SharkNinja
Senior Director, AI Engineering Transformation
Needham, MA, United States · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 18 hours ago
SnowflakeAWSMachine LearningData EngineeringA/B TestingForecastingPCB DesignEMI/EMCLeadershipMicrosoft Office
About the role
- This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of AI, engineering, product quality, and organizational transformation.
- Today, much of this work relies on PowerPoint-based program management, fragmented data, manual analysis, and institutional knowledge trapped in people's heads.
- You report directly to the VP, Chief of Staff to the CEO, with a dotted line to the CTO/Chief Engineering Officer.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement a unified data infrastructure across Engineering, resolving the fragmented, siloed data landscape that is the #1 bottleneck to AI adoption
- Map data assets across the organization (schematics, CAD/PCB design files, test results, FMEAs, DVT/EMC results, lessons learned, field return data, quality metrics) and build the ingestion pipelines that make this data usable by AI systems
- Partner with IT and data engineering to connect Engineering's data infrastructure to the enterprise data architecture (Snowflake, AWS)
- Lead the reimagination of program management infrastructure, replacing manual, PowerPoint-based workflows with AI-powered tooling that enables real-time program status visibility, automated accountability, and permission-based dashboards
- Transform reliability and quality capabilities, failure prediction, DVT/EMC outcome analysis, field-return pattern detection at scale and partner with Engineering leadership to define what the next generation of AI-powered engineering quality looks like
- Reimagine design and test workflows by making lessons learned, test results, and FMEAs accessible through AI, so past engineering knowledge automatically informs future product development
- Strengthen Engineering's contribution to product requirements by building AI systems that surface relevant historical data (prior test failures, field issues, quality patterns) during the design and requirements process
- Team Building & Change Management
- Build, lead, and scale a team of AI Fellows embedded directly into Engineering teams to drive hands-on AI adoption
- Drive change management across large, global engineering teams with varying levels of AI fluency, with particular focus on director-level and below adoption
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional experience in AI/ML, engineering leadership, program management, data architecture, quality engineering, or technology transformation roles
Nice to have
- Boston, MA preferred
Company info
- SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people's lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company's products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.
- AI at SharkNinja
- At SharkNinja, we're building an AI-native culture. We're not waiting for the future
- we're creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what's possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn't been invented yet, you'll fit right in.
- We're not waiting for the future; we're creating it.
- Director, AI Engineering Transformation
- SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people's lives in homes around the world.
- Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains.
- Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company's products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.
- At SharkNinja, we're building an AI-native culture.
- Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what's possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers.
- If you believe the best way to do your job hasn't been invented yet, you'll fit right in.
- Reports to: VP, Chief of Staff to the CEO
- Dotted Line: Chief Technology Officer / Chief Engineering Officer
- Direct Reports: AI Transformation Team (AI Fellows)
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