Associate Program Manager, Strategic Planning Operations

Shark Ninja Operating • Needham, MA

288d

About The Position

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 3,300+ associates, the company's products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. Our purpose is to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation, and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do. The Strategic Planning Operations (SPO) team are world class communicators that are part of the SharkNinja Strategic Sales and Analytics (SS&A) team. The SS&A team is responsible to report on the health of the business and identify market opportunities across each of SharkNinja's categories. The SPO team efficiently drives the monthly operating model of SS&A. The Associate Program Manager, Strategic Planning Operations will be responsible for ensuring that weekly and monthly actions that support the Operating model are flawlessly executed. The Associate Program Manager, Strategic Planning Operations will also contribute to the Global Obsessed with Winning Playbook to ensure that all regions are excelling and optimizing their drumbeat. This is an excellent position for a highly motivated team member who will learn to operate with urgency, escalate risks and drive resolutions. The Associate Program Manager, Strategic Planning Operations reports to the Sr. Director, Strategic Planning Operations.

Requirements

• Obsessed with Winning Mindset
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years Program management experience
• Experience desired in some combination of commercialization, sales analytics, new product launches or program management
• Assertive, confident, capable
• Strong influence skills
• Excellent written, verbal and communication skills.
• Cross-functional leadership skills
• Possess a strong bias to action and accountability
• Intermediate/working level skills with MS office suite
• High energy, with a positive attitude
• Detail oriented with strong organizational and time management skills, able to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with other functions to actively facilitate the interaction of cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that products are winning in the market
• Ensure the success of weekly cross-functional meetings designed to quickly identify risks to performance, driving team accountability to actions & tactics required to course correct
• Identify weekly and monthly deliverables to the SS&A teams
• Identify areas for improvement and leverage insights from other regions to drive optimizations to the Monthly operating model.
• Identify program risks, develop mitigation/contingency and track progress
• Act as the 'Process Center of Excellence' for the Strategic Sales and Analytics organization
• Establish global best practices and document in playbooks

Benefits

• Competitive health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Employee stock purchase options
• Wellness programs
• SharkNinja product discounts
• High impact Learning Programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree