Senior Director, Mobile Applications

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.

AI at SharkNinja

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.

Sr DirectorMobile Applications

Team:Emerging Technologies

Reporting to: SVPChiefPlatformand Innovation Officer

About the role

At SharkNinja we create intelligent connected products that delight consumers and disrupt categories. Our mobile applications are how millions of consumers experience our robot vacuums cooking appliances beauty devices and the growing portfolio of connected products redefining the home. We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader to own the vision strategy and execution of our mobile app platform. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who stays close tothe technology builds and develops strong engineering teams and knows how to deliver consumer-scale mobile products in a fast-moving environment.

AsSr DirectorMobile Applications you will lead the organization responsible forSharkCleanNinjaProConnect and our next generation app platform spanning the full portfolio of connected SharkNinja products. You will partner closely with Firmware Cloud Product Design and Business stakeholders to define and deliver a roadmap that serves millions of consumers every month while setting the technical and organizational direction for a global team across the US UK and China.

Key responsibilities:

• Set the vision and long-term strategy forSharkNinjasmobile app platform including the unified ecosystem spanning robot vacuums cooking products beauty devices and future connected categories.

• Lead grow and develop a global mobile engineering organization of SDEs and SDETs across multiple levels geographies and time zones including the US UK and China.

• Shape the teams organizational structure hiring plan and career development frameworks to build andretaina high-performing engineering bench.

• Define and continuously evolve the software development process engineering standards and quality practices to support round-the-clock global development.

• Partner with Product Design Firmware Cloud Hardware and Business stakeholders to build and align on holistic product and platform roadmaps.

• Drive architectural decisions across native iOS and Android and cross-platform technologies including React Native ensuring the platform scales to serve millions of monthly active users.

• Own the delivery reliability performance and consumer experience ofSharkNinjasmobile applications end to end.

• Manage vendor and contractor relationships including offshore development partners ensuring quality anddeliveryaccountability across the extended team.

• Represent Mobile Applications at the executive level communicating strategy tradeoffs risk and progress to senior leadership.

• Champion AI-driven processes to accelerate design coding and testing across the mobile org.

Whatyoullbring

• Bachelors degree in computer science Software Engineering or equivalent experience.

• Extensive background as an engineering leader with deep hands-on experience in mobile application development including native iOS and Android and cross-platform frameworks such as React Native.
  
• Experience working within an AWS environment.

• Proventrack recordbuilding and operating consumer-scale mobile systems serving millions of users per month.

• Demonstrated ability to lead hire mentor and develop SDEs and SDETs at all levels from early career through principal and management tracks.

• Strongtrack recordof partnering with cross-functional stakeholders including Product Design Firmware Cloud Hardware and Business to shape and execute multi-year roadmaps.

• Experience managing vendor and offshore contractor relationships with accountability for quality and delivery outcomes.

• Experience defining and evolving software development processes engineering standards and quality practices across a global org.

• Excellent executive communication skills with the ability to translate between technical and business audiences.

Preferred

• Experience managing global engineering teams across multiple time zones ideally including the US UK and China.

• Background in connected product IoT or smart home development.

• Familiarity with device-to-app connectivity patterns including BLE andWi-Fi.

• Experience leading organizations through platform unification re-platforming or large-scale architectural transitions.

• Exposure toAI-driven development workflows and their application to large mobile engineering organizations.

• Background in robotics or consumer electronics.