Product Manager, Social Experiences

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.

Open to hiring out of our San Francisco, San Mateo, Aliso Viejo, or San Diego offices. 

We are looking for a Product Manager to join our team and help us make PlayStation® the best place to play by building the future social experience that brings our 100M+ players together to connect through the games they love to play. You will work collaboratively with our designers and engineers to define, build and launch improvements to our player to player communication experience, such as voice/text chat, and content sharing features, that connects our players and removes barriers to play. We are open to you working from San Francisco, San Mateo, San Diego, Aliso Viejo, or Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of our players needs and problems
• Define and prioritize solutions that deliver measurable outcomes
• Collaborate with teams in USA and Japan to build and launch solutions
• Establish metrics to measure success and conduct post-launch analysis

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management of user-facing consumer products
• Self-starter with strong product sense that can dive into details, find solutions to customer problems, and lead cross-functional teams from concept to launch
• Data-driven mentality with ability to analyze impact and prioritize using a combination of data and product intuition
• Understanding of software development and efficiency working closely with Engineers

Bonus points

• Experience building and growing online communication products.
• Track record of turning customer insights and data into solutions with measurable business impact
• Passion for online multiplayer gaming

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.