The AI Product Manager oversees AI initiatives translating business goals into actionable plans collaborating on product delivery and ensuring data integrity and compliance.

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 4100 associates the company's products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.
Note: This is a Pipeline Opening and Not Tied to A Specific Opening
The AI Product Manager owns strategy roadmap and delivery for AI initiatives across the enterprise. This role translates business objectives into a clear prioritized backlog collaborating with engineering teams and external partners to deliver impactful solutions that drive measurable business impact through revenue growth or new operational efficiencies. The Product Manager works closely with Global Data Product Management including Data and MDM to ensure AI products are built on trusted standardized data foundations. The role requires strong judgment in application integrations and build vs. buy tradeoffs balancing speed cost and enterprise standards.
Key Responsibilities
Area
What You'll Own
Product Strategy & Vision
Define a 3-9-month AI roadmap aligned to company strategic goals with clear problem statements and value hypotheses to maximize value.
Portfolio & Roadmap
Convert strategy into prioritized increments with PRDs acceptance criteria and release plans; keep a transparent backlog.
Evaluation & Experimentation
Own evaluation for AI features: offline tests human and automated evals and online A/B experiments to optimize quality latency and cost effectiveness. Publish decision logs for model prompt and dataset changes.
Responsible AI & Guardrails
Define safety privacy and compliance requirements; implement guardrails and review rituals with Security and Legal; ensure traceability of data prompts and outputs.
Application Integrations
Define product requirements for API-first and event driven integrations across CRM/ERP/eCommerce and data platforms; align on data contracts SLAs auth/PII handling and system observability with Platform teams.
Build vs Buy
Lead structured tradeoff analyses (TTV TCO vendor lock in differentiation compliance). Run proofs of value with vendors when needed and recommend paths forward highlighting risks and contingency plans..
Cross‑Functional Leadership
Lead squads spanning ML Engineering MLOps Data Engineering Analytics and Business stakeholders; keep scope risks and dependencies visible.
Impact Measurement
Define clear KPIs that connect business outcomes to product performance and provide executives with simple actionable reporting against those targets.
Partnerships
Collaborate with Director ML and AI Security Legal Procurement and Global Data Product Management (Data and MDM) to align standards governance and delivery.
Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management with shipped data or AI features tied to measurable outcomes.
• Proven ownership of evaluation and experimentation for AI features (offline metrics human/auto evals and A/B testing).
• Handson experiences driving application integrations at enterprise scale (APIled and iPaaS patterns SLAs data contracts identity).
• Demonstrated ability to lead build vs. buy decisions supported by clear financial models and risk analyses.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience optimizing Amazon sales and ad channels.
• Experience with Salesforce Cloud and CDP integrations.
• Exposure to LLMOps practices (prompt versioning guardrails eval frameworks) vector search/RAG or model observability.

Success Metrics (first 12 months)

• AI roadmap approved and in execution within 90 days.At least two AI product increments shipped with adoption targets met.
• Application integrations delivered on time with measurable data quality and reliability improvements.
• At least two major technology decisions completed with a formal build vs. Buy analysis and exec approval.
• AI initiatives deliver a minimum 5x ROI on Capex investments contributing directly to revenue growth.

Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market skills education experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
The Company offers the following benefits for this position subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance dental insurance vision insurance flexible spending accounts health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution 401(k) retirement plan with matching employee stock purchase program life insurance AD&D short-term disability insurance long-term disability insurance generous paid time off company holidays parental leave identity theft protection pet insurance pre-paid legal insurance back-up child and eldercare days product discounts referral bonus program and more.
Pay Range
$125000-$195000 USD
Our Culture
At SharkNinja we don't just raise the bar-we 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 you'll 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 what's possible. When you join you're not just part of a company-you're part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together we won't just launch products-we'll 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 SharkNinja's 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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