Development Strategy & Portfolio Director

sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment seeks a Director of Development Strategy to drive the periodic global portfolio title review process across PlayStation Studios, coordinating reviews and data collection across studios and internal teams. You will guide on development stage insights, balancing studio goals with corporate needs.

Leverage extensive game production leadership experience to foster transparency, proactive improvements, and alignment among executive leadership and development partners

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in internal game production that includes bringing a game to launch and a leadership role on a game team.
• Strong understanding of the game development lifecycle and industry best practices across multiple game types, genres, platforms, and business models.
• Ability to review and analyze development stage deliverables; creative, financial, and business related and assist in determining if a wide range of different games are tracking as expected.
• Excellent and personable communicator with a track record of engaging partners across multiple departments and teams, balancing diplomacy, tact, and credibility.
• Ability to prioritize, plan, and execute simultaneously across multiple projects with varying stakeholders.
• Proficiency in balancing the benefits of a structured process with the flexibility required to match the reality of varying studio needs.
• Familiarity working with global teams across different cultures and time zones.
• Experience with tools for user research, playtesting, and metrics analysis.

Responsibilities

• Drive periodic title reviews travelling onsite at studio locations globally as well as virtually.
• Propel title review preparations, including partnering with studios and coordinating with other internal groups such as user research, publishing,forecasting,and finance.
• Foster positive relationships by building trustandensure alignment across development teams, executive leadership, and support groups.
• Partner with studio leadership to gain a holistic understanding of the game and studio goals to then provide actionable insights at key moments throughout the development lifecycle.
• Collect and share best practices by working with and learning from PlayStation’s collection of world class studios.
• Take on the role of interpreter, diplomat, and advocate for the title review process to increase transparency with all stakeholders.
• Proactively suggest and implement improvements to the title development framework process and internal department work systems.
• Maintain and continuously advocate for a title development framework that values integrity, transparency, and accountability.

Skills

Internal game production leadership

Game development lifecycle knowledge

Strong communication across teams

Multiple studio coordination

Prioritization and planning

Global/time-zone collaboration

Experience with user research and play

Analytical review of deliverables

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment seeks a Director of Development Strategy to drive the periodic global portfolio title review process across PlayStation Studios, coordinating reviews and data collection across studios and internal teams. You will guide on development stage insights, balancing studio goals with corporate needs.

Leverage extensive game production leadership experience to foster transparency, proactive improvements, and alignment among executive leadership and development partners