Opportunities from Sharkninjaoperatingllc (greenhouse)

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. About the Role At SharkNinja, we are redefining how floor care products improve everyday life, and our VP of Design and Advanced Development for Floor Care sits at the heart of that ambition. We are seeking a visionary innovation leader to head our global Front End Innovation team dedicated to floor care, a hands on group of design storytellers, engineers, and inventors who bring breakthrough product ideas to life across corded vacuums, cordless stick and handheld platforms, and hard floor extraction. This is not just a design leadership role, it is about leading the spark behind SharkNinja's next generation of floor care icons. You will be the creative catalyst defining what is next in cleaning technology, helping teams turn blue sky thinking into tangible, consumer loved innovations that dominate shelf and define categories. Your team will shape the early concept architecture across all three floor care platforms, corded, cordless, and hard floor extraction, that eventually fuels mass production through our NPD pipeline. The ideal candidate is a designer at heart with deep engineering credentials, a command of floor care technology and consumer behavior, and a relentless passion for solving real cleaning problems in inventive, inspiring ways. What You'll Do You will lead SharkNinja's Floor Care Front End Innovation team, driving concept creation, design storytelling, and early platform exploration across corded, cordless, and hard floor extraction categories. You will 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. You will own the innovation roadmap for floor care, identifying whitespace opportunities across corded performance vacuums, cordless stick and handheld platforms, and wet and dry hard floor extraction systems. You will be a design storyteller, pitching future focused floor care concepts that connect emotionally with consumers and drive alignment across the business, and you will champion a studio culture that blends hands on making, iterative sketching, advanced prototyping, and bold thinking grounded in technical and manufacturing feasibility. You will partner with Mechanical Engineering, R&D, Product Development, and Product Marketing to ensure concepts across all three platforms are rooted in scalable product strategy. You will apply deep knowledge of floor care specific technologies, including motor systems, suction architecture, filtration, battery systems, fluid management, and extraction mechanics, to ensure concepts are exciting and achievable, and you will leverage materials expertise and manufacturing knowledge across plastic injection molding, die casting, sheet metal, and soft goods to drive DFM and DFA best practices from concept through handoff. You will bring user insights, trend forecasting, and emerging technologies to shape future floor care design visions, anticipating how consumers clean today and how they will expect to clean tomorrow, and you will cultivate a high energy innovation environment where curiosity, creativity, and invention are celebrated and continuously pushed forward. What You'll Bring You will hold a degree in Product Design Engineering, Industrial Design, or a related field blending design and engineering, with a PDE background highly valued. You will bring 15 or more years of experience in product design and innovation, ideally in high volume consumer goods, with meaningful experience across floor care, home appliances, or adjacent categories. You will demonstrate command of floor care technology across at least two of the three platforms, corded, cordless stick and handheld, and hard floor extraction or wet dry systems. You will bring a rich portfolio of category defining consumer products that demonstrate design excellence, storytelling, and successful commercialization, along with proven leadership building and developing creative teams, mentoring talent, championing new voices, and fostering collaboration across disciplines. You will lead with vision and conviction while remaining hands on, detail oriented, and deeply engaged in the creative process, and you will present with charisma and clarity to sell ideas across all levels, from engineers and supply chain to C suite executives. You will bring a strong technical foundation in high volume manufacturing and a genuine appreciation for the intersection of creativity and feasibility, along with bold thinking grounded in insight, empathy, and a deep understanding of how consumers actually use and feel about their floor care products. 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. To gether, 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.   Learn more about us:     Life At SharkNinja   Outrageously Extraordinary   SharkNinja Candidate Privacy Notice For candidates based in all regions , please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice . For candidates based in China , please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice . For candidates based in Vietnam , please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice .   We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other class protected by legislation, and local law. SharkNinja will consider reasonable accommodations consistent with legislation, and local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact SharkNinja People & Culture at  accommodations@sharkninja.com