Product Developer - Coffee

sharkninjaoperatingllc; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with matching

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

SharkNinja is seeking a Product Developer to own the New Product Development (NPD) process from concept to shelf for Shark and Ninja brands. You will deliver best-in-class product development governance to enable flawless program execution and ownership of the overall program success with emphasis on scope, cost, and schedule.

The role requires a professional who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced product development environment and can lead communication across groups to mitigate risks and ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in technical/engineering or business management field is highly desired.
• 3+ years direct Product Development experience.
• Experience in consumer goods product development or program management is preferred.
• Excellent written, verbal and communication skills; able to address C-Suite and other stakeholders.
• Cross-functional leadership skills and ownership mindset.
• Proficiency with MS Project (or similar), Excel, PPT and Visio.

Responsibilities

• Drive and facilitate interaction of cross-functional stakeholders to bring products to market; manage risks and schedules.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure go-to-market strategy yields high sales.
• Deliver all elements of the program from ideation to end-of-life.
• Use KPIs and data to guide decision making across teams.
• Identify program risks and develop mitigation plans, tracking progress.
• Spot resource gaps and coordinate remedies with leadership.
• Channel global information to local teams as a conduit to the business.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Bias to action

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in technical/engineering or business management

Tools

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Job description

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 4,100 associates, the company's products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja, we're building an AI-native culture. We're not waiting for the future; we're creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what's possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn't been invented yet, you'll fit right in.

Product Developers at SharkNinja

Product Developers assist in owning the entire New Product Development (NPD) process from concept to shelf for our Shark and Ninja Brands. Product Developers deliver sustainable, best in class product development thinking, governance, and process to enable the organization to execute the program portfolio flawlessly.

A SharkNinja Product Developer thinks, acts and leads his/her programs like a global leader for every project or program they manage and owns the overall success of the program with a steady focus on Scope, Cost, and Schedule. They are seen as the glue that holds the team together by owning communication streams across all groups in order to ensure that risks are mitigated, and deliverables are completed on time. They operate with urgency, ensuring that scope creep, cost risks, and schedule slips are escalated to senior management in parallel to driving resolutions.

Product Developers are individual contributors, leading the organization through our unique SharkNinja product development process. This role is best suited for a professional who thrives, and has demonstrated success in a dynamic, fast paced product development environment.

Responsibilities

• Drives and actively facilitate the interaction of cross-functional stakeholders to bring products to market, including managing risks, and schedule
• Collaborate with teams to ensure that the go to market strategy will provide high rate of sales
• Accountable to deliver all elements of the program, from product ideation to end-of-life
• Make use of KPI's and data to help drive decision making across the cross-functional teams
• Identify program risks, develop mitigation/contingency and track progress
• Spot resource and knowledge gaps and take steps necessary to highlight/remedy
• Identify resource and knowledge gaps and take steps necessary to highlight/remedy
• Channel global information to local teams, act as conduit to support the business

Requirements & Attributes

• Bachelor's Degree in technical/engineering or business management field highly desired
• 3+ years direct Product Development experience
• Experience desired in some combination of new product development or program management (Consumer Goods Industry strongly preferred)
• Assertive, confident, capable
• Able to cultivate and lead a high performing team that delivers results
• Excellent written, verbal and communication skills. Experienced addressing C-Suite, Peer Functional Groups, Suppliers, and Customer audiences
• Cross-functional leadership skills
• Possess a strong bias to action and accountability
• Intermediate/working level skills with MS Project (or similar), Excel, PPT and Visio
• High energy, with a positive attitude
• Detail oriented
• Presentation skills - Must be proficient with PowerPoint and be comfortable developing and presenting to large groups including executive management either in person or over MS Teams.

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.

Benefits

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

$65,600 - $95,000 USD

Our Culture

At SharkNinja, we don't just raise the bar-we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordin