Design Director of Advanced Development

Company: SharkNinja Operating LLC
Location: Needham, MA
Posted on: February 13, 2018

Job Description:

Duties: Develop new product concepts for the Shark brand, which include

vacuum cleaners, steam mops, hard floor care products, and garment care

products. Solve consumers’ real world problems with viable product

concepts and transition these into Advanced Development projects. Make

key contributions to the product roadmap for the entire Shark brand.

Scope both Advanced Development projects that support the product

roadmap and have the potential to disrupt the product roadmap. Maintain

and prepare organization for transition of Advanced Development projects

to full scale New Product Development. Interpret data/test results and

develop action plans. Provide clear, concise, and transparent updates to

senior leadership on a regular cadence, and manage projects with Sharks

technology partners. Transition concepts from Advanced Development to

the NPD/NPI team, and work closely with team members based in China to

transfer design intent and get early manufacturing feedback on new

product concepts.

Requirements: Master's degree in Product Design, Industrial Design or

related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus

three (3) years of experience leading user-centered innovated projects

or, alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree in one of the enumerated fields

and five (5) years of experience as noted above. Experience must

include: Demonstrated ability to sketch and visually communicate ideas

quickly and effectively as well as a hand sketching technique suitable

for executive presentation; Demonstrated expertise in SolidWorks and/or

ProE/Creo 3D CAD systems; Demonstrated expertise participating in ID

brainstorms, up front concept sketching and ID surfacing; Demonstrated

expertise training and mentoring junior staff to deliver quick, hacked

prototypes through to detailed DFM mechanisms that prove out early

concepts or technical feasibility; Demonstrated expertise liaising with

China manufacturing partners on high volume consumer products; and

Compilation of an original portfolio of creative work that clearly

demonstrates a product development process.

This posting covers multiple openings for the position described.

Submit resume (reference job code GCDI) to SharkNinja Operating LLC,

Danielle Benn, 89 A Street Suite 100, Needham, Massachusetts 02494.

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