Manager of Partner Sourcing, PlayStation
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
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Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in Partnerships, Outsourcing Management, Business Analytics, or similar
- Excellent team leadership and mentorship skills, with a record of enabling a team to do their best work and provide exceptional service
- Record of delivering scalable solutions and driving process improvements in the development or publishing of AAA video games
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills; able to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency in all aspects of work, from documentation to execution
What the job involves
- PlayStation Studios’ new Partner Sourcing Group is on a mission to deliver class-leading service, tools, process, and support to our development teams and provides internal coordination and cost efficiencies to the overall business
- The PSG will serve as the central force that aligns various business functions towards a unified objective: ensuring the swift and seamless onboarding of our partners
- PSG has a clear vision and now needs a Manager of Partner Sourcing to turn our plans into action!
- You will partner with the Director of Partner Sourcing to design, implement, and deliver concierge services and infrastructure for SIE’s first and second-party studio clients
- You will also build and lead a team of Specialists who provide concierge support across the business and to our vendor partners – ensuring efficient and high-quality support
- In brief, you will provide the foundation for how our team is structured, how we operate, and how we deliver meaningful improvements to the business
- Build and manage a team of Partner Relations Specialists – and ensure high touch, low friction concierge support to both development studio and internal business partners
- Orchestrate the planning and deployment of infrastructure projects, including a centralized Vendor Database
- Oversee the development of favorable terms in deal negotiations with key vendor partners
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, such as Studio Outsourcing Managers, InfoSec Analysts, Finance, and Legal, to ensure that Partner arrangements align with project requirements, budgets, and organizational policies
- Identify opportunities and drive process improvements and risk mitigation for how the team operates and delivers its services
- Maintain a comprehensive database of vendor engagements, and associated costs and provide metrics as needed to PSS colleagues
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at PlayStation
- We're proud to celebrate diversity at PlayStation
- Our Employee Resource groups, including Women@PlayStation, REPRESENT@PlayStation, Wellbeing@PlayStation, and our award-winning LGBTQ+ group, Pride@PlayStation, actively promote inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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