Sony Interactive Entertainment is hiring a
Project Director, Remote - United States

Summary

The Project Director at PlayStation leads a team in anticipating production challenges and proactively driving solutions to enable the realization of ideas without compromising quality or well-being. They delegate responsibilities, maintain a constant awareness of game content status, and ensure project updates are communicated effectively.

Requirements

• Solves problems both independently and collaboratively and adheres to the studio’s expectations of cultural leadership
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Must be able to present ideas clearly and work well within a large team environment
• Must be a good team leader and be able to make informed decisions to achieve desired results
• Ability to create and maintain good relationships with other departments as well as external publisher

Responsibilities

• Leads a team in anticipating production challenges and proactively driving solutions to enable the realization of ideas without compromising quality or well-being
• Delegates project responsibilities and ownership of aspects of the game to their assigned PM (Project Management) team
• Ensures organizational cohesiveness toward project objectives as a member of production leadership
• Demonstrates the highest level of proficiency in methodology and craft and can find and successfully implement innovative solutions to project challenges
• Acts as the studio liaison with Sony production staff, negotiating and communicating project updates and schedule changes
• Anticipates and proactively solves problems both independently and collaboratively, and through effective delegation to project managers
• Responsible for the creation, modification, and maintenance of project macro schedule and delegates assigned sub-content to project managers
• Delegates the logging, review, and re-prioritization of tasks and bugs to appropriate project managers and craft leads
• Maintains a constant awareness of game content status and quality levels through regular play sessions
• Anticipates scheduling overruns through effective gathering, analysis, and presentation of measurable data
• Proactively ensures project updates and changes are communicated to the development team and Insomniac executive team
• Leads the creation of milestone deliverable documentation, collaborating with project managers to coordinate goals across diverse disciplines
• Leads with a vision the implementation of new or refined production methods
• Develops collaborative relationships across all peers and departments
• Consistently achieves and demonstrates Insomniac’s cultural leadership values

Benefits

• 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