Associate Program Manager - APAC

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions. Powered by the Shark and Ninja brands, the company has a proven track record of disruptive innovation and significant growth. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, with over 4,100 associates, SharkNinja products are sold globally through key retailers and distributors. The company is building an AI-native culture, encouraging experimentation and the adoption of new tools to create meaningful consumer impact. Program Managers at SharkNinja own the New Product Development (NPD) process from concept to shelf, ensuring best-in-class product development, governance, and process execution. Associate Program Managers work cross-functionally on a global scale, acting in a general manager capacity. They lead via influence, driving timelines and resources to develop, manufacture, and launch products efficiently while ensuring 5-star quality and high sales rates. Program Managers act as the glue holding teams together, owning communication streams, mitigating risks, and ensuring timely deliverables. They operate with urgency, escalating scope creep, cost risks, and schedule slips to senior management while driving resolutions. This role is for an individual contributor suited for a dynamic, fast-paced product development environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in technical/engineering or business management field highly desired
1+ years direct Program management 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.

Responsibilities

Drives and actively facilitates 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
Channel global information to local teams, act as conduit to support the business