Vice President- Design Advanced Development
Vice President- Design Advanced Development
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About Us
SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact peoples lives in homes around the world. 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 3300 associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.
About the Role
At SharkNinja we are redefining how products improve everyday lifeand our Vice President (VP) of Design & Advanced Development sits at the very heart of that ambition. Were seeking a creative leader and future thinker to head up our global FrontEnd Innovation team: a passionate handson group of design storytellers engineers and inventors who bring breakthrough product ideas to life.
This isnt just a design leadership roleits about leading the spark behind SharkNinjas next generation of iconic products. Youll be the creative catalyst shaping whats next helping teams turn bluesky thinking into tangible consumerloved innovations that define categories. Your team will shape the early concept architecture that eventually fuels mass production through our NPD (New Product Development) pipeline.
The ideal candidate is a designer at heart with deep engineering and design credentials a natural flair for storytelling and a relentless passion for solving consumer problems in inventive inspiring ways.
What Youll Do
- Lead SharkNinjas FrontEnd Innovation team responsible for driving concept creation design storytelling and early platform exploration across all product categories.
- Inspire a team of Industrial Designers and Product Design Engineers to generate physical and visual prototypes that sell ideas and excite crossfunctional partners and senior executives.
- Be a design storytellercapable of pitching futurefocused concepts in a way that connects emotionally and drives alignment across the business.
- Champion a studio culture that blends handson making iterative sketching advanced prototyping and bold thinking grounded in technical feasibility.
- Partner with Mechanical Engineering R&D Product Development and Product Marketing to ensure early concepts are rooted in a strong scalable product strategy.
- Integrate deep knowledge of materials manufacturing methods (e.g. plastic injection molding die casting sheet metal) and DFM/DFA to ensure ideas are not just excitingbut achievable.
- Bring context and imagination to every phase of development combining user insights trend forecasting and emerging technologies to shape future design visions.
- Cultivate a highenergy environment where curiosity creativity and invention are celebrated and continuously pushed forward.
- Maintain a consumerobsessed mindset with a focus on developing products that change behaviors exceed expectations and lead markets.
What Youll Bring
- A degree in Product Design Engineering Industrial Design or a related field that blends design and engineering. A PDE background is highly valued for its unique balance of technical rigor and creative thinking.
- 15 years of experience in product design and innovation ideally in highvolume consumer goods environments.
- A rich portfolio of categorydefining consumer products that demonstrate design excellence storytelling and successful commercialization.
- Proven leadership in building and developing creative teamsmentoring talent championing new voices and fostering collaboration across disciplines.
- An ability to lead with vision and conviction while remaining handson detailoriented and deeply engaged in the creative process.
- A natural presenter and communicator with the charisma and clarity to sell ideas across all levels of the organizationfrom engineers to executives.
- Strong technical foundation in highvolume manufacturing and an appreciation for the intersection of creativity and feasibility.
- A love for makingwhether sketching building modeling or hacking together ideas to inspire others.
- Bold thinking grounded in insight empathy and a deep understanding of consumer behavior.
Why This Role Matters
This role is more than just product designits about shaping our future. You will lead a team of makers storytellers and engineers to uncover whats next spark new possibilities and turn compelling ideas into categorychanging youre obsessed with invention fueled by creativity and ready to lead a team that lives at the edge of whats possiblethis is your moment.
Our Culture
At SharkNinja we dont just raise the barwe push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible push boundaries and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane youll be right at home.
What We Offer
We offer competitive health insurance retirement plans paid time off employee stock purchase options wellness programs SharkNinja product discounts and more.We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining whats possible. When you join youre not just part of a companyyoure part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together we wont just launch productswell disrupt entire markets.
At SharkNinja Diversity Equity and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinjas innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work making an impact and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership associates and our community we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
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Life At SharkNinja
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Employment Type
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