Manager, Marketing Operations (Global Focus)

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading global entertainment company as a Manager of Marketing Operations. In this pivotal role, you will enhance the marketing operations process, ensuring seamless integration with planning cycles and optimizing workflows. Your expertise will guide cross-functional collaboration, enabling effective execution of marketing strategies across multiple product lines. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a complex global organization that values innovation and diversity. If you are a driven professional looking to shape the future of entertainment, this role is for you.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Matching 401(k)

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts for Sony products

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in marketing operations or strategic planning.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive operational excellence across global marketing initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for effective execution.

Skills

Marketing Operations

Strategic Planning

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing

MBA

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Manager, Marketing Operations (Global Focus)

United States, San Mateo, CA

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Manager, Marketing Operations (Global Focus)

Role Summary:

The Manager, Marketing Operations (Global Focus) will report to the Director of Strategic Planning within the Global Marketing and Sales (GMSBO) division at PlayStation. This role will be responsible for driving operational excellence across global marketing initiatives, ensuring efficient processes, resource alignment, and adherence to strategic priorities. This role will partner closely with cross-functional teams, including Strategic Planning, Commercial Finance, and Corporate Planning, to deliver consistent and effective execution of marketing operations globally.

This is a global role with broad scope, supporting multiple product lines, including PS5 hardware, PS Plus, 1st party and 3rd party software, and the PlayStation Store. The successful candidate is a highly driven professional who has demonstrated experience partnering across organizations and thrives in a complex global matrix structure.

Key Responsibilities

• Refine and manage the end-to-end global marketing operations process, ensuring seamless integration with planning cycles (MRP, Annual Strategic Plan, Operating Plan, Quarterly Forecasts).
• Develop and document standard operating procedures to optimize global marketing workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify areas of ambiguity in decision-making and provide solutions through RAPID-based role alignment and documentation.
• Develop templates and tools to collect, organize, and visually present product launch and campaign workflows and timelines, ensuring efficient tracking and communication of key milestones to stakeholders.
• Partner with the global marketing budget process, collaborating with Corporate Planning and Commercial Finance teams to communicate timelines as part of a holistic planning timeline, deliverables, and connection to strategic priorities.
• Provide input and recommend metrics to benchmark marketing allocations at the territory level.
• Commission analysis of global marketing performance metrics and key drivers to inform decision-making and prioritization.
• Support leadership by commissioning data-driven insights for quarterly forecasts and business reviews (e.g., PFBG MBR, Monthly Business Updates).
• Act as a key liaison between GMSBO and cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment on global marketing investments and strategies.
• Facilitate clear communication of strategic planning outputs and portfolio priorities to leadership and working teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in marketing operations, strategic planning, or a related role, ideally in a global organization.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and enterprise reporting platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

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$161,100 - $241,700 USD

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