The Program Management Organization (PMO) at Shark Ninja owns the entire New Product Development (NPD) process from concept to shelf for our Robotics, Shark, and Ninja Brands. 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. PMO works cross-functionally, providing exposure and visibility on a global scale acting in a general manager capacity. PMO leads without authority and is responsible for establishing and driving timelines and resources to develop, manufacture, and get Shark Ninja products to market with a high degree of speed and efficiency ensuring a 5-star quality experience and high rate of sales.

A SharkNinja Program Manager thinks, acts and leads his/her programs like a global leader for every project or program they manage and owns the overall success of the program with a maniacal focus on delivering a 5 Star Experience at a high rate of sale

They operate with urgency, ensuring that critical product decision, cost risks, and schedule slips are escalated to senior management in parallel to driving resolutions. Our PM’s are seen as the glue that holds the team together by owning communication streams across all groups in order to ensure that risks are mitigated, and deliverables are completed on time.

Program Managers are individual contributors, leading the organization through our unique SharkNinja product development process. This role is best suited for a professional who thrives, and has demonstrated success in a dynamic, fast paced product development environment. Typically possessing an engineering or technical background, coupled with a business mindset. This role reports to the VP/GM of PMO for Motorized (Ninja).

Responsibilities:

• Own, drives and actively facilitates the interaction of cross-functional stakeholders to bring products to market, including managing risks, and schedule
• Collaborate with teams to ensure that the go to market strategy will provide high rate of sales
• Accountable to deliver all elements of the program, from product ideation to end-of-life
• Make use of KPI’s and 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
• Identify 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 & Attributes:

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering or business
• 5 to 7 years direct Product Development or Program management experience
• Experience desired in some combination of engineering/marketing, new product development or program management (Consumer Goods Industry Preferred)
• Assertive, confident, capable
• Strong influence skills
• Able to cultivate and lead a high performing team that delivers results
• Excellent written, verbal and communication skills. Experienced addressing C-Suite, Peer Functional Groups, Suppliers, and Customer audiences
• Cross-functional leadership skills
• Possess a strong bias to action and accountability
• Intermediate/working level skills with MS Project (or similar), Excel, PPT and Visio
• High energy, with a positive attitude
• Detail oriented
• Presentation skills – Must be proficient with PowerPoint and be comfortable developing and presenting to large groups including executive management either in person or over MS Teams.

Our culture is a key contributor to our success. We also understand we may not be a fit for everyone. Our expectations for ourselves and for candidates hoping to join us can be described as:

Our maniacal focus on delighting our consumer leads us to be RARELY SATISFIED and to make things better each day through our PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION approach – we are here to play an Infinite Game & set Breakthrough targets and every time we hit a goal we light up a new target (beacon) and keep going. Our knowledge of our consumer helps us to understand that DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE, resulting in memorable experiences when we get them right and unfulfilling ones when we miss. It is our job to spot the smoke before the fire and ensure every consumer has flawless experience with SharkNinja. Our years of learning and evolving around how best to deliver something great shows us that “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT” and that we at our best when we are clear and honest with each other by COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT with radical candor.

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?