Trading Planning Lead

PlayStation; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Discretionary bonus opportunity

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Scheme

25 days holiday per year

On Site Gym

Subsidised Café

Free soft drinks

On site bar

Access to cycle garage and showers

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Trading Planning Lead to build the Store's integrated trading plan and align launches, promotions, pricing, and lifecycle activities into a clear roadmap.

The role collaborates with Finance, Analytics, Merchandising and regional teams, driving prioritisation and governance while escalating blockers to timely resolution. A strong, adaptable leader with 8+ years of trading or planning experience will thrive in this hybrid, global environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in trading, commercial planning, programme management, ecommerce, or business operations.
• Experience building integrated plans and running weekly, monthly, and quarterly trading cycles.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability with KPIs like revenue, conversion, engagement, margin and customer KPIs.
• Excellent programme-management discipline with milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and action logs.
• Proven cross-functional leadership and ability to influence stakeholders globally without formal authority.
• Clear written, verbal, and visual communication to turn complex inputs into concise trading materials.
• Resilient, adaptable, outcome-focused mindset with ownership and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Build the integrated 360 trading plan linking strategy, roadmaps, promotions, pricing, lifecycle and events into a clear roadmap.
• Coordinate planning inputs for weekly, monthly, quarterly reviews; track decisions, owners and due dates; escalate blockers.
• Maintain central planning sources of truth: master calendar, priority sheets, and dependencies.
• Connect performance to future plans with Finance, Insights & Analytics to surface drivers and risks and feed forecasts.
• Drive prioritisation and trade-offs by identifying collisions and presenting options to Store leaders.
• Coordinate delivery and improve ways of working across multiple teams to reduce rework and increase speed.

Skills

Trading

Commercial planning

Programme management

Ecommerce

Business operations

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder influence

Analytical capability

Job description

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting‑edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Role overview:

The PlayStation Store is a multibillion-dollar global digital commerce platform at the center of how players discover, buy, and enjoy content - and this role turns commercial priorities into a coherent, executable trading plan.As the Trading Planning Lead, you will build the Store's integrated trading plan, joining launches, promotions, pricing, catalogue, lifecycle, and real-world moments into a clear roadmap with defined outcomes, owners, and dependencies.

This individual‑contributor role reports to the Senior Manager, Planning & Proposition and works across Trading Optimisation, Catalogue Planning, Promotions & Experimentation, Finance, Monetisation, , Merchandising & Editorial, Insights & Analytics, and regional teams. You will provide a trusted source of truth for priorities, decisions, and execution readiness.

You will work closely with the Trading Performance Lead, connecting performance opportunities and risks into forward looking plans, spot conflicts and risks early to **escalate** through trading governance, and improve the tools and governance that help global teams deliver together.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build the integrated 360 trading plan
  • Convert commercial strategy, title roadmaps, promotions, pricing actions, lifecycle activity, and major events into an outcome-focused weekly, monthly, and quarterly Store plan.
• Run the trading planning rhythm
  • Coordinate all planning inputs and materials for weekly, monthly, and quarterly reviews; maintain decisions, actions, owners, and due dates; track follow-through and **escalate** blockers to closure.
• Maintain the planning source of truth
  • Keep the central planning sheet, master calendar, priority sheets, and understand dependencies so teams can plan capacity and execute from consistent information.
• Connect performance to future plans
  • Partner with the Trading Performance Lead, Insights & Analytics and Finance to surface performance drivers, risks, and trends; feed actuals and post‑mortem learning into forecast assumptions, prioritisation, and the next trading cycle.
• Drive prioritisation and trade‑offs
  • Identify collisions across launches, promotions, real‑world events, and customer journeys; assess commercial impact and readiness; present clear options and recommendations to Store leaders.
• Coordinate delivery and improve ways of working
  • Align Trading, Catalogue Planning, Merchandising, Pricing, LTV, Monetisation, Marketing, Store Build, and regional teams; improve intake, SLAs, automation, and governance to reduce rework and increase speed.

What we’re looking for:

• A minimum of 8+ years of experience in trading, commercial planning, programme management, ecommerce, or business operations within a fast‑paced, customer‑facing environment.
• Practical experience building integrated plans and running weekly, monthly, and quarterly trading or commercial planning cycles.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, with confidence using revenue, conversion, engagement, margin, and customer KPIs to prioritise work and recommend action.
• Excellent programme‑management discipline, including management of milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, action logs, and planning tools.
• Proven cross‑functional leadership and ability to influence stakeholders across global and local teams without relying on formal authority.
• Clear written, verbal, and visual communication, with the ability to turn complex inputs into concise plans and decision‑ready trading materials.
• A resilient, adaptable, and outcome‑focused mindset, with strong ownership, attention to detail, and sound judgement under pressure.

Desirable:

• Experience in digital commerce, games, media, marketplaces, or another high‑volume content or subscription environment.
• Working knowledge of promotions, pricing, merchandising, catalogue planning, and content lifecycle activity.
• Experience partnering with Finance on forecasting, budgeting, and performance-to‑plan reviews.
• Hands‑on experience with experimentation, post‑mortems, and data‑led decision‑making in a trading environment.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working
• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days holiday per year
• On Site Gym
• Subsidised Café
• Free soft drinks
• On site bar
• Access to cycle garage and showers

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