Product Program Manager
Location: El Segundo, CAPosted On: 04/15/2026
Requirement Code: 73555
Requirement Detail
Sr Product Program Manager, AI
Position Summary: With a commitment to innovation and excellence, we are looking for a dynamic Sr Product Program Manager, AI to join our team. The ideal candidate will oversee the planning, development, tracking and enablement of our AI projects portfolio, ensuring alignment with our strategic objectives and delivering value to our business. You will provide thought leadership to establish the guidelines, optimize processes and communicate our client's AI strategy.
What Your Impact Will Be:
Strategy & Stakeholder Management:
- Align and manage organization wide AI product development
- Measure and communicate business value delivered through various AI initiatives
- Collaborate with Mattel's business units to understand their needs through ideation sessions, hackathons etc. and prioritize use cases to adopt AI technologies
- Lead insight gathering, ideation, and development into newer AI-powered business models, and successfully champion them through senior management and cross-functional teams for approval and endorsement
Program Leadership:
- Lead the end-to-end implementation of the Global AI system, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, and budgets
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all AI program-related activities
Project Planning and Execution:
- Develop detailed project plans, including scope, milestones, resource allocation, risk management, and contingency planning
Risk and Issue Management:
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks and issues throughout the program's lifecycle
- Develop and implement corrective actions as needed to ensure project continuity
Change Management:
- Develop and execute a comprehensive change management strategy to facilitate user adoption and minimize disruption
- Provide training and support to end-users and stakeholders
Budget and Resource Management:
- Manage program budgets, ensuring cost efficiency and transparency
- Optimize resource utilization across project phases
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field
- Master's degree or relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, or ITIL) preferred
- 10 – 15+ years of experience in IT program management, with a focus on SaaS Cloud implementations
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Trello)
- Familiar with Jira and Jira Align and Agile Practices
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements related to AI systems
- Proven success in leading large-scale, complex AI projects, AI implementation
- Experience in building and scaling platforms and capabilities leveraging Generative and Agentic AI for Enterprises
- Significant understanding of use of AI in business domain including ML fundamentals and familiarity with algorithm work
- Proven leadership experience of developing products in a multidisciplinary cross-functional environment
- Possesses excellent interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves