Senior Analyst (Off Console Peripherals) at PlayStation Global

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?</strong></p> <p>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.</p></div><p><strong>Role Overview:</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>To support our&nbsp;peripherals&nbsp;expansion in the&nbsp;exciting area&nbsp;of PC and off-console gaming,&nbsp;we are looking for an experienced Senior Analyst&nbsp;to join us&nbsp;and help direct and grow our product portfolio in&nbsp;off-console gaming.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>The role will be working closely with the leadership teams across Channel Sales and Operations (CSO),&nbsp;alongside colleagues in&nbsp;Finance, Marketing, Product&nbsp;Development&nbsp;and&nbsp;territory sales teams.&nbsp;</p> <p>The successful candidate will&nbsp;work across the organisation&nbsp;using their experience&nbsp;in&nbsp;off-console&nbsp;peripherals&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;the analysis and forecasting of&nbsp;new products&nbsp;through&nbsp;greenlight planning&nbsp;and into&nbsp;market execution,&nbsp;influencing the direction of PlayStations&nbsp;growth.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;be doing:</strong>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Primary source of off-console&nbsp;peripherals&nbsp;forecasts within SIE. Including new product introductions.&nbsp;</li> <li>Support strategic initiatives such as new product launches, regional&nbsp;expansion&nbsp;or channel development by&nbsp;providing&nbsp;market insights and modelling potential outcomes.&nbsp;</li> <li>Alongside the Snr Analyst Peripherals for&nbsp;On-console, to work closely&nbsp;with&nbsp;Commercial Planning, Product Marketing and Finance to support Green Light (GLE) process.&nbsp;</li> <li>Share best knowledge and support to territory teams in bringing new and existing peripherals&nbsp;to PC channels.&nbsp;</li> <li>Develop and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;forecasting models (volume, value) for PC peripherals&nbsp;across major geographies and channels (e.g., retail, e-tail, OEM).&nbsp;</li> <li>Monitor emerging PC hardware&nbsp;accessory&nbsp;trends and assess their implications for our business.&nbsp;</li> <li>Coordinate market research and analysis on PC peripherals globally: trend identification, market sizing, segmentation, pricing, growth drivers, barriers.&nbsp;</li> <li>In liaison with SP&amp;A Insight Team, track and benchmark competitor activity, channel developments, consumer demand&nbsp;shifts&nbsp;and macro-factors that&nbsp;impact&nbsp;the PC market.&nbsp;</li> <li>In liaison with SP&amp;A Insight Team,&nbsp;generate actionable insights and recommendations for product planning, business&nbsp;strategy&nbsp;and go-to-market execution.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>What&nbsp;we're&nbsp;looking for:</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>8+ years (or equivalent) of working in a&nbsp;product&nbsp;planning, analysis, or&nbsp;sales&nbsp;forecasting role&nbsp;ideally&nbsp;in a supplier of&nbsp;‘off console’&nbsp;gaming accessories.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Deep understanding of&nbsp;gaming peripherals&nbsp;categories and trends&nbsp;by product group, region, and route to market.&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience&nbsp;of&nbsp;communicating&nbsp;effectively and persuasively&nbsp;with senior stakeholders&nbsp;using data led arguments and&nbsp;identifying&nbsp;areas of risk or uncertainty.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Familiarity with external&nbsp;information and reports pertinent to&nbsp;off-console&nbsp;gaming peripherals.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Desirable</strong>: &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>A passion for analysis, modelling, forecasting and for gaming in general.&nbsp;</li> <li>Highly numerate, a confident and persuasive communicator&nbsp;</li> <li>Intellectual bandwidth to manage multiple stakeholders across geographies and functional specialisms.&nbsp;</li> <li>An ability to manage multiple tasks and projects with a keen eye for detail&nbsp;</li> <li>Relationship builder, who can communicate at&nbsp;different levels&nbsp;of the organisation effectively.&nbsp;</li> <li>Able to&nbsp;identify&nbsp;and develop opportunities to improve, innovate and/or pioneer new ways of working through continuous process improvement practices.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Benefits:</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Discretionary bonus opportunity&nbsp;</li> <li>Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)&nbsp;</li> <li>Private Medical Insurance&nbsp;</li> <li>Dental Scheme&nbsp;</li> <li>25 days holiday per year&nbsp;</li> <li>On Site Gym&nbsp;</li> <li>Subsidised Café&nbsp;</li> <li>Free soft drinks&nbsp;</li> <li>On site bar&nbsp;</li> <li>Access to cycle garage and showers&nbsp;</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p class="p1">Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.</p> <p class="p1">Please refer to our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.playstation.com/legal/careers-privacy-notice/" target="_blank">Candidate Privacy Notice</a>&nbsp;for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.</p> <p><strong>Equal Opportunity Statement:</strong></p> <p><em>Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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