SharkNinja
Consumer Goods
ProgramManager-Motorized
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“Program Manager - Motorized at SharkNinja. Skills: Program Management, New Product Development, Cross-functional Leadership, Communication, Risk Management, Schedule Management, Cost Management. Owning the entire New Product Development (NPD) process from concept to shelf. Delivering sustainable, best in class product development thinking, governance, and process”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver sustainable, best in class product development thinking, governance, and process; Execute the program portfolio flawlessly; Develop, manufacture, and get products to market with a high degree of speed and efficiency; Ensure a 5-star quality experience; Achieve a high rate of sales; Own the overall success of the program; Ensure that risks are mitigated; Ensure that deliverables are completed on time; Ensure that scope creep, cost risks, and schedule slips are escalated to senior management; Drive resolutions; Deliver all elements of the program, from product ideation to end-of-life; Help drive decision making across the cross-functional teams; Track progress; Highlight/remedy resource and knowledge gaps; Support the business
Industry & Context.
Risk mitigation; Escalate scope creep, cost risks, and schedule slips; Drive resolutions; Identify program risks; Develop mitigation/contingency; Spot resource and knowledge gaps; Take steps necessary to highlight/remedy resource and knowledge gaps
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3-4+ years direct Program management experience, Experience in some combination of new product development or program management, 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 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, Must be proficient with PowerPoint and be comfortable developing and presenting to large groups including executive management either in person or over MS Teams
Nice to Have
Bachelor's Degree in technical/engineering or business management field highly desired, Consumer Goods Industry strongly preferred
What You'll Do.
Owning the entire New Product Development (NPD) process from concept to shelf
Delivering sustainable
best in class product development thinking
Executing the program portfolio flawlessly
Leading via influence
Establishing and driving timelines and resources to develop
and get products to market
Ensuring a 5-star quality experience and high rate of sales
Owning communication streams across all groups
Ensuring that risks are mitigated
Ensuring that deliverables are completed on time
Escalating scope creep
and schedule slips to senior management
Driving resolutions for scope creep
Leading the organization through the SharkNinja product development process
Driving and actively facilitating the interaction of cross-functional stakeholders to bring products to market
Collaborating with teams to ensure that the go to market strategy will provide high rate of sales
Delivering all elements of the program
from product ideation to end-of-life
Making use of KPI’s and data to help drive decision making across the cross-functional teams
Identifying program risks
Developing mitigation/contingency
Spotting resource and knowledge gaps
Taking steps necessary to highlight/remedy resource and knowledge gaps
Channeling global information to local teams
Acting as conduit to support the business
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work cross-functionally; Facilitate the interaction of cross-functional stakeholders; Collaborate with teams; Drive decision making across the cross-functional teams; Lead a high performing team; Address C-Suite, Peer Functional Groups, Suppliers, and Customer audiences; Cross-functional leadership; Own communication streams across all groups; Channel global information to local teams
Communication Scope
Excellent written, verbal and communication skills; Experienced addressing C-Suite, Peer Functional Groups, Suppliers, and Customer audiences; Presentation skills; Proficient with PowerPoint; Comfortable developing and presenting to large groups including executive management
Process & Methodology
Program management, New Product Development (NPD) process ownership, Scope, Cost, and Schedule management, Timeline management, Resource management, Risk management, Deliverables completion, Mitigation/contingency development, Progress tracking, Product ideation to end-of-life management
Full 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. Program Managers at SharkNinja assist in owning the entire New Product Development (NPD) process from concept to shelf for our Shark and Ninja Brands. Program Managers deliver sustainable, best in class product development thinking, governance, and process to enable the organization to execute the program portfolio flawlessly. Associate Program Managers work cross-functionally, providing exposure and visibility on a global scale acting in a general manager capacity. Program Managers lead via influence and are responsible for establishing and driving timelines and resources to develop, manufacture, and get products to market with a high degree of speed and efficiency ensuring a 5-star quality experience and high rate of sales. A SharkNinja Program Manager 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. Progra
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