Senior Manager - Strategic Planning & Business Management

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Operations

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Manager of Strategic Planning & Business Management within PlayStation's Publishing Strategy, Policy, and Business team, you'll be responsible for supporting PlayStation Studios Publishing. Key responsibilities include creating business reports, implementing publishing policies, overseeing special projects (like the PSNID acquisition), improving organizational effectiveness, and ensuring consistent policy application. You will collaborate extensively with sales, marketing, and portfolio teams, driving alignment and leveraging critical insights. The role demands strong analytical skills, proficiency in business intelligence tools, and experience leading cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives to support the growth and efficiency of PlayStation's publishing operations.
Must have:
  • Business/Consultancy Degree
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Cross-functional project leadership
  • Strategic planning & execution
  • 5+ years experience in strategy/consulting
  • Excellent communication & stakeholder management
Good to have:
  • Games industry experience
  • Proficiency in financial modeling
  • Experience with governance frameworks

Job Details

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.

About the Role
As part of the Publishing Strategy, Policy and Business team, you’ll be responsible for delivering the supporting functions and reporting for the PlayStation Studios Publishing business, including strategy and business operations, cross-functional performance reporting, internal partnership enablement, and special project activation. 

The team shapes go-to-market priorities to accelerate growth, allocate resources effectively, enhance skills and capabilities for executing business priorities, and drive efficiency across operations. Additionally, the team builds and maintains excellent publishing oversight, including data and insights, critical decision-making, and business reporting.

As a Sr. Strategic Planning Manager, you will be part of the Business Management group, driving key strategic initiatives, overseeing publishing operations, and ensuring the seamless execution of strategic priorities. You will collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver business critical projects, publishing integration into wider SIE org and maintain reporting schedule and preparation. 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work across Sales, Marketing and Portfolio teams to drive alignment and collate critical insights to support the creation of regular business reports, policy and strategy documents. 
  • Support creation and implementation of publishing policies that support operational consistency.
  • Take ownership of special projects at the direction of the Pub Strat LT, including the PSNID acquisition project.
  • Implement processes to improve organizational effectiveness.
  • Support implementation of governance frameworks to ensure accountability and consistency in policy application and assessment.
  • Support rollout of Strategy/Policies across the organisation, ensuring existing processes are updated to reflect changes.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Consultancy, or a related field 
  • (Games industry experience, useful but not essential) 
  • Ability to distill and summarise complex and nuanced discussions into easily digestible, actionable reports
  • Proficiency in business intelligence tools, financial modeling, and strategic frameworks.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in data-driven decision-making.
  • 5+ years of experience in strategy, business planning, or management consulting.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
  • Experience leading cross-functional projects and driving strategic initiatives.

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.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.  


For more information about our company, please visit SonyInteractive.com. For more information about PlayStation products, please visit PlayStation.com.

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