Senior Manager Strategic Programs

About Us

SharkNinjais a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positivelyimpactpeoples lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted global brands Shark and Ninja the company has a proventrack recordof bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowedSharkNinjato enter multiple product categories driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham Massachusetts with more than4100associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.

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At SharkNinja were building an AI-native culture. Were not waiting for the future; were creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly adopt new tools and continuously raise whats possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasnt been invented yet youll fit right in.

SharkNinjas Product Development organization drives our global product roadmap from concept to shelf and this role leads the strategic engine behind it. As Senior Manager Global Product Strategy & Operations you will own the PD organizations planning function: defining how we set strategic priorities govern cross-functional decisions and run the operating rhythm that keeps a complex global product organization moving with speed and clarity.

You will lead a team of strategy and operations professionals partner directly with the PD leadership team and serve as the connective tissue between Product Development and the rest of the business. This is not an advisory role you will own the outcomes.

Strategic Planning & Roadmap Ownership

• Own the annual and long-range strategic planning cycle for the Product Development organization including the frameworks timelines and outputs that leadership and cross-functional partners rely on.
• Lead the development of PDs short- and long-term strategic roadmaps in close partnership with the VP/SVP and PD leadership team.
• Translate business strategy into actionable PD priorities and ensure those priorities stay current as market conditions consumer insights and competitive dynamics evolve.

Cross-Functional Initiative Leadership

• Lead and deliver the organizations highest-priority cross-functional strategic initiatives end-to-end including new product and market opportunities cost savings programs and capability-building investments.
• Define the approach for evaluating and sizing new opportunities building the analytical and financial frameworks the team and leadership use to make go/no-go decisions.
• Serve as the integration point across Product Development Commercial Finance Supply Chain and other functions on complex multi-workstream programs.

Operating Rhythm & Governance

• Own the PD operating rhythm: leadership planning sessions product roadmap governance all-team communications and executive stakeholder reviews.
• Design and improve the governance structures decision rights escalation protocols review cadences that allow a large cross-functional product organization to move quickly and consistently.
• Ensure senior stakeholders have the right information at the right time in the right format to make high-quality decisions.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead develop and performance-manage a team of strategy and operations professionals setting clear priorities building capability and holding the team accountable for outcomes.
• Establish the standards and methodologies the team uses for strategic analysis initiative management stakeholder communication and planning facilitation.
• Build the functions reputation as a high-trust high-impact partner to PD leadership and cross-functional teams.

Consumer & Market Intelligence

• Bring a strong point of view on consumer needs white space in the market and competitive dynamics and use it to inform product strategy recommendations and leadership decision-making.
• Partner with Consumer Insights Brand and Commercial teams to ensure PDs strategic priorities are grounded in real consumer evidence.

• 812 years of experience in strategy strategic operations or product strategy in a consumer products technology or management consulting environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing a team people management is required not a nice-to-have.
• A track record of leading complex cross-functional strategic initiatives from definition through delivery with measurable outcomes.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen you build models interpret results and translate data into clear strategic recommendations without needing someone else to run the numbers.
• Experience designing and running strategic planning processes for a large or complex organization.
• Exceptional communication and influence skills you can build alignment across senior leaders simplify complexity without losing rigor and present a compelling point of view.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous fast-moving environments where the right answer often has to be figured out not looked up.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office AI tools and data and financial analysis tools.

• Experience in a consumer products or consumer electronics company with exposure to product development or product management processes.
• Background in management consulting corporate strategy or a high-growth consumer business.
• A passion for building the operational infrastructure that lets great product teams do their best work.

Within your first year: the PD strategic planning process is tighter and more trusted leadership has a clear current view of priorities and the roadmap reflects real trade-offs not just aspirations. Your team is performing cross-functional partners know how to work with you and youre shaping the organizations strategic agenda not just documenting it.