Technical Program Manager - Game Studio

About the role

Mattel Game Studios builds and publishes digital games inspired by Mattel's iconic brands, partnering with external studios to serve a global audience. This Technical Program Manager (TPM) role owns and drives cross-functional technical programs within the publishing and product development functions, partnering with engineering, product, design/UX, security and privacy, analytics and external studios to plan and deliver the systems and services behind development, deployment and live operations. It is a hands-on program leadership role.

Key responsibilities

• Build and deploy shared game services and platform capabilities for the self-published games portfolio.
• Drive execution across the product development lifecycle: turn goals into epics and stories with acceptance criteria, run sprint planning and reviews, manage dependencies and risks, and unblock teams.
• Lead sprint ceremonies, keep backlogs and epics ready, align priorities and track owners and dates to closure.
• Own the program source of truth (e.g. Jira/Confluence), covering scope, milestones, sprint assignments, dependencies and status, and publish weekly updates.
• Work with internal experts, third-party providers and game studios to align scope, ownership and dependencies.
• Improve efficiency in areas such as LiveOps tooling, business intelligence and analytics for Games, community and commerce enablement, and emerging tech.

Required profile

• B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of technical product or program management experience delivering software services, with a proven track record of execution.
• Deep experience in product and project planning with engineering teams; prior hands-on development experience strongly valued.
• Experience setting development and release schedules and delivering complex software engineering projects end-to-end.
• Comfortable at the right technical depth to verify scope and impacts and resolve ambiguity.

Required skills

• Solid working knowledge of Jira and Confluence, and program planning tools, with plans kept current and credible.
• Preferred: shipped game(s) and/or supported live game services in production; Active Scrum Master certification (PSM, CSM) preferred.

The pay range is indicative and depends on work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers a flexible work model combining in-person collaboration with flexibility, and a competitive total pay program with comprehensive benefits.