About the role
Company Overview
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, SIE is a technology company delivering hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader.
The Team
The Data & AI Product Team consists of product managers focused on the power of data in shaping immersive gaming experiences at a global scale.
The Role
PlayStation’s Data Platform enables teams and creators to build, scale, and evolve data-driven capabilities. As experiences become more intelligent and shaped by Data and AI, the platform supports decision-making, creator tools, and player experiences. The Product Manager will drive the roadmap for specific capabilities within the data platform, ranging from real-time systems to unstructured data.
Responsibilities
- Identify High Impact Opportunities: Build a deep understanding of how data is used across PlayStation, how those needs are evolving, and where platform gaps limit impact.
- Set the Direction: Own and evolve the roadmap for specific capabilities within the Data Platform, making clear trade-offs that balance immediate needs with long-term platform health.
- Apply Technology with Purpose: Understand relevant data and AI developments and apply them selectively to strengthen the platform and support meaningful business outcomes.
- Lead Through Partnership: Work side by side with engineering and stakeholders, bringing clarity and context so the right problems get solved.
- Drive Execution: Engage at a technical level to shape product requirements, prioritize features, and guide day-to-day execution to move the platform forward.
- Champion the Platform: Articulate the value and direction of the Data Platform to drive alignment, confidence, and adoption across PlayStation.
- Measure What Matters: Define success for the platform and use it to guide prioritization, investment, and decisions.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in product management focused on data platforms or data-intensive products at scale.
- Solid understanding of modern data technologies and trends, with a demonstrated ability to apply them in service of business outcomes.
- Strong analytical skills and experience using data to inform prioritization and product decisions.
- Proven platform mindset, including experience making trade-offs that balance scalability, flexibility, and usability.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex data concepts to diverse audiences.
- Understanding of data ethics, privacy, and responsible data usage at scale.
- Experience working closely with engineering, analytics, and cross-functional product teams to drive execution.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity, with a bias toward ownership and impact.
Bonus Skills
- Experience working with unstructured data.
- Experience working within the gaming and entertainment industry.
- Fluency in AI/ML workflows, with the ability to connect the dots between Data Platforms and AI/ML use cases.
Compliance and Employment Policies
- Background Checks: Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees, which may include criminal background checks.
- Candidate Privacy: Personal information is processed to support background checks. Please refer to the Candidate Privacy Notice for details on data collection, usage, and rights.
- 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.
- Fair Chance: Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.