Director, Program Management

PlayStation•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Director, Program Management to lead the delivery, governance, and strategic execution of critical e-commerce, payments, and monetization initiatives across the PlayStation platform. The Director leads a portfolio of large-scale, cross-functional programs spanning Product, Engineering, Finance, Tax, Legal, Operations, Customer Experience, and Commercial organizations. The role works with senior leaders to align priorities, influence strategic investment decisions, and ensure initiatives deliver measurable customer and business outcomes. The successful candidate brings program leadership expertise and domain knowledge in digital commerce, payments, subscription businesses, marketplaces, checkout experiences, fraud prevention, taxation, and financial operations. They operate at both strategic and execution levels, translating business objectives into scalable delivery plans and maintaining disciplined program execution. The Director leads portfolio planning, governance, dependency management, reporting, forecasting, executive communications, risk mitigation, and benefits realization. They establish operating models and governance frameworks, guide commerce and payments transformation, and partner with Product Management and Engineering to develop scalable execution strategies. The role also builds and leads a program management organization, develops program leaders, and fosters accountability, transparency, operational excellence, and customer focus across the organization.

Requirements

Significant experience leading large-scale technology programs, portfolios, or product delivery organizations.
Experience leading complex cross-functional programs involving multiple engineering, product, and business organizations.
Demonstrated success operating within large, matrixed global organizations.
Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational influence skills.
Experience establishing governance models, portfolio management processes, operating rhythms, and executive reporting frameworks.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a track record of translating ambiguity into actionable plans.
Experience leading mission-critical platforms, large-scale transactional systems, digital commerce ecosystems, or marketplace businesses serving millions of customers.
Deep experience in one or more of the following areas: e-commerce platforms, digital payments, payment processing and orchestration, checkout experiences, subscription businesses, digital marketplaces, billing systems, fraud prevention and payments risk management, financial operations platforms, or tax and regulatory compliance.
Demonstrated expertise in end-to-end digital commerce ecosystems, including revenue flows, customer transactions, payment authorization, fraud controls, taxation, settlements, and subscription lifecycle management.
Experience in the development and launch of physical consumer technology products.

Nice To Haves

Experience within consumer technology, gaming, media, subscription, marketplace, commerce, payments, or fintech environments.
Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or related certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead a portfolio of complex, high-visibility initiatives supporting PlayStation’s commerce and monetization ecosystem.
Partner with executive leaders to define strategic objectives, roadmaps, priorities, success metrics, and investment plans.
Drive alignment across global organizations and mission groups with competing priorities and dependencies.
Establish operating models and governance frameworks that enable decision-making, accountability, and risk management.
Advise senior leadership on portfolio health, execution strategy, organizational readiness, capacity planning, and investment decisions.
Partner with Product Management and Engineering leaders to evaluate business opportunities and develop scalable execution strategies.
Ensure business, operational, regulatory, compliance, and customer experience requirements are incorporated into planning and delivery.
Drive initiatives that improve conversion, payment success rates, operational efficiency, platform scalability, compliance readiness, and customer satisfaction.
Contribute to the evolution of player experiences in discovering and transacting in their journeys.
Establish and maintain portfolio-level planning, dependency management, reporting, forecasting, and executive communications.
Identify delivery risks, resource constraints, and execution challenges early and drive mitigation plans.
Oversee complex cross-organizational dependencies across teams, business units, and external partners.
Facilitate executive reviews, planning cadences, governance forums, and portfolio decision-making processes.
Define and track outcome-based KPIs, benefits realization plans, and success metrics demonstrating measurable business value.
Build and lead a program management organization focused on execution excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Support the professional development and growth of program managers and senior program leaders.
Build strong partnerships with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Tax, Operations, and Commercial organizations.
Drive a culture of accountability, clarity, transparency, operational excellence, and customer focus.
Influence execution across organizations without direct authority while maintaining stakeholder alignment.
Raise risks early and drive accountability through resolution.