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.