Senior Vice President, Product Strategist

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

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 3,600+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. The SVP, Product Strategist is a senior product leader embedded within Engineering, responsible for defining the up-front product roadmap and future product concepts for the company. This role owns what we build and why—before initiatives enter formal Product Development (PD) execution. Unlike traditional backend PD roles focused on sales planning, volume forecasting, and lifecycle management, this position leads front-end product strategy, consumer-driven feature definition, and early-stage go/no-go decision-making. The role sits within the ACE (Advanced Concept Engineering) organization, a group of ~160 elite engineers chartered with inventing the company’s next-generation product portfolio.

Requirements

Senior product leadership experience at the VP or SVP level.
Strong engineering background or equivalent technical credibility.
Proven experience leading front-end product strategy and roadmap development.
Demonstrated ability to translate consumer and market insight into product and feature definition.
Experience making and defending go / no-go decisions in ambiguous, high-investment environments.
Exceptional communication and influence skills with senior engineering and product leaders.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading advanced concept, incubation, or next-generation product teams.
Background working at the intersection of:
Engineering
Product Management
Marketing / Consumer Insights
Experience managing small PM or program teams in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Own and structure the front-end product roadmap across Engineering.
Manage a portfolio of initiatives including:
~20 critical, must-win programs
~50 dependent or enabling projects
Early-stage incubation and exploratory concepts
Ensure roadmap alignment with long-term strategy, consumer needs, and market opportunity.
Act as the product manager for early-stage concepts:
Define problem statements, target consumers, and use cases
Validate market fit and consumer value
Establish clear, differentiated feature sets
Translate marketing and consumer insights directly into engineering-ready product definitions.
Ensure concepts are fully formed and defensible before transitioning into PD execution.
Partner closely with executive leaders to:
Lead structured go/no-go decision forums
Evaluate consumer relevance, market fit, feature logic, and technical feasibility
Stop or redirect initiatives early to preserve engineering capacity
Serve as the voice of the consumer and the market within technical and executive discussions.
Guide engineering teams on why specific features and solutions best meet consumer and market needs.
Operate as a trusted peer to senior engineering leaders, bridging product vision with technical execution.
Ensure engineering innovation is consistently grounded in customer value and strategic intent.
Potentially lead a small team of project managers within the Engineering organization.
Operate a lightweight, front-end PMO to support:
Prioritization
Dependency management
Readiness and decision quality
Focus on clarity, discipline, and decision velocity rather than process overhead.