Director, AI Changemaker - People & Culture

Ninjakitchen; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 184,200 - 270,100; Full time

Job summary

SharkNinja is seeking a Director, AI Change Maker — People & Culture to lead AI-driven transformation across the HR function. The role combines strategic vision with hands-on execution, shaping how AI informs hiring, service delivery, and enterprise storytelling.

You will partner with P&C leadership to accelerate adoption and measure impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in AI/ML, HR transformation, talent operations, or technology-driven change management.
• Strong technical fluency in AI/ML and ability to evaluate tools with engineers and data scientists.
• Deep understanding of enterprise HR operations and how AI reshapes HR work.
• Proven track record leading large-scale transformation in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-led transformation programs across People & Culture, aligning strategy with hands-on execution.
• Partner with storytelling/communications to create AI-augmented internal content and narratives.
• Deploy AI agents and workflows to augment service delivery, sourcing, onboarding, and information sharing.
• Drive hands-on AI adoption, act as change leader across a global workforce, and measure adoption and outcomes.

Skills

AI/ML fluency

HR transformation

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Tools

Oracle

Greenhouse

Lattice

Job description

About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of lifestyle solutions. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market. SharkNinja operates worldwide with headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts and more than 4,100 associates.

AI at SharkNinja

We are building an AI-native culture. We encourage experimentation, adoption of new tools, and continuous improvement to create meaningful impact for our consumers.

The Role

Director, AI Changemaker — People & Culture

Reports to: VP, Chief of Staff to the CEO

Dotted Line: EVP, Chief People Officer

The Role Overview

The Director, AI Change Maker is a high-impact, strategic/doing role at the intersection of People and Culture. The role operates as a player/coach, co-leading both strategy and hands-on project management for AI integration and work reimagination across SharkNinja—from hire to retire, service delivery, and enterprise storytelling. It serves as the connective tissue that carries AI forward in our ways of working across the company.

You will build the data foundation, deploy AI capabilities, and transform workflows so that SharkNinja’s People & Culture organization operates faster, smarter, and delivers greater impact enterprise-wide.

The Director, AI Change Maker carries a dual mandate: drive the current portfolio of AI initiatives to measurable completion, and partner with P&C leadership to shape what comes next. You will build AI capability and solutions that transform how P&C works today and in the future. You will be measured on adoption, speed, and measurable business impact.

What You Will Do

AI-led Org Transformation

• Co-own the AI transformation roadmap across the full P&C function, identifying overlaps, dependencies, and consolidation opportunities
• Deploy work-imagination and skills-mapping platforms to enable smarter workforce deployment across P&C and the enterprise
• Build and scale an AI coaching tool for managers, enabling always-on development support, real-time feedback, and career pathing at a fraction of external coaching costs
• Build enterprise AI capability programs, run cross-functional sprints, and embed new ways of working at scale as the connective tissue between P&C and other functions' AI transformation
• Sequence and prioritize ruthlessly: act as PMO to drive each initiative to completion before starting the next
• Leverage employee-first HR technology (e.g. Oracle, Greenhouse, Lattice)

Enterprise Storytelling

• Collaborate with enterprise storytelling and communications teams to build AI-augmented content production models, moving toward faster and high-quality production
• Build agents and AI-powered workflows that turn company moments into internal stories in near real time

Talent Access (Hiring) & Service Delivery

• Deploy AI agents, automations, and workflows that augment service-level tasks across P&C such as scheduling, sourcing, onboarding, content production, and information sharing
• Accelerate candidate sourcing and scheduling through AI, compressing time-to-fill and widening the funnel while reducing coordinator dependency
• Shift P&C to a customer-centric service delivery model with easily accessible key information

Team Building & Change Management

• Drive hands-on AI adoption in the P&C organization
• Lead change work for the future, not just traditional change management
• Drive change management across large, global workforces with varying AI fluency
• Translate complex AI capabilities into practical, adoptable solutions
• Establish success metrics, track adoption, and report outcomes to executive leadership
• Champion a culture of experimentation: fast iteration and scaling what works

Who You Are

Required

• 8+ years in AI/ML, HR transformation, talent operations, or technology-driven change management
• Strong technical fluency in AI/ML and ability to evaluate tools and collaborate with engineers and data scientists
• Deep understanding of enterprise HR operations and how AI reshapes HR work
• Proven track record leading large-scale transformation in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Ability to bridge technical and business: translate IT deliverables into outcomes for HR leadership
• Decisive, action-oriented, comfortable in ambiguity where speed matters

Strongly Preferred

• Experience deploying AI across HR or talent functions at scale
• Experience producing AI prototypes from PoC to enterprise-grade tools
• Familiarity with skills-based organization design or related platforms

Additional Requirements

• Some travel (domestic and international)
• On-site at Boston HQ or New York office full-time

Why This Role Matters

AI transformation is a top company priority. P&C serves as the internal proof point and model for how the rest of the enterprise works differently, with faster hiring, always-on coaching, leaner service delivery, and redirected capacity. The role owns the full picture and drives projects to the finish line.

Salary and Benefits

The annual salary range is $184,200 — $270,100 USD. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA options, 401(k) with match, stock purchase program, life and disability insurance, generous PTO, holidays, parental leave, and more.

Our Culture & Diversity

We strive for an outragesly extraordinary community with a culture of learning and growth. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and encourage associates to bring their authentic selves to work.