Manager, Development Ops - Games Infrastructure Manager

Company Description

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:

Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital gaming, and live experiences.

Since 1945, Mattel has been a trusted partner, empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our games publishing business, where you can help develop innovative and engaging digital experiences that resonate with our beloved brands. If you’re passionate about gaming and eager to be part of a dynamic team at the forefront of family entertainment, this could be the opportunity for you!

The Opportunity:

The Live Games Infrastructure Manager will play a critical role in supporting the live operations for our gaming business. The position supports the vision and scaling of our technology infrastructure to support the deployment and rapid growth of Mattel’s gaming player base. Work directly with game studios in collaboration with internal technology teams to ensure successful planning, deployment and execution of infrastructure to support live games operations.

From concept inception through live deployment, you will provide timely critical expertise, guidance and hands-on execution and support to ensure the right infrastructure and services are in place to operate and grow live gaming services globally. Works closely with technology and liveops leadership in the Mattel games publishing team.

The ideal candidate is passionate about live games operations, with a solid track record of work with software development and infrastructure teams to design and deploy large-scale systems in a live consumer environment.

What Your Impact Will Be:

• Oversee the games live infrastructure domain, developing robust strategy and planning to support the product release cycle and operations and growth of Mattel’s live published games.
• Support Mattel games publishing business - Advise and guide the games publishing team in the architecture, development and deployment of mission-critical liveops infrastructure; successfully bringing together game studio expertise, third-party partnerships and internal Mattel capabilities. Collaborate with Mattel’s privacy and compliance teams to ensure our experiences are safe, secure, and compliant.
• Support games development studios - Be an enabling force to support game development studios with insightful architectural guidance and direct integration support of both third-party solutions and Mattel infrastructure. Collaborate internally with Mattel technology teams to leverage internal capabilities and expertise.
• Interface with third-party technology service providers to uphold development and live operational issues, navigating roadblocks and deploying & testing solutions.
• Own KPIs around operational performance and cost effectiveness. Provide accurate and timely reporting forecasts & analysis. Ensure all components are robust and scalable to support market projections, and beyond. Develop QA & test capabilities, enabling development teams to effectively debug and validate stability, scalability and security.
• Continuous improvement - Innovate how we think about our infrastructure and services, closely following industry advancements that enhance player experience, development efficiency and…