VP of Design & Advanced Development

• Lead SharkNinja's Front-End 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 cross-functional partners and senior executives.
• Be a design storyteller-capable of pitching future-focused concepts in a way that connects emotionally and drives alignment across the business.
• Champion a studio culture that blends hands-on 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 exciting-but 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 high-energy environment where curiosity creativity and invention are celebrated and continuously pushed forward.
• Maintain a consumer-obsessed mindset with a focus on developing products that change behaviors exceed expectations and lead markets.

• 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 high-volume consumer goods environments.
• A rich portfolio of category-defining consumer products that demonstrate design excellence storytelling and successful commercialization.
• Proven leadership in building and developing creative teams-mentoring talent championing new voices and fostering collaboration across disciplines.
• An ability to lead with vision and conviction while remaining hands-on detail-oriented 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 organization-from engineers to executives.
• Strong technical foundation in high-volume manufacturing and an appreciation for the intersection of creativity and feasibility.
• A love for "making"-whether sketching building modeling or hacking together ideas to inspire others.
• Bold thinking grounded in insight empathy and a deep understanding of consumer behavior.

• This role is more than just product design-it's about shaping our future. You will lead a team of makers storytellers and engineers to uncover what's next spark new possibilities and turn compelling ideas into category-changing products. If you're obsessed with invention fueled by creativity and ready to lead a team that lives at the edge of what's possible-this is your moment.

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What We Do

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 4000 associates the company’s products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.

Why Work With Us

Whether your passion is engineering designing marketing or developing at SharkNinja you’ll find we’re all about people. We work together to create world-class products that delight our consumers. Building an admired consumer products problem solving engine is hard; we do it better than others by operating differently.

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