Product Development Program Associate I

Mattel; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Mattel is seeking a Development Program Management Associate I for our Product Development team at the El Segundo, CA campus. You will help manage projects from concept through production with a global cross‑functional team across Design, Development, Marketing and Manufacturing.

The role requires a BA/BS in Engineering and strong organizational and problem‑solving skills, with the opportunity to impact product costs, schedules and quality across worldwide product lines within a collaborative,

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of relevant project management experience
• Proven ability to juggle multiple projects, make quick decisions, and possess excellent problem- solving skills
• Comfortable leading cross‑functional teams
• Excellent organizational skills are must
• Must be comfortable with systems and data entry
• Relationship building and customer‑ facing skills
• Demonstrated agrowth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves
• Demonstrated agrowth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.

Responsibilities

• Managing multiple projects of varying product types and complexities while maintaining cost and schedule targets
• Working closely with overseas development, tooling, and manufacturing to ensure successful project completion
• Troubleshoot production level samples and make suggestions to fix defects, improve mechanisms, and guarantee end‑consumer satisfaction
• Develop, maintain and drive schedule execution of worldwide products
• Act as liaison between El Segundo teams and overseas locations throughout the product life cycle
• Reviewing concept sketches and providing support for products in the preliminary design phase
• Working with external development sources to engineer the product
• Managing project schedules and product costs
• Working in a team environment with Design, Packaging, Product Integrity, Marketing, Planning, Cost Engineering, Model Shop, Electrical Engineering, Materials Lab, Sculpting, manufacturing plants, and offshore development sources
• Develop cost estimates and provide cost /financial analyses for different types of products
• Analyze product design to affect maximum utilization of materials, methods and processes in order to meet cost objectives and quality specifications
• Examine product components to ascertain purpose, cost and value by utilizing knowledge of product design and budgetary considerations
• Guide cross‑functional teams into optimizing the content and features of products given the constraints of selling price and margins

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Data entry

Relationship building

Customer-facing

Growth mindset

Education

BA/ BS Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial) or related discipline

Job description

Mattel is seeking a Development Program Management Associate I for our Product Development team at the El Segundo, CA campus. You will help manage projects from concept through production with a global cross‑functional team across Design, Development, Marketing and Manufacturing.

The role requires a BA/BS in Engineering and strong organizational and problem‑solving skills, with the opportunity to impact product costs, schedules and quality across worldwide product lines within a collaborative,