Technical Program Coordinator Jobs

This position starts as a 6 month contract and candidates must be local to Southern California. PlayStation is recognized global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, and falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation. We are seeking a qualified Program Coordinator within the Platform Hosting Engineering (PHE) organization. The teams within PHE provide core technical capabilities to host the PlayStation Network (PSN), including global traffic management, cloud infrastructure, monitoring and telemetry. The Program Coordinator will be responsible for driving PHE projects in collaboration with other global Sony engineering teams. Partnership, communication, and the desire to move us forward and deliver will be the keys to success in this role.

Responsibilities

● Own and drive end-to-end delivery of multiple cross-functional initiatives with multi-level dependencies

● Work closely with engineers and engineering managers to build detailed execution plans, understand technical dependencies, define use-cases and expected outcomes

● Coordinate and collaborate with both internal and external partners to estimate efforts, define milestones, implement, and deliver with high standards

● Track progress, identify and resolve dependencies, mitigate risks and communicate status to leadership and partners.

Key Qualifications

● 3+ years of proven ability working in a program/project management capacity in technology environment

●2+ years of that experience in a software development environment

● Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, working across engineers, product management, program management, and all levels of leadership

● Demonstrated success running large-scale, cross-organization projects, resolving priority conflicts, and delivering on-time and on-budget

● Experience in cloud infrastructure program/project management

● Experience with Systems Development Lifecycle and Project Management Methodologies, specifically Agile/Scrum, in addition to Waterfall

● Experience with Release Planning; specifically working with business partners to prioritize projects while also working with resource managers to understand capacity for set releases as desired

Required Technical Skills

● Experience with JIRA - ability to create custom dashboards, and understanding of how to lead as a source of truth

● Experience with creating spreadsheets and presentations

● Ability to extract and work with large datasets for organizing projects, reporting progress, and measuring success

● Understanding of software development principles and processes

● Complete ownership of end to end solutions and leading their life cycle

● Ability to thrive in a fast-paced team environment