Senior Content Acquisition Manager

Overview

Why Play Station?

Play Station 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 Play Station family of products and services including PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStation

VR, Play Station Plus , acclaimed Play Station software titles from Play Station Studios, and more.

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

Senior Content Acquisition Manager — San Mateo, CA (hybrid)

Would you like to be part of the team that makes Play Station Plus the greatest game subscription service in the world? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Content Acquisition Manager to join the Play Station team that runs Play Station Plus - the world's largest gaming subscription service.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a global team that drives significant impact for players, our partners, and Play Station, in a fun, fast-paced environment.

This role requires a mix of working across multiple complex projects with limited instructions, critical thinking, strong execution, commercial-mindedness, excellent storytelling, and a proven ability to partner optimally across multiple teams and divisions. The day-to-day work requires negotiating and securing the games that power Play Station Plus to drive player engagement and maintain subscriber momentum.

The ideal person for this role will have proven experience in influencing senior stakeholders, an understanding of the gaming industry, lead work streams effectively in an environment that's constantly evolving, and will have helped drive successful businesses to sustainable results in the past.

• Content Acquisition: Work with teams to identify games and sign deals that engage players and deliver outstanding results, while also creating substantial value for publishers and supporting the company's commercial success

• Account Management: Drive the PS Plus relationship with strategic accounts (through account management or directly) to secure major, diverse content with proven commercial success that leads to strong engagement across all PS Plus tiers

• Collaborative Partnership: Maintain strong network of stakeholders across multiple business areas, including content strategy, engagement, analytics, sales, marketing, and third-party relations, to align strategies, optimize outcomes, and support internal initiatives

• Commercial Insight: Apply customer, commercial, and publisher insights to inform and refine content offers

• Long-Term Planning: Collaborate with third-party teams to build long-term business plans that align with the broader Play Station strategy and build stronger partner relationships

• Budget Management: Support a multi-million-dollar budget, landing the content that determines how we maximize resources, ROI, and growth

• Experience: At least 5 years of experience in content acquisition, commercial, and customer offers in gaming, apps, video, music, or subscription services

• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, as well as partners

• Industry Knowledge: Knowledge and experience of the digital gaming landscape, key players, and competitive offerings

• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong analytical and numerical skills. Ability to break down complex data and present it clearly and action ably

• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Proven experience working in high-performing teams, ideally in an international or remote working structure

• Leadership
  
  Skills:
  
  While this role will not be a people manager, the successful candidate will be highly autonomous and responsible for the results of projects and initiatives

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include…