VP - Global Commercial Planning

About Us 

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market, and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 3,600+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.  

 

OVERVIEW 

As SharkNinja accelerates toward its next phase of growth, we are hiring a VP, Global Commercial Planning to lead our global commercial planning rhythm – ensuring the Sales Forecast is delivered with clarity, accountability, and precision. This role is a mission-critical leadership position within the Planning function, responsible for connecting global teams and functions through seamless cadence, rigorous preparation, and purposeful alignment. 

 

This individual will own and lead the full planning calendar, ensuring that every stage of the process – from pre-readiness to consensus – drives meaningful outcomes. The VP, Integrated Business Planning will ensure forums are intentional, cross-functional, and drive action across our dynamic consumer product portfolio. This leader will set a high bar for orchestration, bringing bold thinking and operational rigor to help SharkNinja move faster, smarter, and more collaboratively. 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Own SharkNinja’s global commercial planning rhythm, designing and driving the full planning calendar to set the pace, expectations, and operating cadence across Consensus and Pressure Test Review forums. 

• Lead true cross-functional alignment, not just participation—bringing Sales, Finance, SS&A, and Operations together around a unified forecast story, shared priorities, and coordinated action. 

• Ensure end-to-end forecast readiness, delivering submissions that are complete, vetted, and truly decision-ready before entering any forum—raising the bar on what “prepared” means. 

• Drive sales forecast ownership and accountability, coaching Sales leaders to fully own their number and narrative with strong reason-to-believe support, meaningful variance explanations, and insights that drive confident decision-making. 

• Elevate the quality and impact of planning forums feeling ownership in the forecast delivery, not just running agendas, but intentionally structuring discussions to drive decisions, prioritization, and forward momentum. 

• Ensure flawless execution after every forum, personally owning action tracking, follow-through, and feedback loops that strengthen performance and promote continuous learning. 

• Solve issues—not just escalate them—removing barriers, closing gaps, and holding teams accountable to drive timely resolution and business impact. 

• Enable fast, informed decisions through insight, synthesizing cross-functional inputs into a clear storyline that guides scenario choices, identifies opportunities, and supports rapid course correction. 

• Deliver robust Planning Hypotheses (PHs) that help FP&A bridge Sales Forecasts to Financial Forecasts, ensuring alignment between narrative and numbers across the business. 

• Lead with urgency, boldness, and a bias for action, continuously challenging and evolving the planning system to unlock higher performance and meet the needs of a faster, more demanding business future. 

• Drive for efficiency and impact through innovation in Planning