Games Technology Lead, Publishing

The Opportunity: 

We are seeking a Technical Manager to provide hands-on technical oversight and publishing support across multiple game titles in development with external studios. This role ensures Mattel’s publishing goals are achieved through high-quality execution, risk mitigation, and seamless integration of Mattel Game Studios publishing platform and services. With a strong focus on mobile free-to-play development and live operations, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the delivery and ensuring long-term success of our titles. 

What Your Impact Will Be: 

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact between Mattel and third-party developers, owning technical aspects of projects from concept through launch and live operations. 

• Uphold quality and reduce risk by vetting technical designs, assessing partner capabilities, and developing mitigation strategies. 

• Support the simultaneous development of multiple titles, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and alignment with Mattel’s publishing platform services. 

• Collaborate closely with production, design, art, LiveOps, and QA teams to deliver technically sound, high-quality products that meet business objectives. 

• Provide technical oversight on key areas such as engineering practices, performance optimization, service integration, and backend technologies that scale globally. 

• Get hands-on when needed—digging into issues, conducting deep analysis, and driving resolution of complex technical problems. 

• Deliver clear and timely reporting to leadership, including risk assessments, technical evaluations, and status updates.