In this role you'll own the Shark Robots category - one of our fastest-growing businesses - setting its multi-year strategy and leading the managers and product developers who bring it to life. What you'll do • Own the category strategy and multi-year roadmap for Shark Robots, from white-space identification through mass production, and represent the category directly to executive leadership. • Build and lead a team of managers and product developers: hire, coach, set goals, hold the bar, and build a bench of future category leaders. • Set the strategic vision for product specs - balancing consumer needs, competitive white space, and flagship technology - and act as the final consumer advocate for the category. • Set and defend design and performance targets across the category, holding engineering, industrial design, and marketing leadership accountable to them. • Partner with Insights & Intelligence leadership to shape the category's testing strategy, and translate findings into portfolio-level design and roadmap decisions. • Partner with testing and quality leadership to define and evolve performance and quality standards across the category. • Own the category's cost structure and margin performance, and set sourcing strategy in partnership with supply chain, merchandising, and planning leadership. • Oversee go-to-market strategy, instructional materials, and post-purchase support content across the category's full product line. • Serve as the executive-facing category expert for the cross-functional org, sponsor high-visibility breakthrough initiatives, and represent Shark Robots in company-wide strategic planning. • Manage the category's budget and resourcing, prioritizing investment across programs to maximize category growth. What you bring • 8+ years in product development, robotics, human factors, or a related field, including experience owning a product category or portfolio - consumer goods or robots preferred. • Proven experience building, managing, and developing a team of managers and/or senior individual contributors, including hiring and succession planning. • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in business, marketing, management, or engineering; advanced degree a plus. • A relentlessly consumer-first instinct, paired with the judgment to make category-level trade-offs. • Executive-caliber communication: crisp writing, efficient problem-solving conversations, and presentations that hold up in front of - and influence - our executive leadership team. • Strong strategic and project management skills - you set priorities across multiple programs and teams in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment. • Comfort owning P&L-level trade-offs, transparency, and shifting priorities, with a genuine appetite to learn and develop others. This evergreen job post is for upcoming Director Product Development, Robots at SharkNinja. We're continuously seeking exceptional candidates who aspire to make a positive impact on people's lives. Your application will be thoroughly reviewed for potential future opportunities within our team. We encourage you to explore all relevant current openings and apply accordingly. Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: 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, and more. Pay Range $123,800-$246,400 USD