Principal TPM – GSO Studio Enablement

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Translate the long-term strategy of GSO and Studio Enablement into actionable execution roadmaps.

• Identify cross-organizational dependencies, risks, and trade-offs to inform leadership decisions.

• Collaborate with engineering, product management, design, and operations leaders to ensure alignment on priorities.

• Represent GSO and Studio Enablement in enterprise-wide forums.

• Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, vendors, and strategic alliances.

• Lead program governance, establish business rhythms, and ensure transparent reporting and predictable execution.

• Define success metrics and KPIs for programs, providing data-driven insights to leadership.

• Create operating frameworks to facilitate decision-making and enhance organizational agility.

• Advise leadership on organizational structures, roles, and processes.

• Organize leadership offsites, reviews, and cross-functional planning sessions.

• Advocate for Agile, SAFe, and Lean Portfolio Management methodologies.

• Develop strategy narratives, executive briefings, and communications for external partners.

• Assist leadership with thought leadership, positioning, and strategic storytelling.

• Generate reports, presentations, and narratives for Sony executives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in technical program management, portfolio management, or similar roles in large-scale software environments.

• Demonstrated success in leading high-impact programs across global, matrixed organizations while aligning technical execution with business strategy.

• Familiarity with shared IT platforms and services, including efforts in modernization and standardization.

• Proficiency in cloud platforms, networking, distributed systems, and infrastructure operations.

• Experience leveraging automation, telemetry, and emerging AI capabilities.

• Knowledge of CI/CD, engineering tooling, platform services, and enhancing developer workflows.

• Experience transitioning teams from reactive support to proactive, repeatable, and automated operations.

• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority and drive alignment across senior executives and distributed teams.

• Outstanding written, verbal, and visual communication abilities.

• Experience guiding executive stakeholders through organizational change, reorganization planning, and enterprise-scale transformation.

• Capability to act as a trusted partner for senior leaders.

• Preferred experience in supporting production systems, incident response, reliability, monitoring, and operational improvements.

• Preferred experience in supporting studio technology, developer environments, build workflows, source control, and production requirements.

• MBA or advanced degree is preferred, but not mandatory.

• Certifications in Agile, SAFe, or PMP are advantageous.

• Successful completion of background checks is required at the offer stage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Matching 401(k)

• Paid time off

• Wellness program

• Employee discounts for Sony products

• Eligibility for bonus packages

• Flexible remote work arrangements