Sr. Manager, Category & Roadmap Insights

About Us

Shark Ninjais a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positivelyimpactpeople’s lives in homes around the world.
Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja
, the company has a proven track recordof bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed

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Ninjato enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than4,100associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

At Shark Ninja, 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.

The Sr. Manager, Category & Roadmap Insights leads the measurement, evaluation and optimization of marketing communications performance across the full media and creative mix, including advertising, digital, social, PR and brand campaigns. This role turns data into a clear view on what is working, why, and what to do next, partnering closely with brand marketing, media, creative and analytics teams to make sure every communications dollar is grounded in consumer understanding and measurable impact.

This is a highly cross functional role suited to someone who can move between quantitative rigor (media effectiveness, brand tracking, MMM and attribution) and qualitative storytelling (creative testing, consumer perception, cultural relevance), and who can turn both into recommendations senior stakeholders will act on.

Own the end to end measurement framework for marketing communications, including brand health tracking, campaign pre and post evaluation, creative testing and media effectiveness studies

Partner with analytics and data science teams on marketing mix modeling (MMM), multi touch attribution and incrementality testing to quantify ROI across channels

Monitor brand equity, awareness, consideration and message recall metrics, identifying trends and flagging risks or opportunities proactively

Act as the insights partner to brand, creative and media teams, informing campaign strategy, creative development and channel and media planning with data backed recommendations

Translate complex research and analytics into clear, actionable narratives for senior leadership and cross functional stakeholders

Guide go or no go and optimization decisions during campaign flighting based on real time performance signals

Design and manage primary research studies (surveys, focus groups, ad testing, message testing) in partnership with external research vendors and panel providers

Manage relationships and budgets with research and measurement vendors, including brand tracking platforms, media effectiveness tools and syndicated data providers

Ensure research methodologies are rigorous, cost efficient and aligned to business questions

Build and maintain recurring reporting, including dashboards, scorecards and executive readouts, that make performance visible and easy to act on

Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership, marketing and agency partners with confidence and clarity

Champion a test and learn culture, embedding insights earlier in the campaign planning process

Manage and mentor an analyst or coordinator, setting standards for insights quality and rigor across the team

Continuously evaluate and evolve measurement approaches, tools and data…