Product Marketing Manager

San Mateo, CA (Hybrid)

$138K/yr – $207K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own audience planning for a large platform and translate consumer insights into cross-functional actions for product and marketing.

  • Own the platform audience planning framework and its evolution across FY26 and beyond.
  • Translate self-reported research and first-party data into actionable audience segments for product marketing, lifecycle, and analytics.
  • Partner with Data Science, Consumer Insights, and Analytics to connect qualitative signals with platform behavior and influence planning.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support Platform Audience Planning & Strategy
  • Partner with the Director of Platform Marketing Strategy to develop and evolve PlayStation's platform audience planning framework.
  • Support the development of the current-to-future audience strategy that informs product planning, marketing priorities, and platform growth initiatives across FY26 and beyond.
  • Help identify audience opportunities, emerging consumer trends, and shifts in player behavior to inform strategic planning efforts.
  • Contribute to audience planning deliverables, recommendations, and frameworks that support cross-functional decision-making.
  • Work closely with Data Science, Consumer Insights, and Analytics teams to connect self-reported consumer research with first-party behavioral data and platform insights.
  • Support the development of audience mapping approaches that translate consumer motivations, attitudes, and behaviors into actionable audience segments.
  • Synthesize quantitative and qualitative insights into clear recommendations for Product Marketing and business stakeholders.
  • Help identify opportunities to strengthen audience understanding through new data sources, measurement approaches, and analytical frameworks.
  • Partner with Product Marketing, Consumer Insights, Lifecycle Marketing, CRM, Data Science, and Analytics teams to align audience planning efforts across the organization.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in Product Marketing, Audience Strategy, Consumer Insights, Market Research, Analytics, CRM, Lifecycle Marketing, or a related field.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • Experience leveraging consumer research, behavioral data, and market insights to inform marketing, product, or business decisions.
  • Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex quantitative and qualitative data into clear insights and actionable recommendations.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify patterns, trends, and audience opportunities across multiple data sources.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with stakeholders across marketing, analytics, research, product, or business teams.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects, navigate ambiguity, and drive work forward in a fast-paced environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred

  • Experience in gaming, entertainment, technology, subscription services, or other consumer-focused digital businesses.
  • Familiarity with audience segmentation, customer journey mapping, lifecycle marketing, or audience planning methodologies.
  • Experience partnering with Data Science, Analytics, Consumer Insights, or Research teams to develop audience understanding and business recommendations.
  • Knowledge of first-party data ecosystems, customer data platforms (CDPs), audience measurement, or marketing technology capabilities.
  • Experience developing business cases, strategic recommendations, or planning frameworks that influence marketing or product decisions.
  • Patience for gaming, entertainment, and understanding player behaviors and motivations.

Benefits

  • 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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