Manager, Talent Development EMEA

The Global Organization Development & Inclusion (OD&I) team designs transformative, people-centered experiences that unlock potential, foster belonging, and enable high-performing organizations. We partner with business leaders and People & Culture teams to shape organizational effectiveness through enterprise frameworks, organizational intelligence, leadership capability, talent strategy, and inclusive practices that strengthen business performance and employee experience. The Manager, Organization Development & Inclusion, EMEA serves as the regional leader for Organization Development and Inclusion, translating Mattel's global OD&I strategy into impactful, locally relevant solutions that strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, culture, and business performance across the region.

Acting as a trusted advisor to People & Culture Business Partners and business leaders, this role leads regional initiatives while partnering closely with the Global OD&I Center of Excellence to ensure enterprise alignment, governance, and adoption of global frameworks. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and is responsible for diagnosing organizational needs, shaping strategic solutions, and driving execution across a broad portfolio of organizational development, change, talent, culture, and inclusion initiatives.

Success requires balancing enterprise consistency with regional business needs, influencing without formal authority, leveraging data and organizational insights to guide decision-making, and fostering strong partnerships that enable scalable, sustainable impact across a complex, matrixed organization.

• 7+ years of progressive experience in Organization Development, Talent Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Change Management, Learning & Development, or a related People & Culture discipline, with demonstrated ownership of regional or enterprise-wide initiatives within Organizational Development.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders to diagnose organizational needs and design solutions that strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, talent, culture, and business performance.
• Experience leading enterprise talent processes, including talent reviews, succession planning, performance management, career development, and organizational planning within a global, matrixed organization.
• Strong consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions, cultures, and leadership levels without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to translate enterprise strategies and frameworks into locally relevant solutions while maintaining consistency, governance, and scalability.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience leveraging organizational diagnostics, workforce data, employee insights, and business metrics to inform decisions and measure impact.
• Business acumen with the ability to connect organizational development initiatives to commercial priorities, organizational transformation, and future workforce capability needs.
• Experience designing and facilitating leadership development, team effectiveness, change management, or organizational capability initiatives; certification in assessment tools (e.g., DISC, Insights Discovery, Hogan, MBTI, ESCI 360, or similar) is a plus.
• Highly collaborative, intellectually curious, and comfortable navigating ambiguity, balancing strategic thinking with disciplined execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex initiatives while fostering strong partnerships across regional and global teams.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in an additional European language is preferred.

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