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Principal Technical Program Manager/ Product Manager
Location
California
Posted
175 days ago
Salary
$235K - $255K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Technical Program Manager/ Product Manager
Xibo Open Source Digital Signage
• Own the end-to-end execution of highly complex, platform-level initiatives that support SEPS product vision and roadmap. • Translate high-level business goals into clear product outcomes, milestones, and success metrics, especially in ambiguous or early-stage problem spaces. • Partner with Product Managers and Engineering leaders to shape and align multi-quarter and multi-year roadmaps. • Ensure prioritization reflects customer impact, platform scalability, technical feasibility, and business value. • Act as a strategic partner to executives and senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Go-To-Market teams. • Communicate product progress, risks, trade-offs, and dependencies with clarity, enabling informed, outcome-driven decision-making. • Drive tight alignment across product discovery, delivery, and launch activities. • Connect technical execution with customer needs and business objectives, ensuring platform capabilities are delivered in a way that accelerates adoption and unlocks downstream product innovation. • Identify and manage risks, technical dependencies, and organizational constraints that impact product delivery. • Proactively develop mitigation strategies to protect roadmap commitments and long-term platform health. • Influence operating models, team structures, and investment decisions to improve delivery velocity and product quality. • Help scale product and platform processes that support global, multi-team execution. • Leverage strong technical understanding to partner effectively with engineering teams, guide architectural discussions, and ensure product decisions balance short-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability. • Champion product and delivery best practices across SEPS, including roadmap hygiene, metrics-driven execution, and continuous learning. • Mentor program and product leaders to elevate organizational maturity. • Model calm, clarity, and accountability in high-ambiguity environments. • Serve as a mentor and role model, fostering a culture of ownership, transparency, and customer-centric thinking.
Job Requirements
- 15+ years of experience leading complex, high-impact platform or product initiatives in fast-paced, technology-driven environments.
- Strong track record partnering with Product Management to define strategy, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
- Outstanding communicator across all levels of management, with exceptional written and verbal skills.
- Strategic thinker with strong decision-making skills under pressure.
- Experience managing programs with heavy interdependencies across disparate engineering (JIRA) and business (non-JIRA) systems.
- Track record of driving clarity and resolution in ambiguous or high-stakes situations.
- Strong judgment in issue escalation, with the ability to resolve challenges independently when possible.
- Experienced mentor, committed to growing team members and advancing PMO practices.
- Deep knowledge of Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Experience in the video game industry.
- Understanding of Japanese workstyle, culture, and language.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage with coverage for spouses/domestic partners and child dependents, including access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee assistance plan and comprehensive behavioral health benefits
- Fertility benefits, including surrogacy, and adoption assistance programs
- Basic and supplemental life insurance for employees as well as supplemental life insurance coverage for their spouses/domestic partners and children
- Voluntary benefits such as group legal, identity theft protection, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
- Short-term & long-term disability plans
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- 401(k) Plan with pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax options and company match with immediate vesting
- Education assistance and student loan programs
- Time off to include vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, Summer Fridays (early release), and a winter break between Christmas and New Year’s Day (based on business needs)
- Referral bonuses (subject to eligibility)
- Matching gift program
- Special discounts on Sony products, offered exclusively to Sony employees
- Employee stock purchase plan (Sony covers commissions and fees for your Sony stock purchases made through after-tax payroll deductions)
- Annual incentive bonus
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