Senior Content Acquisition Manager

Senior Content Acquisition Manager
San Mateo, CA (hybrid)

Why Play Station?

Play Station 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 Play Station family of products and services including Play Station®5, Play Station®4, Play Station®VR, Play Station®Plus, acclaimed Play Station software titles from Play Station Studios, and more.

Play Station 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 Play Station brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

• Content Acquisition: Work with teams to identify games and sign deals that engage players and deliver outstanding results, while also creating substantial value for publishers and supporting the company’s commercial success
• Account Management: Drive the PS Plus relationship with strategic accounts (through account management or directly) to secure major, diverse content with proven commercial success that leads to strong engagement across all PS Plus tiers
• Collaborative Partnership: Maintain strong network of stakeholders across multiple business areas, including content strategy, engagement, analytics, sales, marketing, and third-party relations, to align strategies, optimize outcomes, and support internal initiatives
• Commercial Insight: Apply customer, commercial, and publisher insights to inform and refine content offers
• Long-Term Planning: Collaborate with third-party teams to build long-term business plans that align with the broader Play Station strategy and build stronger partner relationships
• Budget Management: Support a multi-million-dollar budget, landing the content that determines how we maximize resources, ROI, and growth

• Experience: At least 5 years of experience in content acquisition, commercial, and customer offers in gaming, apps, video, music, or subscription services
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, as well as partners
• Industry Knowledge: Knowledge and experience of the digital gaming landscape, key players, and competitive offerings
• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong analytical and numerical skills. Ability to break down complex data and present it clearly and action ably
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Proven experience working in high-performing teams, ideally in an international or remote working structure
• Leadership
  
  Skills:
  
  While this role will not be a people manager, the successful candidate will be highly autonomous and responsible for the results of projects and initiatives

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. The base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products.

This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.  to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$165,100 — $247,700 USD

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

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We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

Play Station is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.