Product Manager CDP and Consumer MDM
El Segundo, CA - USA
Job Summary
The Opportunity:
Were looking for a Product Manager to drive the integration and adoption of a new consumer MDM solution and help manage Mattels consumer CDP capabilities. This role owns how consumer identity and profile data comes together across business units and touchpoints how we use MDM as an operational layer that serves trusted consumer data to downstream systems and how CDP connections and outbound activations support marketing CRM analytics and consumer engagement use cases.
Youll join a small tech-focused team inside a large company.
What Your Impact Will Be:
- Own the roadmap for the consumer MDM rollout including integration sequencing data onboarding and adoption across business units.
- Help manage the CDP roadmap and operating model including audience activation outbound connections platform integrations and data flow reliability.
- Define the product scope for MDM as both:
- A system of record for consumer identity and profile data
- An operational layer that serves mastered data to edge systems including CDP/CRM e-commerce platforms marketing tools customer service and analytics
- Define how MDM and CDP work together across consumer identity profile enrichment consent preferences audience building and activation.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of source system integrations into the MDM and CDP including requirements mapping testing cutover and support.
- Manage outbound CDP activations and connections to downstream platforms including marketing channels CRM tools analytics platforms and consumer engagement systems.
- Define the core MDM concepts and rules we need to operate successfully:
- Identity resolution and matching rules
- Survivorship rules and attribute precedence
- Golden record structure and profile completeness
- Hierarchy/relationships where relevant such as households accounts and identities
- Metadata and data lineage needed for trust and troubleshooting
- Drive alignment across business units on shared consumer definitions required attributes audience use cases activation needs and operational data requirements.
- Own data quality and reliability for MDM and CDP data flows:
- Define tests and monitoring for match rates duplicates completeness latency and activation delivery
- Manage issue triage and incident follow-ups
- Partner with engineering and QA to automate testing
- Set integration contracts for edge systems:
- Data schemas SLAs and change management
- Access patterns including APIs event streams batch feeds and CDP connectors based on system needs
- Manage vendor and partner work where applicable and keep delivery moving across teams including Engineering QA Marketing Insights Platforms Privacy/Security and external platform partners.
- Communicate status risks and tradeoffs to leadership and stakeholders.
Qualifications :
What Were Looking For:
- Bachelors degree in any field.
- 5 years as a Product Manager or similar role working on data platforms integrations CDP marketing technology CRM or analytics products.
- 7 years overall experience preferred.
- Direct hands-on CDP experience delivering managing or operating CDP capabilities including audience creation outbound activations platform connections and downstream data flows. This is a must-have.
- Experience working with customer or consumer data across multiple business units systems and touchpoints.
- Strong understanding of CDP concepts and operating needs:
- Audience segmentation and activation
- Source and destination connections
- Marketing and CRM data flows
- Identity consent and preference signals
- Data quality latency and activation monitoring
- MDM experience is strongly preferred but not required.
- Strong understanding of what makes MDM work across multiple business units and touchpoints:
- Source system onboarding patterns
- Operating model basics including who owns what and how changes get made
- Managing conflicting definitions and priorities
- Experience with identity resolution concepts such as:
- Match/merge strategies
- Survivorship and attribute precedence
- Duplicate detection and remediation workflows
- Experience using consumer data platforms MDM or related data products as operational data layers to serve trusted consumer data to edge systems through APIs events connectors and batch feeds.
- Proven ability to work with engineering and QA teams through delivery including requirements scope prioritization release planning testing and launch support.
- Strong communication skills including writing clear requirements and running cross-team delivery.
Nice-to-haves:
- SQL and/or Python experience.
- Experience with cloud platforms especially Google Cloud.
- Experience with CDP/CRM and identity ecosystems including consent preferences marketing activation flows and outbound destination management.
- Familiarity with privacy/security expectations for consumer data including access controls auditing and least privilege.
- Experience with MDM platforms or customer identity data programs.
*The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range however base pay will be determined based on a candidates 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 :
Dont meet every single requirement At Mattel we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt 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 Mattels 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.
Who We Are:
Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands including Barbie Hot Wheels Fisher-Price American Girl Thomas & Friends UNO Masters of the Universe Matchbox Monster High MEGA and Polly Pocket as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys content consumer products digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the worlds leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945 Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.
Mattels award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes Fast Company Newsweek Great Place to Work TIME and more.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels ... View more