Senior Manager, Commercial and Value Optimisation

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Senior Manager, Commercial and Value Optimisation

Location: Virtual, remote worker location possible

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 PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, 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.

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of title profit and loss accounts and ensuring full end to end alignment of assumptions.
• Provide input and advise on setting goals and financial targets for titles within given constraints.
• Recommend financial targets for titles/studio on projects for revenue, opex and profitability as well as selected KPIs; this is for multiple processes such as project investment decisions, annual budgets and long-term strategic plans.
• Dynamically adjusting financial targets if material events occur that require rebalancing under new constraints.
• Commercial value optimization work on marketing spend efficiency, price setting, sales optimization, business model analysis.
• Perform commercial review projects across specific projects or across portfolio or its subset (e.g., price elasticity analysis, distribution strategy, etc.) and market analysis.
• Effectively collaborate with studios, finance, product management, marketing and sales, player insights and other functions ensuring right information, data and input is considered in pursuit of value optimization.
• Advise stakeholders across multiple disciplines from leadership team members to various functional teams.
• Develop and present results and recommendations to decision-making stakeholders in an effective and influential way.
• Stay apprised of broader industry developments and key business metrics and industry trends and conducting benchmarking analysis of the gaming industry.

Qualifications & Skills:

• BA/BS in business, strategy, finance, economics or related field; MBA and/or CFA designation preferred.
• 8-10+ years of experience in strategic and financial planning, corporate strategy, business intelligence, management consulting or consumer insights.
• Experience in gaming industry and/or interactive entertainment is an advantage.
• Experience in working on portfolio project and financial optimization gained through roles operating at the intersection of business leadership and project delivery; for example, in portfolio optimization, business case analysis and target setting.
• Experience building complex financial models and developing strategic decision frameworks.
• Experience in value optimization for consumer businesses (e.g., marketing & sales) preferred.
• Ability to translate complex data and information into actionable objective insights and convey effectively through data visualization.
• Resilience under pressure including from senior stakeholders.
• Self-starter, showing initiative and ability to work independently in fast-paced environments.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong work ethic and integrity a must.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under time constraints.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, 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.