Director, Corporate Strategy & Development
About The Position
Mattel is currently seeking a Director to join the Corporate Strategy and Development team at our El Segundo, CA headquarters. Each member of this team plays a key role in shaping the future of Mattel and its franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Monster High, and Uno. This position offers: Significant opportunity for impact through shaping Mattel’s corporate strategy, and leading and supporting key strategic priorities across the company. Access to Mattel’s executive leadership team and partnership with senior executives to drive business impact. Exposure across the organization through cross-functional projects including marketing, sales, finance, supply chain, digital, and studios teams. Competitive compensation and benefits. Accelerated career growth and a positive work environment
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, and MBA highly desirable, from a top-tier university
- 12+ years of work experience, ideally in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, and/or strategy and corporate development at a leading consumer, media, or technology company
- Proven ability to lead teams in a fast-paced environment and groom high-caliber talent on an accelerated career trajectory
- Exceptional quantitative skills and financial acumen
- Ability to develop deep trust-based relationships and influence different stakeholder groups directly and indirectly
- Ability to effectively balance multiple simultaneous priorities and deadlines with tight timelines
- Exceptional problem-solving, decision-making and quantitative skills
- Self-starter and comfort with ambiguity; must be self-directed and proactive starting day 1 on the job
- Persuasive communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to tailor communications to a broad range of internal and external audiences
Responsibilities
- Partner with EVP, Chief Strategy Officer to identify and execute key strategic initiatives for Mattel, partnering closely with other members of the ELT and key leaders across Mattel’s brands and functional teams
- Lead the strategic planning process, in partnership with Finance, to identify and assess potential growth initiatives across the business in order to enable the ELT to decide where to allocate resources to strategic multi-year investments. The strategic planning process is a critical business process working directly with the ELT and Board
- Lead and support key strategic projects for the ELT and Board with cross-functional teams.
- Develop deep relationships across Mattel’s GBT, Commercial, Franchise, and Supply Chain organizations, partnering with leaders in these organizations to support key business priorities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
