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Staff Program Manager
- Workplace Type
- Onsite
- Location
- United States, San Mateo, CA
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Staff Program Manager
The Staff Program Manager leads large, strategic programs spanning multiple teams, domains, and business initiatives. This role translates strategy into scalable delivery plans, navigates ambiguity, and delivers measurable business outcomes. Staff Program Managers are recognized leaders who bring clarity to complex situations, elevate execution maturity, influence cross-functional decisions, and scale effective practices across teams and programs. They combine business acumen, technical fluency, and sound judgment to improve organizational effectiveness and accelerate value delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the full lifecycle of large, complex programs with significant cross-functional and organizational impact.
- Define program vision, success metrics, and long-range delivery plans aligned to strategic objectives.
- Navigate ambiguity by anticipating risks, resolving systemic issues, and aligning teams and stakeholders.
- Use technical fluency to assess architectural risks, validate timelines, identify acceleration opportunities, and guide delivery tradeoffs.
- Synthesize business, delivery, and KPI data to guide priorities, resource decisions, tradeoffs, and program pivots.
- Improve delivery by simplifying processes, reducing complexity, and scaling proven models across teams and domains.
- Advise senior leaders with clear, data-backed communication on risks, decisions, and recommendations.
- Mentor PMs across levels while strengthening organizational delivery capability and execution discipline.
Scope & Influence
- Operates independently across multiple teams, domains, or strategic initiatives.
- Influences senior leaders and cross-functional decision-making across organizational boundaries.
- Improves delivery models, operating mechanisms, and cross-functional operating rhythms.
- Accountable for sustained business impact, value realization, and execution maturity across programs.
Required Qualifications
- Experience leading large, high-impact programs across multiple teams, domains, or business functions.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Proven ability to define a program vision and success measures that connect business strategy and scalable delivery.
- Track record of leading through high ambiguity, addressing risks, resolving complex issues, and maintaining stakeholder alignment.
- Technical fluency to partner with engineering leaders, assess architectural risks, validate delivery plans, and accelerate execution without directing solutions.
- Ability to synthesize business outcomes and KPI data to guide prioritization, tradeoffs, and investment decisions.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and cross-functional leaders to align decisions.
- Success scaling delivery processes, frameworks, tools, or operating mechanisms across teams or domains to improve predictability and execution.
- Experience mentoring program managers and contributing to delivery standards and best practices.
- Proven ability to lead across cultures and regions, navigate varied working and communication styles, and align globally distributed teams.
Preferred Experience
- Leading transformations that introduce new operating models, governance, or enterprise capabilities.
- Influencing portfolio strategy, investment decisions, and cross-domain prioritization through data-driven insights.
- Coaching program managers on delivery excellence, systems thinking, and stakeholder management.
- Establishing repeatable frameworks, playbooks, or organizational mechanisms that improve execution quality and business outcomes at scale.
At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice (where applicable) for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.
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.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
About PlayStation Global
Entertainment Providers
Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind PlayStation, pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. For more information about our company, please visit SonyInteractive.com. For more information about PlayStation products, please visit PlayStation.com. Want to take your career to the next level? Search open job vacancies at any of the Sony Interactive sites by visiting careers.playstation.com
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Program Manager Jobs in the United States
Browse program manager jobs in the united states, sourced directly from company career pages and updated daily. Recent openings come from Eeho, Oracle Corporation, AECOM and others. Listings that show pay range from $89,000 to $236,000 a year. As a Program Manager, you play a crucial role in overseeing and managing multiple projects within an organization. Your responsibilities include coordinating various project activities, ensuring stakeholder satisfaction, managing budgets, assessing risks, maintaining quality standards, and communicating effectively with team members. The demand for skilled Program Managers is on the rise, with opportunities available in various industries such as IT, healthcare, finance, and more. To excel in this role, develop strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills, along with proficiency in project management tools and methodologies. Consider the living cost and work-life balance in different regions when exploring opportunities as a Program Manager.
Hiring snapshot
Based on the 300 most recent program manager listings
- 300
- listings analysed
- $160,000
- median listed pay
- 7%
- remote
Employers hiring now
Where the openings are
- Nashville, TN20
- San Francisco, CA13
- New York City, NY13
- Seattle, WA9
- Chicago, IL9
- Austin, TX9
Listed pay
115 listings show a salary
- $89,000–$236,000
- range
- $160,000
- median
- ~$77/hr
- hourly
- Mid level$128,000
- Senior level$175,000
- Executive$220,000
Work arrangement
83% on-site10% hybrid7% remote
83% full-time · 9% contract · 5% other
Experience level
73% senior level10% mid level10% executive7% entry level
Common job titles
- Program Manager · 39
- Senior Program Manager · 9
- Senior Technical Program Manager · 7
- Technical Program Manager · 6
- Principal Program Manager · 5
- Principal Technical Program Manager · 5
- Assistant Program Manager Notional · 4
- Benefits Program Manager · 4
Typical Salary
Roughly $90,000–$140,000 in the US, with technical program managers at large tech companies often exceeding that range.
Required Skills
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