Manager, Portfolio Strategy PlayStation Studios

 Team – Portfolio Strategy and Franchise Development // Office of Product Management // PlayStation Studios

Location – San Mateo/LA Preferred.

The Manager, Portfolio Strategy will be responsible for guiding strategic investments and ensuring our portfolio collectively aligns with PlayStation Studio’s business objectives.  You will perform strategic, market, and competitive analysis, and manage how we optimize and rebalance the portfolio for future growth.  You’ll lead and develop a team of portfolio strategists, ensuring that data-driven insights lead to informed decision-making and competitive advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify the ideal portfolio of games to meet specific investment goals while balancing risk and return.
• Evaluate existing portfolio, assessing performance, risk exposure, and alignment with portfolio objectives.
• Lead portfolio planning and prioritization meeting to ensure alignment across central teams, studio, and product leadership.
• Develop and mentor a team, ensuring research efforts are aligned with overarching goals and priorities, resulting in relevant and actionable insights.
• Develop a framework to pinpoint opportunities and gaps in the current product portfolio over a multi-year horizon.
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate risks associated with the portfolio. Take a dynamic view for how we manage downside risk by looking at all risk factors both internal and external using scenario testing, sensitivity analysis, and stress-testing. 
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of the portfolio, providing reports and insights to assess how well growth and innovation strategies are performing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in corporate strategy, MBA Preferred.
• Strong financial modeling skills. Employ mathematical models and statistical techniques to analyze data and develop optimization strategies.
• Deep market knowledge in the gaming industry across different platforms, business models, genres, and markets.
• Excellent strategic thinking and leadership skills.
• Passion for innovation and pushing the boundaries of creative possibilities.

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