The Opportunity:
This Technical Program Manager (TPM) role owns and drives cross-functional technical programs within the Mattel Game Studios’ publishing and product development functions. You will partner with engineering, product, design/UX, security & privacy, analytics, and external studios to plan and deliver the systems and services that power development, deployment, and live operations of Mattel gaming products. This is a hands-on program leadership role: you will turn ambiguous goals into clear execution plans, maintain a trusted “single source of truth” for schedules and dependencies, and keep work moving by unblocking teams and driving decisions.
What Your Impact Will Be:
- Build and deploy shared game services and platform capabilities for the Mattel self-published games portfolio.
- Drive execution across the product development lifecycle: translate goals into epics/stories with clear acceptance criteria; facilitate sprint planning/reviews and dependency/risk management; unblock teams and escalate early; drive cross-functional alignment and decisions in a matrixed org.
- Lead sprint ceremonies and execution cadence: keep backlog/epics sprint-ready, align priorities and commitments, and track owners/dates to closure.
- Own the program source of truth (e.g., Jira/Confluence and related artifacts): scope, milestones, sprint assignments, dependencies, and status; publish concise weekly updates.
- Leverage internal Mattel technologies while partnering with in-house experts, third-party providers, and game development studios to align scope, ownership, and dependencies.
- Improve efficiency and effectiveness across key areas (e.g., LiveOps tooling and execution, business intelligence/analytics for Games, community & commerce enablement, and emerging tech).