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Senior Product Manager, Experimentation Platform

San Francisco, CA

The Experimentation team at PlayStation is responsible for building and scaling the experimentation technology, culture and process across all teams. Our mission is to-accelerate data driven decision making that helps PlayStation deeply understand our users, drive business impact, and improve the PlayStation experience.

Role Description:

As a Senior Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in building the future of the experimentation platform and culture at PlayStation! You will own the experimentation platform's product vision and strategy, driving end-to-end product development. Collaborating closely with other product, engineering, and business leaders, you will improve experimentation velocity, learning, and quality across all teams at PlayStation. With thousands of experiments impacting millions of users every day, your work will be instrumental in building a strong culture of experimentation and improving the end-user experience across all products and teams.

You Will:

• Define the vision, strategy, and roadmap of features for the Experimentation team, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with data leaders to promote, educate, and empower product and business teams in making data-driven decisions.
• Prioritize requests from a variety of individuals, ensuring that the vision for the experimentation platform is guided by their needs and successfully achieved.
• Capture user feedback and usage data to gain a deep understanding of business goals, validate product assumptions, and communicate requirements for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineers to handle scope and maintain a healthy balance between velocity and quality of new features. Your partnership will drive execution and delivery.

About You:

• 5+ years of experience as a product manager or in a related role, building platform solutions. Have a consistent track record that demonstrates your ability to create exceptional products.
• Deep knowledge of best-in-class experimentation practices and the services needed to enhance the speed and quality of experiment outcomes. Have played a crucial role in driving the success of experimentation initiatives.
• Previous experience in scaling experimentation across an organization. Have successfully implemented experimentation strategies from optimizing business outcomes to validating new product ideas
• Experience building data platforms for large organizations
• This position requires someone who can communicate effectively, organize information in a logical manner, and influence others positively. The candidate has proven ability to work closely with various teams and individuals from different departments, and are skilled at fostering collaboration.

Nice to have:

• Candidates with expertise in statistics, data science, mathematics, or a similar domain will find this role particularly rewarding.
• Familiarity with Bayesian experimentation methodologies, n-armed bandits, and optimization methods would further enhance your ability to shape our experimentation platform.
• Have been formerly accountable for the design and delivery of significant engagement or revenue impacting experiments, services, or experiences, it would be a great advantage.

Thank you for considering this exciting opportunity to join our PlayStation team and make a significant impact on our experimentation platform and user experience. If you are passionate about innovation, collaboration, and driving excellence, we encourage you to apply now.

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