Senior Manager - Product Integrity - Water, Kitchenware & Cookware

The role

You will lead a small team of quality professionals to own the 5-star quality standard across assigned NPD programs. You will manage quality processes, run EB0 reviews, lead Pre-MP VEGA Hacks, and build predictive models to ensure product excellence.

What you will do

• Own the 5-star quality standard across assigned NPD programs
• Lead quality input into build reviews
• Act as a quality coach and challenger to Engineering and Product Development
• Lead and develop a small team of NPD quality professionals
• Manage team workload and review outputs
• Lead quality input into EB0 build reviews
• Plan and lead Pre-MP VEGA Hacks
• Build and apply predictive models to forecast in-market rating performance
• Ensure Testing builds comprehensive testing plans and protocols
• Maintain oversight of safety, regulatory, and certification delivery

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in product quality, product development, or a related engineering or consumer insights function
• Early people leadership experience
• Strong working knowledge of DFMEA methodology
• Solid knowledge of safety testing, regulatory standards, and certification processes across at least one major market (US, EU, or UK)
• Analytically strong
• Confident, evidence-based communicator
• Highly organized and detail-oriented

Nice to have

• Experience leading or playing a senior role in VEGA Hacks or equivalent structured pre-production quality events
• Experience building or applying predictive quality models from consumer research or IHUT data
• Claims development experience
• Multi-market regulatory knowledge across consumer electronics or home appliance categories
• A track record of driving quality improvements in fast-paced, commercially driven NPD environments

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

About the company

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts. The company has a portfolio of lifestyle solutions under the Shark and Ninja brands.