Director of Product Management

The role

You will lead a small central team to build, launch, and manage live service games. You will collaborate with European game studios and partners to develop product capabilities and strategies.

What you will do

• Work across multiple live and upcoming titles from PlayStation Studios.
• Partner with game studios and partners to build capabilities and manage live service titles.
• Engage with game teams on product and commercial strategy, design specs, and roadmaps.
• Identify opportunities for product performance growth and drive initiatives.
• Develop and share best practices to help game studios evolve processes.
• Define product strategy frameworks and standards for live service titles.
• Define and evolve core KPIs in partnership with publishing resources.
• Establish and evolve live service operating rhythms across titles.
• Partner with finance and forecasting teams to refine revenue models.
• Manage, develop, and grow a small team of product management and live service design talent.

Required qualifications

• Strong experience in product management and/or live service design focused on feature development and live operations.
• Proven track record working in complex, matrixed development/publishing organizations.
• Seasoned people leader with an ability to manage, lead and inspire a highly skilled team.
• Demonstrated track record of success driving initiatives that positively impact core KPIs.
• Expert data fluency and track record of partnering with analytics, research, and insights groups.
• Experience with game economy and/or monetization modeling and experience with analytical tools (e.g. Looker, Tableau, etc.).
• Diverse development experience spanning different types of games, genres, and business models (F2P, paid, cosmetic economy, etc.).
• Expert ability to connect creative vision, analytics, and business goals.
• Deep understanding of industry trends and the competitive landscape.
• Ability to understand, conceptualize, and improve the design of game systems, features, and mechanics.
• Experience working across products at different development stages (incubation, live operations, etc.).
• Strong business and financial acumen, with experience driving revenue forecasting and KPI frameworks for live service products.

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a dynamic technology company and an entertainment leader.