Technical Program Management Co-op at Sony… · Waterloo

Technical Program Management Co-op - Monetization

Waterloo, ON

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, responsible for the PlayStation® brand and its family of products and services. Since the launch of the original PlayStation® in 1994, PlayStation has continued to deliver innovation across consoles, VR, digital services, and software titles from SIE Worldwide Studios. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, SIE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation with regional headquarters in California, London, and Tokyo.

We are looking for students who are passionate about technology and gaming. As a Technical Program Management Co-op, you will work on projects that shape the PlayStation experience for millions of players worldwide.

About the Team

The Monetization team at PlayStation helps players discover the content they want and deepens their connection through products like PlayStation Plus. This team is reinventing its operating rhythms to deliver reliable, world-class experiences at scale.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with engineering teams to deliver features for monetization such as Subscriptions, Personalization, and Experience Management

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint planning, and backlog refinement

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and design leads to turn strategy into actionable roadmaps and plans

• Track deliverables and keep Jira boards, roadmaps, and status trackers updated

• Monitor progress, identify dependencies, flag risks, and support mitigation planning

• Communicate status updates to stakeholders in clear and concise ways

• Support release readiness and change management with Engineering Managers and Team Leads

• Contribute to process improvements by standardizing templates and practices

• Help establish lightweight metrics and dashboards to measure delivery health, quality, and impact

What We’re Looking For

• Experience working with product, design, and engineering in a technical environment

• Knowledge of Jira and Confluence for planning and documentation

• Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Google Suite, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Figma

• Strong understanding of microservices and cloud-native concepts, with exposure to APIs, CI/CD, testing, and release processes

• Experience with project coordination, backlog management, and writing user stories with acceptance criteria

• Ability to analyze data and present insights through spreadsheets or dashboards (SQL is a plus)

• Understanding of risk management, dependency tracking, and stakeholder communication

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset

Perks

• Above-average pay, based on your current work term and verified by the latest Waterloo co-op earnings report

• PlayStation game vouchers for select PS5 games released during your co-op term

• Monthly PlayStation Store credit

• Access to employee store discounts on Sony and PlayStation products

• Paid lunch during team and company events

• Hackathon opportunities

• Career and personal development resources

Work Environment

• Fun, casual, and collaborative office setting

• Team of 70+ full-time employees with 5+ co-ops each term

• Opportunities to grow personally and professionally in a supportive environment