•$48 - $52•Hybrid

About The Position

We are partnering with Sony Pictures Entertainment to hire an Associate Project Manager to support projects and vendor engineering teams within Consumer Platform & Services. This role is ideal for an organized, proactive project management professional who is eager to grow their skills while taking ownership of day-to-day project coordination and execution. The Associate Project Manager will work closely with Product teams and external vendor engineering teams to help maintain project momentum, track deliverables, identify and escalate blockers, and ensure teams remain aligned on priorities and next steps. The role will support a variety of projects and ongoing feature enhancements across Sony’s consumer-facing digital platforms. While deep technical expertise is not required, the ideal candidate will be comfortable working alongside technical teams, learning how digital products are developed and supported, and confidently driving conversations forward when action is needed. This position is well suited for someone with a genuine interest in project management who is highly organized, curious, proactive, and excited to develop within a collaborative technology organization.

Requirements

Experience in project coordination, project management, program coordination, operations, or a related role.
Experience working with external vendors, contractors, or third-party delivery teams.
Experience supporting operational or project-based work in a structured environment.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and/or Kanban.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, tasks, deadlines, and priorities simultaneously.
Proactive approach to following up on deliverables, action items, and project dependencies.
Ability to identify blockers and confidently escalate issues when needed.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate project documentation.
Ability to work collaboratively across Product, vendor, and project teams.
Willingness to learn and grow within the project management discipline.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting technology or software development projects.
Experience within digital media, entertainment, streaming, or consumer technology.
Experience working with distributed or international vendor teams.
Familiarity with software development or product development lifecycles.
Experience using Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

Project Coordination & Delivery: Support the day-to-day coordination and execution of projects across Consumer Platform & Services. Work closely with Product and vendor engineering teams to track project activities, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and next steps. Maintain project plans, schedules, action items, risks, issues, and supporting documentation. Monitor project progress and proactively follow up with team members to help keep work moving forward. Identify blockers, risks, and dependencies and escalate them to the appropriate stakeholders when needed. Help ensure project owners have clear responsibilities, timelines, and expectations. Support projects from initial planning through implementation and ongoing feature enhancements. Manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining strong attention to detail and organization.
Vendor Management: Serve as a key project management contact for external vendor engineering teams. Coordinate regularly with vendor teams to track deliverables, priorities, dependencies, risks, and project status. Facilitate communication between Product teams and vendor engineering teams. Follow up on outstanding actions and ensure commitments, decisions, and next steps are clearly documented. Help identify potential delivery risks and escalate concerns when timelines, dependencies, or expectations are at risk. Build effective working relationships with vendor partners while maintaining accountability and project momentum.
Agile Project Management: Support teams operating within Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies. Coordinate and facilitate recurring project meetings, grooming sessions, roadmap reviews, retrospectives, and status discussions. Maintain Jira boards, project tickets, documentation, and supporting project artifacts. Help ensure backlog items are appropriately documented, organized, prioritized, and prepared for upcoming work. Partner with Product and vendor engineering teams to maintain visibility into current and upcoming priorities. Support consistent adoption of established project management standards, practices, and workflows.
Status, Communication & Documentation: Prepare and maintain regular project status reports and updates. Document decisions, risks, dependencies, action items, and project outcomes. Maintain clear and accurate project documentation within Jira and Confluence. Facilitate project meetings and ensure clear follow-up on agreed actions. Communicate project status and potential concerns clearly to project stakeholders and management. Help maintain project roadmaps and provide visibility into planned and in-progress work.
Standards & Continuous Improvement: Help implement established project management standards and best practices across assigned projects. Support consistent use of templates, workflows, documentation standards, and project management processes. Identify opportunities to improve day-to-day project coordination and team efficiency. Contribute ideas to broader project management practices and process improvements when interested and appropriate. Continue developing project management skills, knowledge, and experience while taking on increasing levels of responsibility.