Data Scientist, D2C Data Science
at Sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal
- Location
- United States, San Diego, CA
- Posted
- 6d ago
at Sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal
<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><span data-contrast="none">Data Scientist, D2C Data Science</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":264}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":264}">San Diego, CA (Hybrd)</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">About the Team</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":320,"335559739":160,"335559740":264}"> </span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The Direct to Consumer (D2C) Data Science organization brings together Data Science, Data Engineering, and ML Engineering to support PlayStation’s digital business across commerce, payments, subscriptions, lifecycle experiences, and player-facing services. We partner closely with product, engineering, finance, marketing, operations, and data teams to turn experimentation, forecasting, modeling, and production-quality measurement into better decisions and better player experiences.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":120,"335559740":264}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">About The Role</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":320,"335559739":160,"335559740":264}"> </span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are looking for a Data Scientist to join a focused team within D2C Data Science supporting payment and subscription experiences across PlayStation’s direct-to-consumer business. This is a hands-on role for someone who can use statistics, machine learning, experimentation, and strong data judgment to help teams make better decisions about how players pay, subscribe, and move through global payment flows.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":120,"335559740":264}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The initial portfolio is expected to focus on payment method performance, payment flow optimization, subscription payment recovery, and ROI-based evaluation of experiments and business interventions. You will help teams understand customer behavior, payment success, cost and routing tradeoffs, and the business impact of new payment capabilities.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":120,"335559740":264}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Our team values practical scientific rigor: clear decision framing, trusted reusable metrics, transparent uncertainty, and recommendations that help teams move faster without sacrificing measurement quality. This role is best suited for someone who can independently own well-scoped analyses and models, work through ambiguity, and translate complex data into recommendations that improve customer experience and business performance.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":120,"335559740":264}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Responsibilities</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":320,"335559739":160,"335559740":264}"> </span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="List Paragraph">Apply data science methods to high-impact questions across D2C payments, subscriptions, commerce, lifecycle, and player experience.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":120,"335559740":278,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="List Paragraph">Design, analyze, and interpret A/B tests, holdouts, quasi-experimental analyses, and other measurement approaches with clear hypotheses, metrics, and decision criteria.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":120,"335559740":278,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="List Paragraph">Analyze payment and subscription outcomes such as payment success, authorization performance, payment funnel behavior, routing or retry performance, cost tradeoffs, and subscription recovery.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":120,"335559740":278,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="List Paragraph">Build statistical and machine learning models for forecasting, segmentation, propensity, retention, payment success, payment optimization, subscription outcomes, or offer performance.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":120,"335559740":278,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="List Paragraph">Use SQL and Python to prepare data, </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="List Paragraph">validat