Senior Director Strategic Growth Initiatives & Transformation

ABOUT THE ROLE (London based - 3 days a week)

SharkNinja's most important growth and transformation initiatives are cross-functional in nature and require a team to partner across the enterprise to bring opportunities to life. The Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Growth & Transformation role is part of the team acting as an internal consulting engine for these moments.  This role leads execution of SharkNinja's highest-priority growth initiatives. Depending on your strengths and the team's needs, you may focus on geographic market entry, channel expansion, operating-model transformation, playbook building, or cross-functional synthesis. You'll work alongside a team to remove barriers and drive growth.Reporting to VP Strategic Initiatives, Growth & Transformation you'll work as a trusted partner to the executive team and across every function, with the mandate to challenge the status quo and clear the barriers in the way.

STRATEGIC GROWTH EXECUTION

• Lead execution of SharkNinja's highest-priority growth initiatives, ensuring successful delivery of measurable business outcomes.
• Drive initiatives focused on geographic expansion, new market entry, channel expansion, direct-to-consumer growth, social commerce, and/or other strategic commercial opportunities.
• Translate strategic priorities into integrated execution plans, defining milestones, dependencies, risks, and success metrics.
• Build strong partnerships across the enterprise to align resources, priorities, and execution plans.
• Identify and resolve execution risks, removing barriers and driving timely decision-making.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

• Lead initiatives from desired business outcomes through implementation, adoption, and scale, ensuring long-term business impact.
• Develop and execute change management strategies that drive stakeholder alignment, organizational readiness, user adoption, and realization of intended business benefits.
• Coordinate activities across cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution.
• Drive accountability across stakeholders while fostering collaboration and alignment.
• Communicate initiative progress, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership.

PROGRAM GOVERNANCE & BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

• Build business cases and support investment decisions for strategic growth initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, governance processes, executive dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Monitor initiative performance against objectives and recommend course corrections.
• Lead post-launch reviews to evaluate business impact and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

TRANSFORMATION & OPERATING-MODEL ENABLEMENT

• Stand up repeatable playbooks, standardized processes, and scalable best practices that allow new markets, channels, and categories to launch and scale faster.
• Diagnose structural, process, and capability gaps that impede expansion, and design operating-model changes that sustain impact beyond individual initiatives.
• Establish enterprise operating rhythms and governance that reinforce accountability, transparency, and drive rapid progress towards growth aspirations.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• New markets, channels, or commercial models stood up against committed timelines and adoption targets.
• Measurable value delivered — revenue, margin, or efficiency — traceable to prioritized growth initiatives.
• Repeatable playbooks and operating rhythms adopted by functional teams and sustained beyond initial launch.
• Executive stakeholders aligned on priorities, with transparent reporting on progress, risks, and course corrections.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

Experience

• 12+ years of experience in strategy execution, business operations, consulting, program leadership, commercial execution, or related disciplines.
• Proven track record leading complex cross-functional initiatives that deliver measurable business results.
• Experience executing market expansion, channel expansion, commercialization, or enterprise growth initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI-enabled initiatives, including evaluating, implementing, and driving adoption of solutions that create measurable business value and operational impact.
• Experience working with executive leaders and influencing decisions across complex matrix organizations.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently, both domestically and internationally.
• Experience in appliances, home goods, consumer durables, or related consumer products categories is a huge plus — it accelerates learning of SharkNinja's products, channels, and customer base.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.

Core Competencies

• Exceptional program and execution leadership skills.
• Strong commercial and business acumen.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Outstanding executive communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Expertise in change management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational adoption.
• Strong understanding of AI technologies and their practical application to solve business problems and improve organizational performance.

Leadership Profile

• Results-oriented with a relentless focus on execution.
• Thrives in ambiguity and fast-changing business environments.
• Builds credibility through collaboration, influence, and consistent delivery.
• Demonstrates strong ownership and sound business judgment.
• Comfortable working across organizational boundaries to drive enterprise-wide outcomes.