Senior Partner Specialist
About The Position
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. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. The Opportunity PlayStation Studios is building a new Partner Sourcing Group (PSG) — a central, high-impact function designed to elevate how we engage, onboard, and scale external partners across our global studio ecosystem. As a Senior Partner Specialist (P3), you will play a pivotal role in shaping this function from the ground up. You’ll act as the connective tissue between studios, partners, and internal teams — ensuring external partnerships are onboarded efficiently, governed effectively, and deliver exceptional value.
Requirements
- Proven experience in vendor management, sourcing, or partner operations, ideally within gaming, creative, entertainment, or technology environments.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Independent confident communicator with a collaborative, service‑oriented mindset.
- Comfortable operating across multiple stakeholders, priorities, and systems.
- Experience working with contracts, onboarding workflows, and compliance‑driven environments.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience (5+ years).
Nice To Haves
- BCS Specialist Certificate in Supplier Management or similar is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Identify, assess, and recommend external partners aligned to PlayStation Studios’ creative and operational needs.
- Lead RFIs, RFPs, market research, and partner evaluations across multiple regions.
- Orchestrate partner pilots and onboarding with InfoSec, Legal, Finance, Compliance, IT and other Business Units.
- Drive continuous improvement of onboarding processes to enable speed, quality, and scalability.
- Support contract creation and commercial governance across the partner portfolio.
- Track spend, discounts, and commercial performance against negotiated terms.
- Define and maintain vendor performance metrics and post-project evaluations.
- Ensure invoice accuracy and payment workflows across multiple systems (incl. but not limited to creation of Purchase Requisitions, Purchase orders, GRs and follow up with invoices and payments).
- Build, maintain and strengthen strategic trusted relationships across PlayStation Studios, central teams, and external partners, ensuring ongoing alignment, collaboration, and mutual success across initiatives.
- Act as a central coordination point — anticipating issues, aligning stakeholders, and enabling informed decision‑making.
- Support vendor enablement through training on PlayStation Studios tools, processes, and expectations.
- Contribute to PSG knowledge sharing through guidelines, updates, and best practices.
- Partner closely with the PSG Manager – Operations to support recruitment, onboarding, and training of new team members.
- Help shape a best-in-class sourcing and partner management capability for PlayStation Studios.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- matching 401(k)
- paid time off
- wellness program
- employee discounts for Sony products
- bonus package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
