Director, Strategy & Operations - Consumer Products

Director, Strategy & Operations – Consumer Products & Experiences

El Segundo, California

Pay Range: USD $162,000 – $244,000 Yearly (actual base pay will be determined based on location, skills, and experience)

Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.

• Lead strategic planning and execution processes across key initiatives within the Consumer Products & Experiences organization, ensuring alignment between priorities, timelines, business goals, and measurable outcomes.
• Maintain visibility across critical initiatives, including milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and performance indicators.
• Translate business priorities, market dynamics, consumer trends, and organizational goals into actionable recommendations and execution plans.
• Drive governance and prioritization processes that enable leadership to make timely trade‑offs and resource allocation decisions.
• Partner with Finance and functional leaders on planning cycles, investment prioritization, budget alignment, and performance reporting.

• Lead high‑priority strategic initiatives end‑to‑end, from framing and planning through execution, stakeholder alignment, and delivery.
• Build and manage scalable operating cadences including leadership meetings, business reviews, quarterly planning sessions, executive forums, and cross‑functional governance rituals.
• Establish lightweight but effective governance frameworks including decision logs, escalation paths, accountability structures, and execution tracking.
• Coordinate cross‑functional approvals, dependencies, and workflows across Brand, Product Development, Licensing, Experiences, Commercial, Creative, Legal, and regional teams.
• Drive operational alignment across global and regional teams to improve communication, execution efficiency, and organizational transparency.
• Support organizational transformation and process improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, clarify ownership, and improve execution consistency.

• Partner closely with senior executives to translate complex strategic and operational work into clear executive‑level narratives, presentations, and decision‑ready materials.
• Lead development of executive presentations, business reviews, strategic updates, and organizational communications.
• Prepare leadership briefings, synthesize cross‑functional inputs, and ensure rigorous follow‑through on action items and strategic priorities.
• Facilitate executive forums and leadership meetings, ensuring clarity, alignment, accountability, and actionable outcomes.

• Drive operating cadence and collaboration models across internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment across brands, regions, business units, and enterprise initiatives through structured communication and planning processes.
• Build strong relationships across matrixed teams and influence without direct authority to drive alignment and execution.
• Standardize reporting, operational insights, and execution frameworks to support enterprise decision‑making and organizational visibility.

• 10‑15+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, program management, consulting, or related fields.
• Experience operating in complex, matrixed global organizations.
• Proven track record leading cross‑functional strategic initiatives with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Experience supporting executive leadership teams and driving enterprise‑level operating rhythms.
• Experience in consumer products, entertainment, licensing, retail, media, or similarly fast‑paced global organizations strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with global brand organizations and franchise‑driven businesses strongly preferred.
• Experience managing external partners, agencies, vendors, or strategic alliances preferred.

• Exceptional strategic thinking and problem‑solving skills with the ability to structure ambiguity into clear…