Senior Director, Product Lifestyle, PMO Ops

MGA Entertainment

Senior Director transforming MGA’s product operations and PMO for improved product delivery and accountability. Leading cross-functional teams to ensure timely launch execution.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeLos Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and actively manage product development schedules from concept through production readiness and launch.
Ensure timelines are actively managed, challenged, compressed, and recovered where necessary.
Drive accountability across cross-functional teams for milestone completion and schedule adherence.
Identify opportunities to accelerate development timelines by 6–8 weeks where operationally feasible.
Maintain visibility to all critical dependencies impacting launch readiness.
Lead the evolution of MGA’s PMO organization from status reporting to active execution management.
Establish standardized operating cadences, escalation processes, milestone governance, and decision-making frameworks.
Develop centralized dashboards, reporting tools, and workflow systems that support action-oriented execution.
Drive consistency across brands, categories, and regional operating teams.
Ensure all projects have clear ownership, recovery plans, and escalation paths.
Manage licensing milestone execution including asset approvals, product approvals, contractual deliverables, and launch readiness.
Partner closely with Licensing, PD, Packaging, Marketing, Legal, and Vendors to ensure timely approvals and execution.
Own operational discipline around the TRA process and production readiness pipeline.
Identify risks early and drive resolution before timelines become critical.
Maintain active oversight of high-risk launches, seasonal programs, exclusives, and priority initiatives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10–15+ years of experience in PMO, product operations, supply planning, program management, product lifecycle management, or manufacturing operations.
Strong experience managing complex, high-volume consumer product pipelines.
Demonstrated success driving cross-functional accountability and on-time delivery.
Experience working with overseas vendors, procurement teams, and factories.
Strong understanding of licensing approvals, tooling, production readiness, factory constraints, and launch management.
Exceptional project management, communication, and escalation management skills.
Experience with PLM, D365, Airtable, Power BI, or similar workflow and reporting tools.
Ability to operate strategically while remaining highly detail-oriented and execution-focused.

Benefits

Comp & perks

🌐 Worldwide ❌ Jobs You've Hidden ⭐️ Saved Jobs ✅ Applied Jobs ✉️ Email Alerts 👤 Account MGA Entertainment Website LinkedIn All Job Openings 1001 - 5000 employees Founded 1979 🛒 Retail 🛍️ eCommerce 👥 B2C Retail
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B2C MGA Entertainment is a global toy and entertainment company that designs, manufactures, markets, and sells branded toys, collectibles, and playsets (including LOL Surprise, Rainbow High, Bratz, Little Tikes, BABY born, MGA's Miniverse, CarTuned, and others). The company sells through its own eCommerce storefronts and through retail and wholesale channels, operates customer loyalty and promotional programs, and licenses popular IP for themed toy lines. Senior Director, Product Lifestyle, PMO Ops 🔥 3 hours ago 🏢 Los Angeles – Onsite 💵 $160k - $200k / year ⏰ Full Time 🟠 Senior ⚙️ Operations 🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Own and actively manage product development schedules from concept through production readiness and launch.
Ensure timelines are actively managed, challenged, compressed, and recovered where necessary.
Drive accountability across cross-functional teams for milestone completion and schedule adherence.
Identify opportunities to accelerate development timelines by 6–8 weeks where operationally feasible.
Maintain visibility to all critical dependencies impacting launch readiness.
Lead the evolution of MGA’s PMO organization from status reporting to active execution management.
Establish standardized operating cadences, escalation processes, milestone governance, and decision-making frameworks.
Develop centralized dashboards, reporting tools, and workflow systems that support action-oriented execution.
Drive consistency across brands, categories, and regional operating teams.
Ensure all projects have clear ownership, recovery plans, and escalation paths.
Manage licensing milestone execution including asset approvals, product approvals, contractual deliverables, and launch readiness.
Partner closely with Licensing, PD, Packaging, Marketing, Legal, and Vendors to ensure timely approvals and execution.
Own operational discipline around the TRA process and production readiness pipeline.
Identify risks early and drive resolution before timelines become critical.
Maintain active oversight of high-risk launches, seasonal programs, exclusives, and priority initiatives. 🎯 Requirements
10–15+ years of experience in PMO, product operations, supply planning, program management, product lifecycle management, or manufacturing operations.
Strong experience managing complex, high-volume consumer product pipelines.
Demonstrated success driving cross-functional accountability and on-time delivery.
Experience working with overseas vendors, procurement teams, and factories.
Strong understanding of licensing approvals, tooling, production readiness, factory constraints, and launch management.
Exceptional project management, communication, and escalation management skills.
Experience with PLM, D365, Airtable, Power BI, or similar workflow and reporting tools.
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Hard Skills & Tools

product lifecycle managementproject managementsupply planningprogram managementmanufacturing operationslicensing approvalsproduction readinessescalation managementhigh-volume consumer product pipelinesrisk management

Soft Skills

cross-functional accountabilitycommunicationdetail-orientedexecution-focusedstrategic thinkingmilestone governanceactive execution managementproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skills