Assoc Manager Leadership & Learning Development

Overview

The Team: At the heart of our company, the Global People & Culture (P&C) team partners with employees across the business to deliver a meaningful, end-to-end employee experience. We live our values every day and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they truly belong.

Opportunity

The Associate Manager, Leadership & Learning Development, plays a key role in advancing this mission through the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of leadership and learning experiences across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Support the translation of enterprise talent and transformation priorities into scalable learning programs, leadership journeys, and development tools.
• Design and enhance leadership development programs, learning pathways, and development resources for people leaders, high-potential talent, and cross-functional leaders.
• Collaborate with OD, Talent, and Inclusion to integrate learning into broader systems, such as performance, succession, and onboarding.
• Enable AI literacy and future skills through learning experiences that increase AI fluency, experimentation, and adoption.
• Partner with external vendors and internal tech leads to support the responsible use of AI in learning and across the organization.
• Design and deliver blended learning solutions that span digital, live, cohort-based, and experiential formats.
• Facilitate enterprise learning experiences and leadership workshops for global audiences.
• Work with subject matter experts and external vendors to create high-quality, business-relevant learning content and experiences.
• Apply organizational development principles and best practices to support leadership effectiveness, team development, and organizational capability building.
• Contribute insights and recommendations that help address development needs arising from transformations, workforce planning, or structural shifts.
• Ensure learning enables, and not just informs, broader OD and people strategies.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• Proven experience designing and delivering learning programs at scale—especially for people leaders and enterprise capability priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate learning into broader talent systems (e.g., performance, succession, inclusion, culture).
• Expertise in adult learning principles, instructional design, and facilitation across modalities.
• Experience building AI and digital literacy into learning strategies and leadership development.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Systems thinker with an understanding of enterprise transformation, organizational effectiveness, or future-of-work strategy.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed, or fast-paced organization preferred.
• Familiarity with learning platforms (e.g., LMS/LXP), analytics tools, and feedback systems.
• Willingness to travel.

Benefits

Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.

Pay

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.

Schedule

This role is an in-office role Monday-Thursday, and work from home on Fridays.