Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 15+ years in industrial design, including 8+ leading teams and demonstrated experience managing managers.
• Ownership of design strategy for a large, complex consumer portfolio, shipped at scale from concept through mass production.
• A body of work that shows brand-defining products, measurable consumer and commercial impact, and the teams and design cultures you built.
• Credibility with C-suite peers: framing design as a business lever, defending positions with evidence, converting vision into funded roadmaps.
• Experience building and scaling design organizations — org design, leveling frameworks, global structures, agency management.
• Deep fluency in manufacturing, materials, DFM, and CMF, with the judgment to trade design intent against cost, feasibility, and speed to market.
• Command of the modern toolchain: SolidWorks, Rhino, or equivalent 3D CAD; strong sketching and visual storytelling; an informed point of view on where AI-powered design and rendering tools belong in professional work.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Industrial Design, Product Design, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Set the design vision for a multi-year ID strategy across the full Shark and Ninja portfolio, and the design language, standards, CMF, and ergonomics that make our products unmistakable in every market.
• Lead a globally distributed, multi-layer ID team of managers and principal designers, including org design, hiring, leveling, succession, budget, headcount, and external agency partnerships.
• Establish and maintain critique culture and craft standards that hold at scale, making the final call when design intent and technical or commercial constraints collide.
• Operate as a peer to executives in Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Brand, shaping what gets built and connecting design decisions to commercial outcomes.
• Develop and implement enterprise strategy for AI, generative design, and emerging technology in the design workflow.
• Represent SharkNinja design externally, including with partners, at industry forums, and in award programs.
• Foster an environment that attracts top design talent.

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching
• employee stock purchase program
• life insurance
• AD&D
• short-term disability insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• generous paid time off
• company holidays
• parental leave
• identity theft protection
• pet insurance
• pre-paid legal insurance
• back-up child and eldercare days
• product discounts
• referral bonus program