Principal Technical Program Manager

Role Overview

• Own the end-to-end execution of highly complex, platform-level initiatives that support SEPS product vision and roadmap.
• Translate high-level business goals into clear product outcomes, milestones, and success metrics, especially in ambiguous or early-stage problem spaces.
• Partner with Product Managers and Engineering leaders to shape and align multi-quarter and multi-year roadmaps.
• Ensure prioritization reflects customer impact, platform scalability, technical feasibility, and business value.
• Act as a strategic partner to executives and senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Go-To-Market teams.
• Communicate product progress, risks, trade-offs, and dependencies with clarity, enabling informed, outcome-driven decision-making.
• Drive tight alignment across product discovery, delivery, and launch activities.
• Connect technical execution with customer needs and business objectives, ensuring platform capabilities are delivered in a way that accelerates adoption and unlocks downstream product innovation.
• Identify and manage risks, technical dependencies, and organizational constraints that impact product delivery.
• Proactively develop mitigation strategies to protect roadmap commitments and long-term platform health.
• Influence operating models, team structures, and investment decisions to improve delivery velocity and product quality.
• Help scale product and platform processes that support global, multi-team execution.
• Leverage strong technical understanding to partner effectively with engineering teams, guide architectural discussions, and ensure product decisions balance short-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability.
• Champion product and delivery best practices across SEPS, including roadmap hygiene, metrics-driven execution, and continuous learning.
• Mentor program and product leaders to elevate organizational maturity.
• Model calm, clarity, and accountability in high-ambiguity environments.
• Serve as a mentor and role model, fostering a culture of ownership, transparency, and customer-centric thinking.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience leading complex, high-impact platform or product initiatives in fast-paced, technology-driven environments.
• Strong track record partnering with Product Management to define strategy, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
• Outstanding communicator across all levels of management, with exceptional written and verbal skills.
• Strategic thinker with strong decision-making skills under pressure.
• Experience managing programs with heavy interdependencies across disparate engineering (JIRA) and business (non-JIRA) systems.
• Track record of driving clarity and resolution in ambiguous or high-stakes situations.
• Strong judgment in issue escalation, with the ability to resolve challenges independently when possible.
• Experienced mentor, committed to growing team members and advancing PMO practices.
• Deep knowledge of Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience in the video game industry.
• Understanding of Japanese workstyle, culture, and language.

Tech Stack

• SDLC
• Go

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
• Employee assistance plan and comprehensive behavioral health benefits
• Fertility benefits, including surrogacy, and adoption assistance programs
• Basic and supplemental life insurance for employees as well as supplemental life insurance coverage for their spouses/domestic partners and children
• Voluntary benefits such as group legal, identity theft protection, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Short-term & long-term disability plans
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• 401(k) Plan with pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax options and company match with immediate vesting
• Education assistance and student loan programs
• Time off to include vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, Summer Fridays, and a winter break between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Referral bonuses
• Matching gift program
• A wide variety of employee business resource groups (EBRGs)
• Special discounts on Sony products, offered exclusively to Sony employees
• Employee stock purchase plan