Senior Business Development Manager (Gaming)

Location: United Kingdom; primary responsibility for commercial matters in Europe, with some domestic and international travel required.

Company

hirify.global develops PlayStation hardware, network services, and gaming experiences through the PlayStation Studios organization.

What you will do

• Lead strategic partnerships and commercial negotiations from initial opportunity assessment through execution.
• Structure and negotiate partnerships, licensing agreements, and other strategic commercial arrangements.
• Evaluate deal economics, value drivers, financial implications, trade-offs, and commercial risks.
• Coordinate Legal, Finance, business, and other cross-functional stakeholders throughout the deal lifecycle.
• Manage agreements through amendments, renewals, extensions, commercial issues, exits, approvals, and handoff.
• Build trusted relationships with internal business leaders and external partners while improving deal-management processes and governance.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in business development, deal management, commercial strategy, partnerships, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience independently leading complex commercial negotiations and executing agreements end to end.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification or relevant professional experience in Business, Law, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience with commercial contracts, licensing, intellectual property, deal economics, and financial trade-offs.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, organization, judgment, professionalism, and integrity.
• Some domestic and international travel is required.

Nice to have

• Experience in gaming, entertainment, media, technology, or other IP-led industries.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as part of a global team supporting PlayStation Studios’ first-party business.
• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, business leaders, studios, and external partners.
• Operate in an environment focused on innovation, creativity, inclusion, and diversity.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for new employees.