Sr Manager, Identity & Access Management (IAM)

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 respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers. The Opportunity:  The Senior Manager of Identity & Access Management (IAM) is responsible for leading IAM engineering, operations, and modernization initiatives supporting Mattel’s enterprise identity security program. This leadership role helps drive the evolution of identity services and security capabilities across workforce identity, privileged access, cloud authentication, identity governance, and identity threat protection. The role provides technical leadership, operational oversight, and team management for IAM architects, engineers, analysts, and cross-functional technology teams to ensure identity platforms and services are secure, scalable, resilient, compliant, and aligned with enterprise business objectives. The role supports a globally distributed IAM organization responsible for workforce identity, privileged access, and cloud identity services across hybrid environments. This position partners closely with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Engineering, HR Technology, Application Development, Compliance, and business stakeholders to support secure digital transformation initiatives across a global enterprise environment. Join a globally recognized brand undergoing significant digital and cybersecurity transformation, where identity security plays an important role in supporting secure workforce access, operational resilience, and enterprise modernization initiatives. What Your Impact Will Be:  IAM Program Delivery & Operational Leadership Support development and execution of IAM roadmaps, operational maturity initiatives, and modernization efforts aligned with cybersecurity strategy, business priorities, and regulatory requirements. Lead implementation of IAM modernization initiatives involving single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA), passwordless authentication, identity governance, adaptive authentication, privileged access management (PAM), and Zero Trust security principles. Support IAM governance processes, operational standards, KPIs, SLAs, and metrics to measure service effectiveness, operational health, and risk reduction. Develop operational dashboards, reporting, metrics, and documentation to support program visibility, operational maturity, and decision-making. Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, operational scalability, resiliency, and user experience optimization. Support vendor management, licensing activities, and evaluation of emerging IAM and identity security technologies. IAM Architecture, Engineering & Operations Lead IAM architecture, engineering, and operations functions supporting workforce identity, privileged access, cloud identity, and hybrid identity environments. Oversee identity lifecycle automation initiatives, including Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) processes integrating Workday, Okta, Active Directory, Entra ID, and downstream enterprise applications. Ensure operational excellence across IAM platforms and services, including monitoring, resiliency, disaster recovery readiness, incident management, escalation handling, and business continuity planning. Oversee implementation and integration of identity technologies leveraging platforms such as Okta Identity Cloud, CyberArk, Okta Privileged Access, Microsoft Entra ID, and related IAM solutions. Partner with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and Application teams to embed secure authentication, authorization, and identity governance capabilities into enterprise and cloud-native architectures. Promote engineering excellence through automation, scripting, infrastructure-as-code, workflow orchestration, and API-driven integrations. Identity Security & Threat Protection Lead privileged access management (PAM) operational governance initiatives supporting least privilege access, Just-in-Time (JIT) access, and Zero Trust security models. Drive adoption of modern identity security practices, including passwordless authentication, adaptive access controls, continuous verification, and risk-based authentication. Support identity-related incident response, threat detection, and remediation activities leveraging identity threat detection and response (ITDR) platforms, analytics, and security monitoring capabilities. Collaborate with Security Operations, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to improve identity visibility, telemetry, analytics, and threat detection capabilities across the enterprise. Evaluate and support adoption of emerging identity security capabilities including machine identity governance, cloud entitlement management, and intelligent identity analytics. Governance, Risk & Compliance Support enterprise-wide User Access Reviews (UAR), compliance reporting, audit readiness, evidence collection, and remediation activities supporting SOX, NIST CSF, GDPR, and related regulatory frameworks. Translate security requirements and operational risks into scalable IAM controls, governance processes, and operational procedures. Ensure IAM controls, processes, and documentation remain compliant, auditable, and aligned with enterprise security standards and policies. Partner with Internal Audit, Risk Management, Legal, and Compliance stakeholders to support governance initiatives and remediation efforts. Leadership & Organizational Development Lead, mentor, and develop IAM Architects, Engineers, Operations Tech Leads, PAM Engineers, and Identity Securit