Director, Data Science - Product Management

Sony Interactive Entertainment
San Mateo
Full timeUSD 273,000 - 409,600 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Executive communication","Cross-functional collaboration","Product strategy translation","Team leadership","Mentoring"]

Lead the strategy, prioritization, and execution of a portfolio of data science products that improve decision-making and player experiences across PlayStation. Own the full lifecycle—from discovery and productionization to adoption, monitoring, iteration, and long-term value realization—focused on capabilities like CLV, player lifecycle intelligence, forecasting, simulations, audience intelligence, and decision automation. Partner across Data Science and Analytics to ensure rigor in experimentation, causal inference, and value measurement.

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Director, Data Science - Product Management

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Job Summary

Lead the strategy, prioritization, and execution of a portfolio of data science products that improve decision-making and player experiences across PlayStation. Own the full lifecycle—from discovery and productionization to adoption, monitoring, iteration, and long-term value realization—focused on capabilities like CLV, player lifecycle intelligence, forecasting, simulations, audience intelligence, and decision automation. Partner across Data Science and Analytics to ensure rigor in experimentation, causal inference, and value measurement.
Location: San Mateo
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Translate business priorities into structured problem statements, investment cases, product strategies, and measurable outcomes as a scalable product portfolio.
  • •Drive product strategy and lifecycle ownership for player value and decision intelligence capabilities (e.g., CLV, engagement, forecasting), ensuring progression from discovery to productionization and long-term value realization.
  • •Set criteria for when work stays exploratory versus becomes recurring decision automation or production-grade products.
  • •Define success metrics and quality standards covering business impact, adoption, reliability, interpretability, model quality, operational sustainability, and decision quality.
  • •Partner across Data Science and Analytics leaders to apply rigor in experimentation, causal inference, forecasting, incrementality measurement, model evaluation, and value analysis, and drive stakeholder alignment and adoption.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 273,000 - 409,600 annually
Perks:MedicalDentalVision401kWellness StipendEmployee Discounts

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Business, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
  • •15+ years of relevant experience with 8+ years in digital product management, data product management, AI/ML product management, analytics product management, or related roles.
  • •6+ years of people management experience leading Product Managers or senior product-oriented analytics leaders.
  • •Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional portfolios across Data Science, ML Engineering, Analytics, and Data Engineering with business stakeholders.
  • •Strong understanding of data science and machine learning workflows, including experimentation, predictive modeling, forecasting, segmentation, and productionization/monitoring.
Experience:15+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Executive communicationCross-functional collaborationProduct strategy translationTeam leadershipMentoring
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLPythonSnowflakeSparkFeature storesMLOpsModel monitoringAPIsAnalytics platformsGenerative AIAgentic AI

Company Brief

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Develops and publishes PlayStation hardware, software, and digital services, operating the PlayStation platform and ecosystem for gaming, entertainment, and network services worldwide.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 1993
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