Mattel

Director, Digital Transformation & Martech Management

Mattel$130K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10-15+ years of experience in martech product management or digital transformation/operations.
  • Deep understanding of the macroscopic martech landscape and AI-driven automation.
  • Familiarity with agile and lean methodologies, and comfort in no-code or light-code environments.
  • Proven ability to simplify complex technical systems into business-impact narratives.
  • Strong vendor management and negotiation skills across multiple enterprise platforms.
  • Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the marketing technology stack to support brand planning and demand creation.
  • Lead vendor and platform management, including roadmaps, RFPs, and negotiations.
  • Manage relationships with partners including Adobe, Google, and OpenAI.
  • Drive AI adoption across marketing and creative workflows.
  • Standardize data, taxonomy, permissions, and access governance across systems.
  • Lead and mentor a team of four Product Managers in the martech ecosystem.
  • Partner cross-functionally to ensure system usability and adoption.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package to support employee well-being.
  • Resources aimed at empowering a culture of growth and potential.
  • Opportunity to join a purpose-driven company focused on childhood exploration and creativity.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Opportunity:

As Director, Martech Product Management, you will own and evolve Mattel's global marketing technology ecosystem - uniting platforms, data, and AI to unlock scale, creativity, and operational excellence across the enterprise. You will lead the integration and optimization of Mattel's full marketing tech stack - spanning workflow, content, media, and analytics systems - to ensure every tool drives measurable value. This role manages a team of four Product Managers who oversee the day-to-day management and evolution of key tools within the martech ecosystem.

What Your Impact Will Be:
  • Own and evolve the end-to-end marketing technology stack to support brand planning, creative development, and demand creation.
  • Lead vendor and platform management, including roadmaps, RFPs, QBRs, negotiations, and enterprise partnerships.
  • Manage relationships with key partners including Adobe, Google, OpenAI, Airtable, Miro, Leonardo, Munch, Eleven Labs, Tenovos, Box, Sprinklr, Cerby, Dash Hudson, Captiv8, Tubular, and Gartner.
  • Drive AI adoption and agentic transformation across marketing and creative workflows.
  • Standardize data, taxonomy, permissions, and access governance across all tools and systems.
  • Lead and mentor a team of four Product Managers, each responsible for a segment of Mattel's martech ecosystem.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Brand Ops, Creative, Media, IT, and regional marketing teams to ensure system usability and adoption.
  • Lead training, office hours, and onboarding programs to drive awareness, ease of use, and platform ROI across global teams.

Success Measures
  • Increased tool adoption, utilization, and satisfaction across global teams.
  • Enhanced data accuracy, accessibility, and integrity.
  • Reduction in redundant tools, workflows, and spend.
  • Improved operational efficiency, collaboration speed, and marketing output per head.


Qualifications

What We're Looking For:
  • 10-15+ years of experience in martech product management, digital transformation/ operations, or marketing systems leadership.
  • Deep understanding of the macro martech landscape, relational data systems, and AI-driven automation.
  • Familiarity with agile and lean methodologies and comfort working in no-code or light-code environments.
  • Proven ability to translate complex technical systems into simple, business-impact narratives.
  • Strong vendor-management and negotiation skills across multiple enterprise platforms.
  • Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred.

*The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range, however base pay will be determined based on a candidate's work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.

Additional Information

Don't meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Join Mattel's Talent Community and start receiving exciting updates about our company, our employees, and our culture. Also, interested in signing up for job alerts? Do so here!

How We Work:
We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:
  • We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
  • We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
  • We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

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About Mattel

Mattel, Inc. is a global toy company that designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of toys and games. The company's brands include Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, and more. Mattel's products are sold in over 150 countries and the company has manufacturing facilities in 10 countries. Mattel is committed to sustainability and has set a goal to achieve 100% recycled, recyclable, or bio-based plastic materials in all products and packaging by 2030. The company is also committed to diversity and inclusion and has been recognized for its efforts in this area.
Learn more about Mattel
Size
36,300 employees
Market Cap
$5.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$126.6 million
Founded
1945
5 Year Trend
-4.3%
Revenue
$4.5 billion
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