Vice President - New Product Development Engineering

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 3,300+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.  

About The Role: 

Here at SharkNinja we are looking for a Vice President (VP) to lead a global team of talented Product Design and Mechanical Engineers. We are seeking a true NPD Leader who can direct and govern the design process leading teams through innovation and detailed development of robust consumer-centric concepts, architectures, and technologies that will become the next generation SharkNinja products. 

The role requires you to work seamlessly with our Global team of product developers to deliver consumer-focused concept product design ideas and lead those and your team through each development phase to Mass Production. 

You'll be a natural and effective communicator, capable of reducing abstract concepts to reality quickly and easily digestible for senior executive leadership

As the VP of NPD Engineering, you'll have the ability to lead a team to quickly generate visual and physical definitions of new products that convey key attributes of function and layout 

It's important that you are self-motivated, passionate and product focused, with an obsessive eye for details and a drive to always make progress. 

Here are some of the exciting things you’ll get to do:      

• Work with our Advanced Development, R&D, Product Development, Quality and Product Marketing teams to ensure a cohesive approach to the design of our products. 
• Support the communication of ideas quickly and be able to drive a team in effectively using a combination of sketching, CAD layouts, 3D models and working prototypes to evaluate potential solutions. 
• Inject energy, enthusiasm, and creativity into everything you touch. 
• Be able to vigorously defend the best ideas but be open and receptive to input from a broad creative team. 
• Apply sound engineering principles to technical problems. 
• Apply a comprehensive understanding of high-volume manufacturing processes and materials to optimize designs. 
• Confidence in managing external providers of technology solution to reduce our time to market. 
• Develop and execute verification and validation test plans.
• Understand the importance of clear product definition during the design process but be able to appreciate the spark of inspiration.
• Be naturally curious and relentlessly driven to find better solutions to everyday problems.
• Demonstrate integrity and courage in the way you work; breaking the mold is not easy.
• Continually evaluate and improve designs for cost effectiveness, manufacturing improvements, increased quality and value.
• Identify new ideas, products and/or features that improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs and keep our product line at the forefront of our industry. 

Here are some of the things you’ll bring:

• Proven track record of taking concept ideas through selection process and into tooling and mass production. 
• The ideal candidate will have a degree-level technical qualification, probably Mechanical or Product Design Engineering, with significant product design content. 
• Extensive experience in a mechanical/product design environment 
• Strong leadership experience required with excellent communication skills and an inspirational leadership style. 
• Proven structured approach to creative problem solving and basic mechanical physical principles 
• Extensive experience required in areas of High-Volume Plastic Injection Molding, Sheet Metal, Die Casting etc.    
• Strong understanding of the Product Design Selection Processes and a proven track record of invention and mechanical design conceptual and detailed development 
• Experience of high-volume manufacturing, design for manufacturing and manufacturing engineering and process control.