Mattel, Inc. is hiring : Manager, Product Design - Tracks and Playsets in El Segu

Manager, Product Design - Tracks and Playsets CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play.

Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team : The Hot Wheels Tracks and Playsets design team is a group of passionate and inspired designers with the goal of creating the best toys on earth. We are looking for motivated, challenge seeking, innovative thinkers to create the next Hot Wheels Licensed Entertainment toys for kids.

The Opportunity : The Product Design Manager will lead and inspire a group of designers on 1 or more of our key segments of business in Hot Wheels Licensed Entertainment Tracks and Playsets, creating innovative products.

What Your Impact Will Be You have a thorough understanding of the toy product design-development processes

You are a strategic design thinker

You are a visual designer

An excellent communicator

Collaborator

You are nimble

Multi-tasker

What We’re Looking For 7+ years of cross-functional experience in a product development

Able to thrive in the world of Hot Wheels Licensed Entertainment Tracks and Playsets design with innovating forward thinking

Data-driven decision maker with strong analytical and quantitative thinking

Collaborative and communicative team player who enjoys driving and overseeing projects and processes cross-functionally with a wide range of personalities

Self-directed problem-solver - you're proactive in tackling new challenges and working through uncertainty

Structured thinker who's able to develop frameworks to support strategic decisions

On top of trends in the toy space and adjacent industries

Strong negotiation & relationship building skills

Must be self-motivated and able to manage multiple parallel-path projects.

Minimum of 2+ years of experience in production related capacity

Have a passion for making great product

Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

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