Product Manager

PlayStation Global

33d•Remote

About The Position

This role is for a Product Manager within the central Live Services games team at PlayStation Studios. The Product Manager will act as a subject matter expert, collaborating with a small central team to support game studios and other partners (analytics, marketing, etc.) to build, launch, and manage successful live service games. They will also assist studios in developing embedded capabilities. Working under the Director of Product Management, the role involves partnering with multiple teams to leverage data, insights, user testing, and creative solutions to inform product development, focusing on key product KPIs and game health.

Requirements

Experience in product management for live service games, preferably on AAA Console/PC titles.
Understand, conceptualize, and abstract the design of game systems, features, and mechanics.
Data fluency and working experience of partnering with analytics, research, and insights groups.
Solid grasp of statistics, hypothesis testing, and experimental design for live game features.
Proven business and market awareness with analytical capabilities, using data to inform decisions.
Social intelligence, great interpersonal skills, excellent communication and empathy for creative teams.
Working knowledge of different types of games, genres, and business models (F2P, premium, cosmetic economy, etc.).
Experience working with publishing partners (marketing, release management, store, etc.).
Deep passion for games and ability to evaluate and break down the components of what makes a successful live game.

Responsibilities

Support product management across multiple live and upcoming titles from PlayStation Studios to help effectively build out capabilities and successfully launch and manage their live service titles.
Evaluate design specs and mockups, identify and escalate risks, and advise on mitigation strategies, while contributing directly to feature definition and validation roadmaps across development cycles.
Lead/co-lead initiatives to drive measurable improvements through hypothesis development, testing, and iteration.
Communicate performance results and actionable recommendations to both product and studio feature team stakeholders, connecting player experience to business outcomes.
Highlight opportunities for product performance growth for various titles, and support improvement initiatives to a successful outcome with analysis and reporting.
Provide hands-on support to studios across various core competencies from feature design to live content, performance reporting and market knowledge.
Help share best practices to support game studios standing up and evolving their processes and capabilities.