VP, ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. No filler like "commensurate with experience". So we need to parse the posting.
Let's extract content:
- About Us: description of SharkNinja. Could be "About Us" but not required heading? The instructions: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can include "About Us" maybe as a heading? It's not in the list but could be considered similar to "About the role". However they said "e.g." not exclusive. But they said "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those headings if content matches. "About Us" could be considered "About the role"? Not exactly. Might be better to include "About the role" heading for the role description. The "About Us" could be omitted or placed in a
without heading? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." It doesn't forbid other headings. But they gave examples. I'd include headings for sections we have content: About the role (maybe combine About Us and About The Role?), Responsibilities (What You'll Do), Requirements/Qualifications/Skills (What You'll Bring), Benefits, Pay. Possibly also "Why This Role Matters" could be part of About the role or separate? Could be a separate section like "Impact". But not in list; maybe we can incorporate into About the role.
We need to avoid filler sections like Schedule (not present). So we omit Schedule.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details from About Us, AI at SharkNinja, About The Role, What You'll Do, What You'll Bring, Why This Role Matters, Salary and Other Compensation (including Pay Range and benefits list), Our Culture, What We Offer, Diversity statement maybe? That's boilerplate EEO; we should remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement might be considered boilerplate; but it's part of culture. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion paragraph (the one starting with "At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital...") as EEO boilerplate. Also remove the "Learn More About Us Life At SharkNinja Outrageously Extraordinary SharkNinja Candidate Privacy Notice ..." and the accommodation line and apply button etc.
We need to keep substantive content: About Us, AI at SharkNinja, About The Role, What You'll Do, What You'll Bring, Why This Role Matters, Salary and Other Compensation (including benefits list and pay range), Our Culture, What We Offer (maybe duplicate of benefits). There's some duplication: "Our Culture" and "What We Offer" both talk about benefits. We need to preserve all substantive info but avoid duplication? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Duplicated lines: we should remove duplicated lines. So if same sentences appear twice, we should keep only one. Need to check.
Let's extract paragraphs:
1. About Us: "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."
2. 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."
3. About The Role: "At SharkNinja, we are redefining how floor care products improve everyday life, and our VP of Design & Advanced Development for Floor Care sits at the heart of that ambition. We're seeking a visionary innovation leader to head our global Front-End Innovation team dedicated to floor care: a hands-on group of design storytellers, engineers, and inventors who bring breakthrough product ideas to life across corded vacuums, cordless stick and handheld platforms, and hard floor extraction. This isn't just a design leadership role, it's about leading the spark behind SharkNinja's next generation of floor care icons. You'll be the creative catalyst defining what's next in cleaning technology, helping teams turn blue-sky thinking into tangible, consumer-loved innovations that dominate shelf and define categories. Your team will shape the early concept architecture across all three floor care platforms, corded, cordless, and hard floor extraction, that eventually fuels mass production through our NPD pipeline. The ideal candidate is a designer at heart with deep engineering credentials, a command of floor care technology and consumer behavior, and a relentless passion for solving real cleaning problems in inventive, inspiring ways."
4. What You'll Do: list of bullet points (each starts with a verb). We'll need to convert to
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List:
- Lead SharkNinja's Floor Care Front-End Innovation team, driving concept creation, design storytelling, and early platform exploration across corded, cordless, and hard floor extraction categories.
- Inspire a team of Industrial Designers and Product Design Engineers to generate physical and visual prototypes that sell ideas and excite cross-functional partners and senior executives.
- Own the innovation roadmap for floor care, identifying whitespace opportunities across corded performance vacuums, cordless stick and handheld platforms, and wet/dry hard floor extraction systems.
- Be a design storyteller, pitching future-focused floor care concepts that connect emotionally with consumers and drive alignment across the business.
- Champion a studio culture that blends hands-on making, iterative sketching, advanced prototyping, and bold thinking grounded in technical and manufacturing feasibility.
- Partner with Mechanical Engineering, R&D, Product Development, and Product Marketing to ensure concepts across all three platforms are rooted in scalable product strategy.
- Apply deep knowledge of floor care-specific technologies, including motor systems, suction architecture, filtration, battery systems, fluid management, and extraction mechanics, to ensure concepts are exciting and achievable.
- Leverage materials expertise and manufacturing knowledge (plastic injection molding, die casting, sheet metal, soft goods) to drive DFM/DFA best practices from concept through handoff.
- Bring user insights, trend forecasting, and emerging technologies to shape future floor care design visions, anticipating how consumers clean today and how they'll expect to clean tomorrow.
- Cultivate a high-energy innovation environment where curiosity, creativity, and invention are celebrated and continuously pushed forward.
5. What You'll Bring: list of bullet points.
List:
- A degree in Product Design Engineering, Industrial Design, or a related field blending design and engineering. A PDE background is highly valued.
- 15+ years of experience in product design and innovation, ideally in high-volume consumer goods, with meaningful experience across floor care, home appliances, or adjacent categories.
- Demonstrated command of floor care technology across at least two of the three platforms: corded, cordless (stick/handheld), and hard floor extraction/wet-dry systems.
- A rich portfolio of category-defining consumer products that demonstrate design excellence, storytelling, and successful commercialization.
- Proven leadership building and developing creative teams, mentoring talent, championing new voices, and fostering collaboration across disciplines.
- The ability to lead with vision and conviction while remaining hands-on, detail-oriented, and deeply engaged in the creative process.
- A natural presenter with charisma and clarity to sell ideas across all levels, from engineers and supply chain to C-suite executives.
- Strong technical foundation in high-volume manufacturing and a genuine appreciation for the intersection of creativity and feasibility.
- Bold thinking, grounded in insight, empathy, and a deep understanding of how consumers actually use and feel about their floor care products.
6. Why This Role Matters: paragraph.
"Floor care is one of SharkNinja's most competitive and strategically critical categories, and this role puts you at the center of defining what it looks like next. You'll lead a team of makers, storytellers, and engineers across corded, cordless, and hard floor extraction to uncover what's next, spark new possibilities, and turn compelling ideas into category-changing products. If you're obsessed with invention, fueled by creativity, and ready to lead a team that lives at the edge of what's possible in floor care, this is your moment."
7. Salary and Other Compensation: paragraph plus list.
Paragraph: "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:"
Then list of 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, 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."
Then Pay Range: "$280,000—$325,000 USD"
Note: The phrase "The annual salary range for this position is displayed below." then later "Pay Range $280,000—$325,000 USD". We'll keep both.
8. Our Culture: paragraph.
"At SharkNinja, we don’t just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you’ll be right at home."
9. What We Offer: paragraph.
"We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more. We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what’s possible. When you join, you’re not just part of a company—you’re part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together, we won’t just launch products—we’ll disrupt entire markets."
Note: This overlaps with benefits list but we should keep both? The instruction says remove duplicated lines. The benefits list in compensation section is more detailed. The "What We Offer" paragraph mentions competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more. That's somewhat duplicated with the benefits list but not exact same lines. Might
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. No filler like "commensurate with experience". So we need to parse the posting. Let's extract content: - About Us: description of SharkNinja. Could be "About Us" but not required heading? The instructions: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can include "About Us" maybe as a heading? It's not in the list but could be considered similar to "About the role". However they said "e.g." not exclusive. But they said "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those headings if content matches. "About Us" could be considered "About the role"? Not exactly. Might be better to include "About the role" heading for the role description. The "About Us" could be omitted or placed in a
without heading? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." It doesn't forbid other headings. But they gave examples. I'd include headings for sections we have content: About the role (maybe combine About Us and About The Role?), Responsibilities (What You'll Do), Requirements/Qualifications/Skills (What You'll Bring), Benefits, Pay. Possibly also "Why This Role Matters" could be part of About the role or separate? Could be a separate section like "Impact". But not in list; maybe we can incorporate into About the role. We need to avoid filler sections like Schedule (not present). So we omit Schedule. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details from About Us, AI at SharkNinja, About The Role, What You'll Do, What You'll Bring, Why This Role Matters, Salary and Other Compensation (including Pay Range and benefits list), Our Culture, What We Offer, Diversity statement maybe? That's boilerplate EEO; we should remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement might be considered boilerplate; but it's part of culture. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion paragraph (the one starting with "At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital...") as EEO boilerplate. Also remove the "Learn More About Us Life At SharkNinja Outrageously Extraordinary SharkNinja Candidate Privacy Notice ..." and the accommodation line and apply button etc. We need to keep substantive content: About Us, AI at SharkNinja, About The Role, What You'll Do, What You'll Bring, Why This Role Matters, Salary and Other Compensation (including benefits list and pay range), Our Culture, What We Offer (maybe duplicate of benefits). There's some duplication: "Our Culture" and "What We Offer" both talk about benefits. We need to preserve all substantive info but avoid duplication? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Duplicated lines: we should remove duplicated lines. So if same sentences appear twice, we should keep only one. Need to check. Let's extract paragraphs: 1. About Us: "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." 2. 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." 3. About The Role: "At SharkNinja, we are redefining how floor care products improve everyday life, and our VP of Design & Advanced Development for Floor Care sits at the heart of that ambition. We're seeking a visionary innovation leader to head our global Front-End Innovation team dedicated to floor care: a hands-on group of design storytellers, engineers, and inventors who bring breakthrough product ideas to life across corded vacuums, cordless stick and handheld platforms, and hard floor extraction. This isn't just a design leadership role, it's about leading the spark behind SharkNinja's next generation of floor care icons. You'll be the creative catalyst defining what's next in cleaning technology, helping teams turn blue-sky thinking into tangible, consumer-loved innovations that dominate shelf and define categories. Your team will shape the early concept architecture across all three floor care platforms, corded, cordless, and hard floor extraction, that eventually fuels mass production through our NPD pipeline. The ideal candidate is a designer at heart with deep engineering credentials, a command of floor care technology and consumer behavior, and a relentless passion for solving real cleaning problems in inventive, inspiring ways." 4. What You'll Do: list of bullet points (each starts with a verb). We'll need to convert to
- . List: - Lead SharkNinja's Floor Care Front-End Innovation team, driving concept creation, design storytelling, and early platform exploration across corded, cordless, and hard floor extraction categories. - Inspire a team of Industrial Designers and Product Design Engineers to generate physical and visual prototypes that sell ideas and excite cross-functional partners and senior executives. - Own the innovation roadmap for floor care, identifying whitespace opportunities across corded performance vacuums, cordless stick and handheld platforms, and wet/dry hard floor extraction systems. - Be a design storyteller, pitching future-focused floor care concepts that connect emotionally with consumers and drive alignment across the business. - Champion a studio culture that blends hands-on making, iterative sketching, advanced prototyping, and bold thinking grounded in technical and manufacturing feasibility. - Partner with Mechanical Engineering, R&D, Product Development, and Product Marketing to ensure concepts across all three platforms are rooted in scalable product strategy. - Apply deep knowledge of floor care-specific technologies, including motor systems, suction architecture, filtration, battery systems, fluid management, and extraction mechanics, to ensure concepts are exciting and achievable. - Leverage materials expertise and manufacturing knowledge (plastic injection molding, die casting, sheet metal, soft goods) to drive DFM/DFA best practices from concept through handoff. - Bring user insights, trend forecasting, and emerging technologies to shape future floor care design visions, anticipating how consumers clean today and how they'll expect to clean tomorrow. - Cultivate a high-energy innovation environment where curiosity, creativity, and invention are celebrated and continuously pushed forward. 5. What You'll Bring: list of bullet points. List: - A degree in Product Design Engineering, Industrial Design, or a related field blending design and engineering. A PDE background is highly valued. - 15+ years of experience in product design and innovation, ideally in high-volume consumer goods, with meaningful experience across floor care, home appliances, or adjacent categories. - Demonstrated command of floor care technology across at least two of the three platforms: corded, cordless (stick/handheld), and hard floor extraction/wet-dry systems. - A rich portfolio of category-defining consumer products that demonstrate design excellence, storytelling, and successful commercialization. - Proven leadership building and developing creative teams, mentoring talent, championing new voices, and fostering collaboration across disciplines. - The ability to lead with vision and conviction while remaining hands-on, detail-oriented, and deeply engaged in the creative process. - A natural presenter with charisma and clarity to sell ideas across all levels, from engineers and supply chain to C-suite executives. - Strong technical foundation in high-volume manufacturing and a genuine appreciation for the intersection of creativity and feasibility. - Bold thinking, grounded in insight, empathy, and a deep understanding of how consumers actually use and feel about their floor care products. 6. Why This Role Matters: paragraph. "Floor care is one of SharkNinja's most competitive and strategically critical categories, and this role puts you at the center of defining what it looks like next. You'll lead a team of makers, storytellers, and engineers across corded, cordless, and hard floor extraction to uncover what's next, spark new possibilities, and turn compelling ideas into category-changing products. If you're obsessed with invention, fueled by creativity, and ready to lead a team that lives at the edge of what's possible in floor care, this is your moment." 7. Salary and Other Compensation: paragraph plus list. Paragraph: "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:" Then list of 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, 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." Then Pay Range: "$280,000—$325,000 USD" Note: The phrase "The annual salary range for this position is displayed below." then later "Pay Range $280,000—$325,000 USD". We'll keep both. 8. Our Culture: paragraph. "At SharkNinja, we don’t just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you’ll be right at home." 9. What We Offer: paragraph. "We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more. We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what’s possible. When you join, you’re not just part of a company—you’re part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together, we won’t just launch products—we’ll disrupt entire markets." Note: This overlaps with benefits list but we should keep both? The instruction says remove duplicated lines. The benefits list in compensation section is more detailed. The "What We Offer" paragraph mentions competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more. That's somewhat duplicated with the benefits list but not exact same lines. Might