Manager, Talent Development EMEA at Mattel in Slough

Job description

The Opportunity:  The Global Organization Development & Inclusion (OD&I) team designs transformative, people-centered experiences that unlock potential, foster belonging, and enable high-performing organizations. We partner with business leaders and People & Culture teams to shape organizational effectiveness through enterprise frameworks, organizational intelligence, leadership capability, talent strategy, and inclusive practices that strengthen business performance and employee experience. The Manager, Organization Development & Inclusion, EMEA serves as the regional leader for Organization Development and Inclusion, translating Mattel's global OD&I strategy into impactful, locally relevant solutions that strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, culture, and business performance across the region. Acting as a trusted advisor to People & Culture Business Partners and business leaders, this role leads regional initiatives while partnering closely with the Global OD&I Center of Excellence to ensure enterprise alignment, governance, and adoption of global frameworks. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and is responsible for diagnosing organizational needs, shaping strategic solutions, and driving execution across a broad portfolio of organizational development, change, talent, culture, and inclusion initiatives. Success requires balancing enterprise consistency with regional business needs, influencing without formal authority, leveraging data and organizational insights to guide decision-making, and fostering strong partnerships that enable scalable, sustainable impact across a complex, matrixed organization. What Your Impact Will Be:  In this role you will: Lead the strategy and execution of Organization Development & Inclusion initiatives across EMEA, translating Mattel's global OD&I strategy into regionally relevant solutions that strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, culture, and business performance. Partner closely with People & Culture Business Partners and business leaders to diagnose organizational challenges, identify root causes, and co-create scalable solutions across organization design, change, talent, leadership, and culture priorities. Serve as the regional owner for enterprise talent and organizational development processes, including Organizational Talent Planning (OTP), talent and performance management cycles, succession planning, career development, and associated governance, ensuring consistent execution while adapting to regional business needs. Champion an inclusive, high-performing culture by embedding inclusion, belonging, and employee voice into organizational development, leadership, talent, and business practices, ensuring inclusion is integrated by design rather than as a standalone initiative. Leverage workforce insights, organizational diagnostics, engagement data, and qualitative feedback to identify organizational trends, assess effectiveness, measure impact, and inform evidence-based recommendations and interventions. Design, facilitate, and implement leadership, team effectiveness, and organizational capability solutions, including workshops, assessments, coaching experiences, and change enablement initiatives that build organizational readiness and leadership effectiveness. Provide strategic consulting and thought leadership to People & Culture teams and business leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, talent strategy, organizational change, culture transformation, and workforce readiness. Partner with the Global OD&I Center of Excellence to implement enterprise frameworks, tools, governance, and operating rhythms, while identifying regional insights and opportunities that influence future global solutions and continuous improvement. Build strong relationships with external vendors, facilitators, and assessment partners to ensure high-quality delivery, operational excellence, and alignment with