Our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high-quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do.
Who We Are:
SharkNinja is a consumer-obsessed organization focused on positively impacting people’s lives in every home around the world. Our people are passionate about creating and delivering high-performance technology to every consumer that goes above and beyond anything they’ve ever experienced before. Unparalleled products that solve existing problems, extraordinary problems and even problems they don’t know they have. This is product performance that raises eyebrows and quality of life.
Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, we have about 2,800 associates globally across 15 countries and 21 offices. Our products are in 100+ retailers and cover 21 product categories. We are a design and engineering powerhouse, with a 24-hour innovation cycle and over 3,000 patents.
We are looking for a Director of Product Development Initiatives to support our journey towards continued growth and expansion.
Job Description:
To help us accelerate and drive large-scale transformations, we are looking for a Director of Product Development Initiatives to partner with the business, executives, and other leaders at SharkNinja. The role will be responsible for working across a portfolio of high-impact initiatives, primarily impacting our Product Development lifecycle, covering entry into new product categories, expansion within existing categories, driving growth in international markets, and continuing to transform our supporting capabilities to enable continued profitable growth.
This role has the potential for growth into specific functional areas of the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Director assigned high impact global initiatives, partnering with leaders and teams around the world spanning teams across Product Development, Commercialization, Marketing, and Operations, amongst others
- Work as a team member to support and drive high-impact projects focused on a variety of business outcomes and representing several functional disciplines
- Interact and partner with senior leaders at SharkNinja to define project outcomes, workstreams, activities, timelines, team structures, and other foundational elements of project and transformation management
- Lead development of approaches, frameworks, and best practices to accelerate and drive project impact
- Develop effective working relationships with associates across levels at SharkNinja
- Conceptualize and develop executive-level presentations that are concise, crisp, visual, and impactful
- Provide support to the VP and Chief of Staff on other high priority activities, including project and program management, presentation development, and analytics support
Education and Experience:
- 7 - 10+ years of relevant experience in Product Development, Marketing, or Operations
- Demonstrated functional knowledge and experience across various departmental or process areas in a CPG organization
- Successful track record of delivering results within a rapidly growing company
- Strong project management skills with proven ability to drive for results, manage risk, and pivot when relevant to enable speed to results
- Proven experience in using data (KPIs) in a measurable way to achieve specific strategic results that are relevant to the organization. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills to develop, measure and improve key performance indicators
- Successful track record of supporting cross-functional initiatives from concept to completion
- Ability to integrate large amounts of ambiguous information into executive-level insights that drive action
- Excellent executive-level oral and written communication skills
- Motivated self-starter, with ability to identify and drive innovative approaches to address new challenges
- Comfort working deep in the details, but also at a high level – shifting between the two near continuously
- An entrepreneurial spirit and comfort working in a dynamic, fun, fast-paced environment
- Superior MS Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Domo and similar program a plus
YOUR ROLE in DIVERSIFYING
- As a corporate citizen, learn and support SharkNinja’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy
- Be an Ally, find internal Champions
- Explore SharkNinja’s Employee Resource Groups or volunteer to serve on committees that organize diversity-related events and activities
- Participate in employee engagement surveys and respond as openly and honestly as possible
- Become culturally competent; take the time to learn about different cultures, races, religions and backgrounds represented by your colleagues
- Treat people in a way they wish to be treated rather than the way you wish to be treated
YOUR ROLE in leading our SUCCESS DRIVERS & representing our UNIQUE MINDSET
- Leads us to be “RARELY SATISFIED”
- Make things better each day; “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”
- Using your knowledge of our consumer, understand that “DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE,”
- Deliver something great; “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT”
- Be clear and honest, “COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT.”
SharkNinja is voted 2022 Best Places to Work in Boston and 100 Best Large Companies to Work For. As a subsidiary of JS Global Lifestyle Company Limited (Hong Kong: 1691), a leader in small household appliance innovation, we are ranked in the top three for the 'Best ESG Management Company' in consumer necessities sector by leading international financial magazine, Institutional Investor, in June 2022. We strive to get smarter and are dedicated to integrating DEI in our processes, practices and policies. Some of our benefits include 4 Global DEI subcommittees, 8 Affinity Groups, 5 Business Resource Groups, Cultural Celebrations, Summer Half Day Fridays, Volunteer Impact Day/Activities, Mentorship & Coaching Programs more. Plus your first SharkNinja product is on us and you can enjoy discounted products throughout the year.
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At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
YOUR ROLE in leading our SUCCESS DRIVERS & representing our UNIQUE MINDSET
- Lead us to be “RARELY SATISFIED”
- Make things better each day; “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”
- Use your knowledge of our consumer, understand that “DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE”
- Deliver something great; “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT”
- Be clear and honest, “COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT”
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We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other class protected by legislation, and local law. SharkNinja will consider reasonable accommodations consistent with legislation, and local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact SharkNinja People & Culture at [email protected]
