IT Business Analyst - Global Brand Teams & Commercial at MattelInc

The Opportunity:  Mattel is seeking an IT Business Analyst  to partner with Creative and Business teams to modernize content operations and support enterprise transformation. This role acts as a strategic liaison between IT and the business, driving improvements across the content lifecycle—from asset creation and management through publishing, localization, and governance. This position reports to the Global Brands & Commercial Senior Manager. What Your Impact Will Be:  Creative & Content Supply Chain Enablement  • Partner with Creative teams to understand current-state content workflows and define scalable future-state enterprise processes. • Lead requirements definition for Digital Asset Management, Content Management Systems, Workflow Systems (Airtable, Workfront) and other creative tooling platforms not specifically named. • Design and document enterprise workflows that improve efficiency, governance, content reuse, and global scalability. • Define user stories, acceptance criteria, metadata structures, and workflow requirements that enable automation and streamlined content operations. • Identify and drive process optimization opportunities that improve speed-to-market and creative effectiveness.Enterprise Workflow Design & Transformation • Serve as functional or release train lead for assigned initiatives, owning backlog prioritization and business alignment. • Lead discovery sessions and workshops to assess current-state operations and design future-state enterprise workflows. • Translate strategic transformation goals into actionable product roadmaps and measurable outcomes. • Champion organizational change management, including documentation, playbooks, training support, and adoption tracking. • Ensure enterprise governance, compliance, and scalability considerations are incorporated into solution design.Agile Delivery & Execution • Manage and maintain product backlogs in alignment with Agile/SAFe practices. • Coordinate cross-functional teams including UX, engineering, QA, DevOps, and external partners. • Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure solutions meet creative and business requirements. • Ensure compliance with PMO, Security, Legal, and Data Privacy standards. • Partner with Client Services and support teams to ensure operational continuity post-launch.Stakeholder & Business Partnership • Act as the primary liaison between IT and assigned creative and business stakeholders. • Provide consultative guidance on emerging content technologies and workflow improvements. • Build trusted relationships that enable prioritization decisions aligned to business value and capacity.