Manager, Information Technology

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Title: Manager, Information Technology

Summary: Responsible for leading the Information Technology (IT) team by contributing to the development, oversight and execution of IT strategy for the studio.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Provides technical direction that aligns IT strategy with studio goals and budgets.
• Oversee the creation and execution of IT road map.
• Recommends hardware and software technology as necessary.
• Provide annual hardware and software budgets to Finance.
• Manages IT employees.
• Ensures a consistently high quality of management on IT team.
• Ensures continuous growth for employees.
• Ensures that all support tickets are addressed within posted SLA.
• Manages hardware.
• Tracks hardware costs as necessary.
• Tracks hardware maintenance and purchase maintenance contracts as necessary.
• Provides budget estimates for hardware costs.
• Manages software licenses.
• Purchases licenses as necessary.
• Manages license servers as appropriate.
• Provides budget estimates for software licensing costs.
• Represents studio to PlayStation Studios (PSS) and Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE).
• Acts as primary point of contact with PlayStation Studios IT.
• Ensures studio alignment with PSS and SIE IT and InfoSec policies.
• Ensures that all complaints and concerns related to inappropriate or unprofessional conduct in the workplace are addressed immediately to foster a safe work environment.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Supervisory Duties: This job supervises the IT team across multiple locations and is responsible for carry out duties …