Director, Performance Acceleration

The role

You will lead one-to-one coaching and team performance work with VP and senior leaders at SharkNinja. You will apply performance psychology to help leaders solve real business challenges and build a scalable performance approach.

What you will do

• Partner with VP+ leaders to set business objectives, find performance barriers and build the capabilities to deliver results through 1:1 coaching.
• Apply evidence-based performance psychology to decision-making, attention, emotional regulation, adaptability, resilience and execution under pressure.
• Use psychological assessments, behavioral observation, stakeholder feedback and business context to find root causes and design individual coaching plans.
• Observe leaders in real business settings, give timely feedback and build deliberate practice into high-stakes decisions and daily work.
• Design and facilitate Performance Labs, leadership workshops and team interventions that build trust, alignment, accountability and collaboration.
• Build relationships with leaders' managers and other stakeholders to align development priorities and sustain behavior change.
• Set clear success measures and track progress through business outcomes, behavior change, stakeholder feedback and individual development.
• Work with the Performance Acceleration team to develop, refine and scale methodologies, tools and performance playbooks across the organization.

Required qualifications

• 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 designing psychologically informed performance interventions.
• Proven track record of embedding mental skills into applied performance settings at individual and team levels.
• Proven ability to turn complex psychological concepts into practical tools and actionable performance improvements.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to understand organizational priorities and connect leadership behavior to business outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, relationship-building and executive coaching skills.
• Ability to build trust with senior leaders while giving direct, constructive and challenging feedback.
• Experience measuring coaching effectiveness and showing observable behavioral or organizational impact.

Nice to have

• 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 (e.g., CMPC, HCPC, ICF, or equivalent).

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching
• Employee stock purchase program
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• Parental leave
• Identity theft protection, pet insurance and pre-paid legal insurance
• Back-up child and eldercare days
• Product discounts and referral bonus program
• High-impact learning programs

Before you apply

• Candidates must be based in a region covered by the SharkNinja Candidate Privacy Notice, with separate notices for China and Vietnam.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for the application or interview process; contact accommodations@sharkninja.com.

About the company

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with the Shark and Ninja brands, headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, with more than 4,100 associates. Its products are sold through key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors worldwide.