Community Programs Senior Manager, PlayStation
$161.8-242.6k
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Open for applications
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$161.8-242.6k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- A passion for cultivating inclusive, connected, and psychologically safe work environments
- 12+ years of experience, including 8+ years in employee engagement, community building, or related roles (DEI, HRBP, etc.)
- Experience leading or supporting ERGs, affinity groups, or peer-led mentoring programs
- A strategic thinker with the ability to scale community initiatives across diverse regions and functions
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, with a proven ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences
- Comfortable working in global, virtual, and hybrid environments
- Strong relationship-building and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Organized and proactive, with strong project management capabilities
- Curious and empathetic—asks thoughtful questions and listens to understand employee needs and shape impactful programs
What the job involves
- As the Community Programs Manager, you will lead efforts to strengthen our culture at SIE by fostering meaningful connections for our global, hybrid, virtual workforce across functions, studios, and regions
- Your work will enable us to live out our value: We are One and unlock the People and Places MRP pillar: Building a Connected and Engaged Workforce
- Through intentional actions—strengthening inclusion, support, communication, and collaboration—you will enable our global, hybrid, virtual workforce to be in community where every voice is valued, and contributions are recognized
- If you’re energized by creating meaningful connections and empowering employee communities, we’d love to hear from you
- Develop and implement a scalable framework for building community and connection across the organization
- Design toolkits, playbooks, and resources to support employee-led communities and peer networking
- Collaborate with Belonging Leads to deliver connection strategies that support inclusion, allyship, mentoring, and social engagement
- Define and track success metrics to evaluate impact and continuously improve programming
- Expand and support employee-led groups, including Employee Networks (eNets), interest-based communities, and regional hubs
- Launch and manage virtual connection spaces (e.g., “virtual watercoolers”) to foster relationships across locations and teams
- Develop and facilitate peer mentoring and networking programs aligned with employee development goals
- Partner with HRBPs, Internal Communications, and regional leaders to integrate connection strategies with broader business and culture goals
- Act as a trusted advisor to employees and community leaders seeking opportunities to engage and connect
- Collect feedback from community leaders and members, using insights to inform strategy and share learnings across the organization
- Ensure programs are inclusive, accessible, and responsive to evolving employee needs
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
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