Senior Product Manager, Accounts & Identity

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.

San Mateo, CA or San Diego, CA (hybrid)

At Play Station, every great gaming moment starts with reliable and secure access. The Accounts & Identity team designs and builds the identity systems that power access, protection, and confidence for millions of players across console, PC, mobile, and web.

Our team seeks a Senior Product Manager to shape the future of Play Station’s Identity Platform spanning identity, account access, and scalable privacy foundations that protect user data and enable choice and control. This role helps shape platform-level capabilities supporting data rights, consent, and evolving privacy expectations, alongside secure and seamless access experiences. You’ll partner with vertical teams, strengthen device and user trust, and evolve Play Station’s intelligent, risk-based platform for current and future generations of consoles and experiences.

• Lead the vision, roadmap, and execution for the Identity Platform that enables secure, frictionless player access across every Play Station surface.
• Partner with Product Security, Global Fraud, Privacy, Legal, Online Safety, and User Experience Design & Research to build trusted, player-friendly systems.
• Collaborate with console, client, and server engineering groups to deliver scalable, reliable identity services and experiences.
• Define measurable outcomes, success metrics, and indicators that track login reliability, account protection, and friction reduction.
• Drive go-to-market and rollout readiness in partnership with marketing, regional, and support teams so new identity capabilities land smoothly worldwide.
• Use data-informed insights to balance security, privacy, and convenience, ensuring Play Station accounts stay secure and accessible.
• Translate complex technical capabilities into intuitive player experiences.
• Represent the voice of the player and champion Play Station values of passion, innovation, and inclusivity in every decision.

Must-have

• Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of product management experience, including taking technical products from conception to launch in close partnership with engineering and design.
• Proven success driving horizontal product strategies that span devices or services.
• Proficiency discussing APIs, data models, and trust systems; strong analytical approach.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Nice-to-have

• Experience in consumer identity, authentication, account security, fraud or risk signals in user flows.
• Hands-on familiarity with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, FIDO2, or Web Authn.

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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. Please note that 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.

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