Senior Program Manager, DX Office

Sony Corporation of America, located in New York, NY, is the U.S. headquarters of Sony Group Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. With some 900 million Sony devices in hands and homes worldwide today, a vast array of Sony movies, television shows and music, and the PlayStation Network, Sony creates and delivers more entertainment experiences to more people than anyone else on earth. To learn more: www.sony.com/en.
 

POSITION SUMMARY

Sony Corporation of America (SCA), is seeking a Sr Program Manager to join the Digital Transformation (DX) group based in San Diego, CA. Digital Transformation Office, under Sony Corporation, drives delivery of highly impactful program solutions worldwide, across different Sony Group of Companies. We are looking for a highly qualified candidate to focus on digital transformation initiatives across various business groups of SONY. This role will be responsible for driving programs and projects from inception through delivery. The candidate will successfully partner with a globally distributed cross-functional teams to ensure product and operational readiness for market delivery. You will bring your expertise to deliver complex programs by demonstrating excellent planning, execution, partner, risk and dependency management skills.  

This position is a hybrid role requiring 2-3 days on-site in the San Diego Office.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Lead delivery of transformative implementations that integrates digital technologies and solutions in every area of a business 

• Partner closely with Business Innovation Team, Stakeholders and Senior Leadership to drive programs that transform customer experience, business models and operations by finding new ways to deliver value, generate revenue and improve efficiency 

• Own and drive end-to-end delivery of multiple strategic and complex cross-regional, cross-functional initiatives with multi-level dependencies.

• Understand strategy, objectives, priorities and goals to translate into tactical execution plans 

• Identify, understand, visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies 

• Anticipate and remove obstacles proactively and effectively 

• Ensure clear communication for status reporting, issues and challenges to leadership, relevant partners, and team members 

• Lead continuous improvement efforts to optimize productivity and processes for the organization 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Your qualifications and experience should include:  

• 5+ years of program management experience with software development and delivery   

• Consistent track record of managing schedules, scope, budgets, dependency, issues/risks, communications, quality/testing plans, and release plans of complex programs  

• Bachelor’s degree and work experience in related domain 

• Shown technical proficiency and an ability to understand technology, designs, challenges and risks 

• Proven understanding of software lifecycle, release processes, and iterative development practices 

• Experience in delivering initiatives adopting modern technologies, big data & analytics  

• Experience in integrating digital technologies into existing business processes 

• Experience creating go-to-market strategies and driving go/no-go release decisions 

• Experience in leading complex, business-critical programs with dependencies acr