Director, Data Science Product Leadership

PlayStation; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 273,000 - 410,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Director of Data Science Product Management to lead data‑driven strategy and execution across PlayStation. You will manage a portfolio of data science products, shaping predictive and decision products to deliver measurable business value through adoption and continuous improvement.

The role requires leading a team of PMs in CLV, forecasting, personalization, and audience intelligence, while partnering with analytics leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data-centric product portfolios.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into product strategies.
• Experience leading data science, ML, analytics teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication.
• Familiarity with CLV, personalization, forecasting, retention.

Responsibilities

• Translate business priorities into structured problem statements, investment cases, product strategies, and measurable outcomes.
• Drive product strategy and lifecycle ownership for player value and decision intelligence capabilities.
• Establish criteria for exploratory vs production-grade data science deliverables.
• Define success metrics and quality standards for data science products.
• Partner with Data Science leaders to ensure rigorous experimentation and value analysis.
• Influence senior stakeholders to align strategy and drive adoption of data science products.
• Guide Product Managers across the lifecycle and mentor high-impact initiatives.
• Foster a data science product culture with hypothesis-driven discovery and measurable impact.

Skills

Data product management

AI/ML product management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Product strategy

Experimentation

Forecasting

Analytics collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/Stats

Tools

SQL

Python

Snowflake

Spark

ML Ops tools

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Director of Data Science Product Management to lead data‑driven strategy and execution across PlayStation. You will manage a portfolio of data science products, shaping predictive and decision products to deliver measurable business value through adoption and continuous improvement.

The role requires leading a team of PMs in CLV, forecasting, personalization, and audience intelligence, while partnering with analytics leaders.