Senior Director, Product Management – Playstation Direct

Why PlayStation?
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 Corporation.
We are looking for a Product Management leader to help grow PlayStation’s presence in the direct to consumer hardware space. Join a growing and agile team, where you will help set the vision for the org and drive execution across a variety of projects. You will wear many hats and contribute to a high growth vertical for PlayStation while
An organized, analytical and strong communicator who knows how to balance art & science will be a perfect fit for this role! A successful candidate will have experience in D2C and hardware businesses.
Responsibilities

• Partner Engineering leads to set trajectory for successful delivery of suite of products across varied PlayStation business and engineering teams/verticals
• Partner with Program Management as they supervise delivery, lead timelines, resolve blockers and risks.
• Partner with Business Analysts to analyze trends and look for opportunities for product improvement
• Support User Experience in the design of new functionality
• Be responsible for the backlog of initiatives and features, driving cross functional collaboration across the organization
• Ensure features are backed by important metrics, and that success is measured on an ongoing basis.
• Drive primary metrics throughout our platform by building tools, systems, and experiences that connect players with the right hardware
• Drive product team growth and expertise
• Be a champion of PlayStation’s cultural values - driving innovation and collaboration at all levels
• Lead a long term strategic plan as well as aide in the near term delivery of products with your team
• Partner with Global Legal Teams to create a customer-centric, compliant, and optimized experience wherever in the world customers access it from.
• Work closely with key internal global business partners to develop long term strategies

Skills & Experience

• Excellent presentation skills and ability to distill complex information for a variety of audiences to build clear plans cross organizationally.
• 5+ years Leadership and people management experience
• Proven experience with A|B Testing, data analysis and hypothesis driven innovation.
• E-commerce experience in a direct-to-consumer global enterprise, with preferred experience in mobile app development with in-app purchase capabilities
• 8-10 years Product Management experience
• Experience with agile product development

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.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$224,800 — $337,200 USD
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 or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
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