Senior Vice President - Product Development

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 3,300+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.  

The Product Development organization within SharkNinja drives our global product roadmap from concept to shelf through the constant lens of the consumer. We are the “product CEOs” and partner cross-functionally with almost every other team within the company to drive high satisfaction for our end user and to drive business results. We are comprised of individuals from a variety of professional and educational backgrounds, from product marketing managers to consumer-focused engineers – but we all have one thing in common: we’re consistently striving to deliver a 5-star experience for every customer on every product we bring to market.   

The Senior Vice President of Product Development will drive a cross-functional team to deliver against consumer satisfaction, revenue profitability and growth targets. The ideal candidate will be able to successfully deliver 5-star products to market while also collaborating on the business and go-to-market strategy with key partners across the organization.    

Responsibilities:   

• Drive the product development business  with the development of successful and profitable programs for a full product category to ensure continued growth of the product portfolio. Lead new product development (creation and management) of assigned product category from brainstorm phase through mass production, as well as partner with the Chief Product Officer to define the over-arching category roadmap direction to a team of product developers from entry through manager level. Responsible AND accountable for progressing, reporting on, and actioning on team’s deliverables.  

• Lead, manage, and grow team members (from Intern up to Manager level) in our OE culture – providing guidance on their assigned projects, ensuring product success, supporting professional advancement within their role and within SharkNinja, and holding them accountable to their specific job responsibilities.  

• Identify emerging trends and consumer preferences to drive the development of innovation that aligns with market needs.  

• Steer the development of user-relevant design targets for product performance and user experience – and act as the beacon of these targets to the cross-functional team of engineers, industrial designers, and commercial marketers  

• Partner with SharkNinja’s Consumer Insights team to develop consumer testing objectives, and implement this consumer-driven feedback into product specifications and design iterations throughout the project development cycle  

• Partner with SharkNinja’s testing and quality organizations to define, develop and manage quality and performance testing procedures  

• Manage product cost structure, reporting, and cost rationalization exercises – and collaborate with supply chain, merchandising, and supply planning teams on product sourcing strategy recommendations  

• Provide direction and oversight into the creation and execution of go-to-market collateral to support product launch, including instructional material and consumer-facing product specification information  

• Provide direction and oversight into the development of product troubleshooting and “FAQs” to support a 5-star consumer experience post-purchase  

• Act as the product and/or category “expert” for cross-functional team member questions and concerns  

• Take leadership of larger cross-functional “breakthroughs” that increase executive visibility and accelerate career growth.  

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