Senior Partner Specialist

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 Group Corporation.

The Opportunity

PlayStation Studios is building a new Partner Sourcing Group (PSG) — a central, high-impact function designed to elevate how we engage, onboard, and scale external partners across our global studio ecosystem. As a Senior Partner Specialist (P3), you will play a pivotal role in shaping this function from the ground up. You’ll act as the connective tissue between studios, partners, and internal teams — ensuring external partnerships are onboarded efficiently, governed effectively, and deliver exceptional value.

What You’ll Do

Partner Sourcing & Onboarding

• Identify, assess, and recommend external partners aligned to PlayStation Studios’ creative and operational needs.

• Lead RFIs, RFPs, market research, and partner evaluations across multiple regions.

• Orchestrate partner pilots and onboarding with InfoSec, Legal, Finance, Compliance, IT and other Business Units.

• Drive continuous improvement of onboarding processes to enable speed, quality, and scalability.

Vendor Management & Performance

• Support contract creation and commercial governance across the partner portfolio.

• Track spend, discounts, and commercial performance against negotiated terms.

• Define and maintain vendor performance metrics and post-project evaluations.

• Ensure invoice accuracy and payment workflows across multiple systems (incl. but not limited to creation of Purchase Requisitions, Purchase orders, GRs and follow up with invoices and payments).

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Build, maintain and strengthen strategic trusted relationships across PlayStation Studios, central teams, and external partners, ensuring ongoing alignment, collaboration, and mutual success across initiatives.

• Act as a central coordination point — anticipating issues, aligning stakeholders, and enabling informed decision‑making.

• Support vendor enablement through training on PlayStation Studios tools, processes, and expectations.

• Contribute to PSG knowledge sharing through guidelines, updates, and best practices.

Team & Function Build

• Partner closely with the PSG Manager – Operations to support recruitment, onboarding, and training of new team members.

• Help shape a best-in-class sourcing and partner management capability for PlayStation Studios.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in vendor management, sourcing, or partner operations, ideally within gaming, creative, entertainment, or technology environments.

• Strong analytical and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.

• Independent confident communicator with a collaborative, service‑oriented mindset.

• Comfortable operating across multiple stakeholders, priorities, and systems.

• Experience working with contracts, onboarding workflows, and compliance‑driven environments.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience (5+ years).

• BCS Specialist Certificate in Supplier Management or similar is a plus.

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

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We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

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