Senior Director, Mobile Applications
SharkNinja
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.
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.
Sr Director, Mobile Applications
Team: Emerging Technologies
Reporting to: SVP, Chief Platform and Innovation Officer
About the role
At SharkNinja, we create intelligent, connected products that delight consumers and disrupt categories. Our mobile applications are how millions of consumers experience our robot vacuums, cooking appliances, beauty devices, and the growing portfolio of connected products redefining the home. We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader to own the vision, strategy, and execution of our mobile app platform. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who stays close to the technology, builds and develops strong engineering teams, and knows how to deliver consumer-scale mobile products in a fast-moving environment.
As Sr Director, Mobile Applications, you will lead the organization responsible for SharkClean, NinjaPro Connect, and our next generation app platform spanning the full portfolio of connected SharkNinja products. You will partner closely with Firmware, Cloud, Product, Design, and Business stakeholders to define and deliver a roadmap that serves millions of consumers every month while setting the technical and organizational direction for a global team across the US, UK, and China.
Key responsibilities:
- Set the vision and long-term strategy for SharkNinja's mobile app platform, including the unified ecosystem spanning robot vacuums, cooking products, beauty devices, and future connected categories.
- Lead, grow, and develop a global mobile engineering organization of SDEs and SDETs across multiple levels, geographies, and time zones including the US, UK, and China.
- Shape the team's organizational structure, hiring plan, and career development frameworks to build and retain a high-performing engineering bench.
- Define and continuously evolve the software development process, engineering standards, and quality practices to support round-the-clock global development.
- Partner with Product, Design, Firmware, Cloud, Hardware, and Business stakeholders to build and align on holistic product and platform roadmaps.
- Drive architectural decisions across native iOS and Android and cross-platform technologies including React Native, ensuring the platform scales to serve millions of monthly active users.
- Own the delivery, reliability, performance, and consumer experience of SharkNinja's mobile applications end to end.
- Manage vendor and contractor relationships including offshore development partners, ensuring quality and delivery accountability across the extended team.
- Represent Mobile Applications at the executive level, communicating strategy, tradeoffs, risk, and progress to senior leadership.
- Champion AI-driven processes to accelerate design, coding, and testing across the mobile org.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Extensive background as an engineering leader with deep hands-on experience in mobile application development including native iOS and Android and cross-platform frameworks such as React Native.
- Experience working within an AWS environment.
- Proven track record building and operating consumer-scale mobile systems serving millions of users per month.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, hire, mentor, and develop SDEs and SDETs at all levels from early career through principal and management tracks.
- Strong track record of partnering with cross-functional stakeholders including Product, Design, Firmware, Cloud, Hardware, and Business to shape and execute multi-year roadmaps.
- Experience managing vendor and offshore contractor relationships with accountability for quality and delivery outcomes.
- Experience defining and evolving software development processes, engineering standards, and quality practices across a global org.
- Excellent executive communication skills with the ability to translate between technical and business audiences.
Preferred
- Experience managing global engineering teams across multiple time zones, ideally including the US, UK, and China.
- Background in connected product, IoT, or smart home development.
- Familiarity with device-to-app connectivity patterns including BLE and Wi-Fi.
- Experience leading organizations through platform unification, re-platforming, or large-scale architectural transitions.
- Exposure to AI-driven development workflows and their application to large mobile engineering organizations.
- Background in robotics or consumer electronics.
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
$240,000—$290,000 USD
Our Culture
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.
What We Offer
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.
At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
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