Director, Performance Acceleration

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

2h•$160,900 - $246,700

About The Position

SharkNinja is seeking a Director of Performance Acceleration to apply performance psychology and business acumen to improve leadership and organizational performance. This is not a traditional executive coaching role: the Director operates inside the business, partnering with VP+ leaders, their managers, and teams to identify barriers to performance, develop capabilities to overcome them, and create conditions for sustained success. The role supports leaders facing consequential business challenges, high-stakes decisions, organizational transformation, and ambitious growth objectives. The Director partners with senior leaders through individual coaching and practical interventions, applying evidence-based mental performance principles to improve decision-making, attentional control, emotional regulation, adaptability, resilience, and execution under pressure. The role also designs and facilitates team interventions, embeds deliberate practice into real business situations, aligns development with stakeholder expectations, and evaluates progress using behavioral and business measures. In collaboration with the broader Performance Acceleration team, the Director helps develop and scale methodologies, tools, and performance playbooks across the organization.

Requirements

Significant experience applying performance psychology, coaching, or behavioral science to improve individual, team, or organizational performance.
Demonstrated success coaching senior executives, elite performers, or high-performing teams in complex, high-pressure environments.
Strong understanding of psychological assessment, behavioral change, and the design of psychologically informed performance interventions and strategies.
Proven track record of delivering and embedding mental skills in applied performance settings at both individual and team levels.
Ability to translate complex psychological concepts into practical tools and actionable performance improvements.
Strong business acumen, including the ability to understand organizational priorities, navigate complex stakeholder relationships, and connect leadership behaviors to business outcomes.
Exceptional communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and executive coaching skills.
Ability to build trust and credibility with senior leaders while providing direct, constructive, and challenging feedback.
Experience measuring coaching effectiveness and demonstrating observable behavioral or organizational impact.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Sport and Performance Psychology, Organizational Psychology, or a related field.
Professional certification in mental performance consulting, executive coaching, or a related discipline, such as CMPC, HCPC, ICF, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Partner with VP+ leaders to identify critical business objectives, diagnose performance barriers, and build the psychological and behavioral capabilities needed to deliver results through one-to-one coaching.
Apply evidence-based performance psychology principles to strengthen decision-making, attentional control, emotional regulation, adaptability, resilience, and execution under pressure.
Use psychological assessments, behavioral observations, stakeholder feedback, and business context to identify root causes of performance gaps and develop individualized coaching strategies.
Observe leaders in real business environments, provide timely and actionable feedback, and integrate deliberate practice into high-stakes decisions, leadership interactions, and day-to-day execution.
Design and facilitate Performance Labs, leadership workshops, and team interventions to strengthen trust, alignment, accountability, collaboration, and collective execution.
Build relationships with leaders’ managers and relevant stakeholders to align development priorities with business expectations, reinforce behavioral change, and sustain performance improvement.
Establish success measures and evaluate progress through business outcomes, observable behavioral change, stakeholder feedback, and individual development.
Collaborate with the broader Performance Acceleration team to develop, refine, and scale proprietary methodologies, practical tools, and performance playbooks across the organization.