Intern - Associate Strategy Manager

Job Description

This internship is for Summer 2022.

Associate Strategy Manager Intern

San Mateo, CA

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) seeks a highly qualified candidate for the position of Associate Strategy Manager Intern. Global Sales & Business Operations (GSBO) is the Sales & Operations division of SIE. The GSBO Strategy team resides within GSBO and is tasked with planning and directing strategic business initiatives within the organization based on the priorities of the organization's leader.

This is an exciting and challenging role! Our ideal candidate is expected to bring research and analytics, strategic problem solving, and strong communication skills. A strong interest in business planning, analysis, and modeling is required.

Responsibilities
• Generating complex analyses and scenario planning for executive recommendation and decision-making
• Evaluating new business models, as well as making recommendations on how to optimize existing business opportunities
• Generating, synthesizing and analyzing relevant research reports to inform mid and long-term strategy
• Partnering with internal & external stakeholders to identify business opportunities and inform long-term strategy
• Supporting strategic initiatives with rigorous data analysis
• Analyzing and interpreting large business intelligence data sets to discover key insights to drive business objectives
• Generating ad-hoc internal analysis and Power Point presentations, optimizing for salient information and flow
• Assisting in research of overall industry trends and qualitative/quantitative competitive analysis

Required Experiences/Skills
• Must be pursuing an MBA
• Experience performing research and data analysis to develop business strategy and plans
• Strong interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills
• Strong work ethic and ability to work under pressure to meet fixed deadlines
• Ability to multi-task, manage multiple projects at one time, and rapidly change priorities based on business needs
• Proactive, able to self-start, pitch and manage relevant projects with minimal supervision
• Video game industry knowledge
• Expert proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Functional proficiency with database driven analytics & visualization tools and techniques (e.g. SQL, Tableau, R, PowerBI, MicroStrategy)

Additional Preferred Experiences/Skills
• 2-4 years+ of strategic planning, management consulting, or investment banking experience
• Passion for video games
• Knowledge of video game technologies & trends
• Knowledge of cloud computing & networking technologies for consumer services
• Experience in customer journey analysis & customer lifetime value analysis
• Tech, gaming or related industry experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r11mky-3-12-41-106-42 in your application.