Vice President - Program Management - Shark
The Program Management Organization (PMO) delivers sustainable, best in class product development thinking, governance, and process to enable the organization to execute the program portfolio flawlessly. Program Managers work cross-functionally, providing exposure and visibility on a global scale. Program Managers lead without authority and responsible to establish and drive timelines to get SharkNinja products developed, manufactured and to market with a high degree of speed and efficiency – at 5-star quality and with high rate of sales.
The Vice President of Shark Program Management Organization role will be responsible for driving new product development for our Shark Business Segment with focus on corded, cordless, corded stick and hard floor products.
Responsibilities:
- Own, drives and actively facilitate the interaction of cross-functional stakeholders to bring products to market, including managing risks, schedule, cost and quality
- Manage a team of 4 program managers focused on career acceleration and active mentoring
- Acting general manager for Shark Floorcare Segment responsible for driving all areas of new product development
- Accountable to deliver all elements of the program, from product ideation to end-of-life
- Collaborate with teams to ensure product components can meet manufacturing and customer demands
- Collate data to help drive decision making across the cross-functional teams
- Identify program risks, develop mitigation/contingency and track progress
- Spot resource and knowledge gaps and take steps necessary to highlight/remedy
- Channel global information to local teams, act as conduit to support the business
Requirements:
- Master’s degree or equivalent with technical background preferred
- 10 to 15 Years Post-graduate Experience Desired (Consumer Goods Industry Preferred)
- 5-7 years of program management or product management experience required
- Cross-functional leadership skills – proactive ownership, prioritize & execute, inspire creativity, drive accountability
- Familiar with MS Project (or similar), Excel and Visio
- High energy, with a positive attitude
- Detail oriented
- Sense of urgency
- Assertive, confident, capable
- Excellent peer collaboration in person and in writing
- Ability to effectively manage time and tasks under constraints
- Comfortable with constant need to adopt and evolve
Who is SharkNinja?
At SharkNinja, 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 create the next big thing. We take a team approach to our projects, where everyone has a voice. We want individuals to push limits, look outside the box and think the unthinkable. With the explosive growth we have been experiencing, we’re looking for motivated individuals to join us on our exciting journey. People need to think big, move fast and want to make a significant impact. Are you ready?