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. Senior Innovation Technical Project Manager (iTPM)
Technology Incubation Group | Needham, MA
Where New Products Begin
Before a product gets a name, a launch date, or a development budget, it has to survive the hardest phase of all: early-stage innovation. The ideas are ambitious, the constraints are real, and the path forward is rarely obvious. This is exactly where the Innovation Technical Project Manager operates — and it's one of the most consequential roles in SharkNinja's product organization. As iTPM, you'll sit at the center of the Technology Incubation Group, driving early-stage programs from initial vision through prototype — the phase where the most important decisions get made and the most value gets created or destroyed. This is not a coordination role. It's a senior leadership position with real accountability, real authority, and direct access to the most senior levels of the business. ---
What You'll Own
You're the single accountable owner of your programs from Vision through prototype handoff to the NPD group. That means you define what's being built, why it matters commercially, and hold a global cross-functional organization to schedule and cost from day one. In practice, that looks like:
Building and maintaining integrated master program schedules across all workstreams — mechanical, electrical, firmware, industrial design, and commercial readiness
Driving alignment on product direction across engineering, design, commercial, finance, and supply chain teams globally
Leading structured milestone reviews at Vision, V0, P1, and P2 — preparing materials, facilitating decisions, and ensuring clear documented outcomes
Owning the risk register from day one: identifying, escalating, and resolving critical path risks before they hit cost or timeline
Serving as the primary interface between the Innovation TPM team and the NPD PMO, enabling clean, structured handoffs at P2
Delivering sharp, accurate program updates to executive leadership — bringing clarity and structure to high-pressure, ambiguous situations
Contributing to the continuous improvement of SharkNinja's early-stage iTPM playbook
What You Bring
You have an engineering background and the commercial instincts to match. You can interrogate a mechanical design, read a programme schedule, and challenge a strategic decision — all in the same morning. You're at your best when the problem is unstructured and the stakes are high. Required:
Engineering background with 5+ years in a TPM, PM, or senior engineering project management role
Demonstrated experience managing programs across the full product lifecycle, ideally including early-stage consumer products or electronics
Proven ability to run integrated schedules across multiple engineering workstreams simultaneously
Track record of influencing and presenting to senior and executive stakeholders
Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, tooling, and DFM constraints — consumer electronics and plastics experience strongly preferred
Comfortable creating structure and driving alignment in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Nice to Have:
Experience in pre-P2 / early-stage innovation or concept development environments
Familiarity with stage-gate processes in a product-led consumer goods company
PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification
Budget management and P&L literacy at the program level
Global team exposure across US, UK, and China
SolidWorks or Creo proficiency — ability to read and interrogate engineering design data
Who Thrives in This Role
The people who succeed here are technically credible and commercially sharp, confident enough to challenge direction at the most senior levels, and collaborative enough to build trust quickly across engineering, design, and business teams. They bring discipline to ambiguity without slowing things down, and they're genuinely excited by the early-stage work that most organizations find hardest to manage well. If that sounds like you, we'd like to talk. 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. 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.
