Job Description

Role Summary:

Join the GMSBO Strategy team at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) and gain hands-on experience helping shape strategic decisions that support PlayStation's business priorities.

The GMSBO (Global Marketing, Sales, and Business Operations) Strategy team works across the organization to evaluate business opportunities, explore new strategies, and provide recommendations that inform leadership decisions.

As a Strategy MBA Intern, you'll lead a defined strategic project from initial research and analysis through final recommendations, with guidance from the team. You'll collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, evaluate business opportunities and trade-offs, and present insights to senior leaders. This internship offers practical experience in business strategy, analytical problem-solving, executive communication, and strategic decision-making within the gaming and digital entertainment industry.

A cover letter is encouraged but not required for this team.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Lead a defined strategy project from start to finish, including framing business questions, conducting research, evaluating options, and presenting recommendations to senior leadership.
• Support high-priority, cross-functional Strategy projects, gaining experience in business case analysis, research synthesis, and executive presentation storytelling.
• Structure complex business questions, develop hypotheses, and identify the quantitative and qualitative analyses needed to inform strategic recommendations.
• Evaluate new business models, growth opportunities, and strategic alternatives, identifying key trade-offs, risks, and business implications.
• Research and analyze consumer, competitive, industry, technology, and economic trends to identify opportunities and challenges for PlayStation.
• Collaborate with partners across SIE to bring together functional, regional, consumer, commercial, and financial perspectives.
• Translate research, data, and stakeholder insights into clear, actionable recommendations and executive-ready presentations.

What We’re Looking For:

• Currently pursuing an MBA at an accredited university.
• Knowledge of the video game and/or digital entertainment industry.
• Experience conducting research and data analysis to support business strategy and planning.
• Strong structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex and ambiguous business questions.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage priorities and meet fixed deadlines.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach, with the ability to identify, propose, and manage projects with minimal supervision.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Prior work experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking, commercial strategy, or product marketing is a plus.
• Experience using AI tools to support research, analysis, synthesis, or the development of business recommendations is a plus.
• Experience with market sizing, business-model evaluation, consumer strategy, commercial strategy, or financial analysis is beneficial.
• Familiarity with database-driven analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, R, Power BI, MicroStrategy) is a plus.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies, business models, and consumer trends shaping gaming and digital entertainment is beneficial.

Eligibility

• Students with expected graduation between May 2026 and December 2029 from an accredited university. MBA
• A cover letter is encouraged but not required.
• Able to work during one of the following periods: May 17th - August 6th or June 14th - September 3rd. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.
• Must be available for the entire 12-week internship period.

At this time, SIE will only consider applicants who are authorized to work for any employer in the United States and who will not require work visa sponsorship from SIE now or in the future to maintain their authorization to work in the United States.

Our intern positions offer a fixed hourly pay rate. Please note that the pay rate is exclusive to the internship period and may not reflect what pay may look like following the completion of an internship.

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Intern Pay Range

$40.25 - $43.75 USD

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.

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