Sr Manager, Enterprise Risk Management

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

1d•$140,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

SharkNinja is hiring a Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk within Internal Audit. The role brings dedicated expertise in enterprise risk management, including insurable risk, and makes total cost of risk visible by connecting insurance exposures to the enterprise risk picture. The position facilitates and recommends risk-management actions; Treasury retains authority to decide and bind coverage. The Senior Manager will help build SharkNinja’s approach to insurable risk, facilitate the annual insurance renewal strategy, analyze coverage and retention options, assess broker and carrier performance, and identify coverage gaps across retailer and vendor agreements and international operations. The role partners with Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Operations, Cybersecurity, FP&A, brokers, and other stakeholders, and provides clear recommendations and reporting to management, the ELT, and the Audit Committee. The position works with agentic AI teammates that assist with first drafts of analyses, contract reviews, total cost of risk models, and renewal reporting. The role holder is responsible for professional judgment and recommendations, communicates issues early, and maintains the independence of Internal Audit. The position does not instruct the broker, bind coverage, approve invoices, or operate SOX controls; independent assurance over the insurance program comes from outside Internal Audit.

Requirements

At least 8 years of progressive corporate risk and insurance, broker, or carrier experience with global program responsibility.
Deep expertise in product liability and product recall, with working knowledge of property, cyber, D&O, and marine/cargo insurance lines.
Experience designing multinational insurance programs, including locally admitted placements and controlled master programs.
Strong total cost of risk analytics and financial modeling skills, including retention and limit optimization and loss forecasting.
Experience with contract risk transfer, including insurance and indemnification requirements in customer and vendor agreements.
Claims strategy and recovery experience, including close partnership with Legal.
Broker and carrier management experience, including compensation benchmarking and marketing or RFP processes.
Comfort advising and recommending rather than making management decisions; ability to present trade-offs objectively.
Willingness to disclose current or recent relationships with brokers or carriers.
AI fluency or a genuine drive to build it, with willingness to work with agentic AI teammates daily.
Executive presence and ability to communicate candidly with senior leaders, brokers, and business stakeholders.
Builder’s mindset: able to work with ambiguity, create structure, and own outcomes.
Ability to communicate coverage complexity as clear, timely decisions and recommendations.

Nice To Haves

Consumer products, retail, or manufacturing experience.
Captive feasibility experience.
ARM, CPCU, or RIMS-CRMP certification.
Familiarity with COSO ERM or ISO 31000.

Responsibilities

Facilitate the enterprise risk management program by incorporating insurable risks—including product liability and recall, property and supply chain, cyber, D&O, cargo, and international exposures—into the enterprise risk picture.
Monitor changes in exposures, assess their impact, and mobilize appropriate owners across the lines.
Report coverage gaps and retained exposures through ERM reporting for the ELT and Audit Committee.
Build and maintain a total cost of risk view that includes premiums, retained losses, broker and carrier fees, and internal program costs.
Model risk-financing options, including retention levels, limits, program structure, captive feasibility, and broker compensation, and provide Treasury with recommendations.
Track value capture with FP&A against an agreed baseline.
Facilitate the annual renewal process by establishing the calendar, convening stakeholders, compiling and quality-checking underwriting data, and working with the broker on marketing strategy.
Deliver renewal analysis and recommendations to Treasury, which approves and binds coverage.
Assess broker and carrier performance and compensation against market benchmarks.
Reconcile insurance and indemnification requirements in major retailer and vendor agreements against product liability and recall limits, and bring gaps and proposed resolution paths to Legal and Treasury.
Assess the international insurance program, including locally admitted placements across LATAM, EMEA, and APAC.
Partner with Legal on product liability claims, claims analytics, trends, and recovery opportunities to inform renewals.
Work with agentic AI teammates while retaining ownership of judgment and recommendations.
Communicate clearly and early, escalating issues to leadership without surprises.
Maintain role boundaries: do not instruct the broker, bind coverage, approve invoices, or operate SOX controls.
Identify and deliver Year 1 insurance and total cost of risk efficiencies, validated with FP&A against an agreed baseline.
Improve net total cost of risk in Year 2 and beyond, with value measured against the agreed baseline and without compromising protection.
Help close or obtain management acceptance of coverage gaps in top retailer agreements.
Deliver a renewal strategy to Treasury ahead of the next renewal cycle and provide a captive feasibility recommendation.