This is an international role requiring regular engagement with Korean partners and frequent travel to both Korea and Japan.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical relationship manager for a portfolio of Korean game developers and publishers.
• Build trusted, long-term relationships with technical leaders and development teams across the Korean games industry.
• Lead partner engagements and collaborate with teams around the world to deliver a consistent, high-quality developer experience.
• Bridge the technical and business aspects of game development by working closely with Developer Technology Group (DTG) engineers and business account management teams.
• Meet regularly with assigned partners to proactively identify project risks, technical challenges, support requirements, and opportunities for collaboration.
• Maintain strong ownership of partner accounts and game titles, driving issues to resolution and ensuring an exceptional partner experience.
• Represent the voice of Korean development partners internally, collecting feedback and advocating for product and service improvements.
• Recommend and promote PlayStation development best practices and technical guidance.
• Deliver onsite technical support, workshops, and training sessions for partner studios.
• Contribute to technical training events, postmortems, advisory panels, and knowledge sharing across the global organisation.
• Travel frequently to Korea and Japan to visit partner studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment offices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Professional proficiency in both Korean and English.
• Strong understanding of the Korean game development industry, ecosystem, and studio culture, with experience working directly with Korean game developers, publishers, or development partners.
• Hands-on engineering experience with game development SDKs and the ability to understand and troubleshoot technical development challenges.
• Understanding of modern game development pipelines and production workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong customer-focused mindset.
• Familiarity with development tools and the ability to quickly understand complex technical projects in development.
• Ability to operate independently while collaborating effectively with globally distributed engineering and business teams to provide an outstanding service to partners.
• Ability to coordinate technical expertise across multiple teams to resolve partner issues, identifying the appropriate specialists when required.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Willingness to travel frequently within Korea and internationally, particularly to Japan.

Preferred

• Technical knowledge of the PlayStation platform.
• Direct console game development experience, including contributing to the launch of a console title in a technical capacity.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams.
• Japanese language skills.
• Experience working with external game development partners.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Hybrid Working (FlexModes)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days annual leave
• On-site gym
• Subsidised café
• Complimentary soft drinks
• On-site bar
• Secure cycle storage and shower facilities

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