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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.
Join the PlayStation team as a Manager in our Partner and Data Products group, driving innovation at the forefront of interactive entertainment. Lead a dedicated team to empower global game creators crafting unforgettable gaming experiences. At PlayStation, we are committed to innovation, quality, creativity, and community, and we believe that first class creator experiences are key to enabling unforgettable player experiences.
We’re building the future of PlayStation’s global partner platform — and we want you to help lead the way! This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll shape strategy, drive execution, and guide senior product managers working across the entire game production lifecycle. You’ll mentor top talent, champion the needs of developers and publishers, and make decisions that affect millions of creators and players around the world. We’re investing heavily in our creator-facing platforms, and your vision will help us meet the evolving demands of our partners. You’ll work closely with design, research, engineering, operations, and platform teams around the globe in a collaborative, customer-first environment grounded in evidence and discovery.
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to tackle a role with real impact on game development at PlayStation!
You will:- Lead and develop a team of senior-level product managers
- Establish new and enhance existing product management methodologies within your team and across the department
- Partner with engineering and design leads to define strategy and direction for creator-focused tools, SDKs, APIs, and platforms
- Lead a globally-recognized key program delivering against that strategy
- Align US product priorities with global leadership to support and extend a global, cohesive roadmap
- Mentor your team in product thinking and execution, fostering consistently high-quality outcomes
- Engage with executive team members and peers across the PlayStation organization
- Build a strong, purposeful team culture emphasizing trust, autonomy, and performance
- Proven experience in product management, including 2+ years leading high-performing product teams
- A strong desire to see things from the customer’s perspective, leading teams through a robust discovery process
- A clear, confident communication style and can explain product strategy, decision rationale, and process to a range of audiences, including senior leadership
- Experience raising product maturity across organizations, having made a clear difference to ways of working and company culture
- A track record of delivering complex technical platforms or creator-facing tools in the gaming, digital entertainment, or software industries
- Familiarity with how games are made and published across different platforms
- Strong leadership skills working with cross-functional teams and aligning across timezones, especially with business customers.
- Experience operating at scale and influencing strategic decisions
- The ability to travel internationally 3-4 times per year, as business requires
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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.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
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