Senior Innovation Technical Project Manager

Senior Innovation Technical Project Manager (iTPM)

Technology Incubation Group | Needham, MA

Before a product gets a name, a launch date, or a development budget, it must survive the hardest phase of all: early-stage innovation. The ideas are ambitious, the constraints are real, and the path forward is rarely obvious. The Innovation Technical Project Manager operates at the center of the Technology Incubation Group, driving early-stage programs from initial vision through prototype. This is a senior leadership position with real accountability, authority, and direct access to the most senior levels of the business.

• Serve as the single accountable owner of programs from Vision through prototype handoff to the NPD group.
• Build and maintain integrated master program schedules across all work streams—mechanical, electrical, firmware, industrial design, and commercial readiness.
• Drive alignment on product direction across engineering, design, commercial, finance, and supply chain teams globally.
• Lead structured milestone reviews at Vision, V0, P1, and P2—preparing materials, facilitating decisions, and ensuring clear documented outcomes.
• Own the risk register from day one: identifying, escalating, and resolving critical path risks before they hit cost or timeline.
• Serve as the primary interface between the Innovation TPM team and the NPD PMO, enabling clean, structured handoffs at P2.
• Deliver sharp, accurate program updates to executive leadership—bringing clarity and structure to high-pressure, ambiguous situations.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Shark Ninja's early-stage iTPM playbook.

Engineering background with commercial instincts and the ability to interrogate a mechanical design, read a program schedule, and challenge strategic decisions.

• Engineering background with 5+ years in a TPM, PM, or senior engineering project management role.
• Demonstrated experience managing programs across the full product lifecycle, ideally including early-stage consumer products or electronics.
• Proven ability to run integrated schedules across multiple engineering work streams simultaneously.
• Track record of influencing and presenting to senior and executive stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, tooling, and DFM constraints—consumer electronics and plastics experience strongly preferred.
• Comfortable creating structure and driving alignment in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

• Experience in pre-P2 / early-stage innovation or concept development environments.
• Familiarity with stage-gate processes in a product-led consumer goods company.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification.
• Budget management and P&L literacy at the program level.
• Global team exposure across US, UK, and China.
• Solid Works or Creo proficiency—ability to read and interrogate engineering design data.

Technically credible and commercially sharp, confident enough to challenge direction at senior levels, and collaborative enough to build trust quickly across engineering, design, and business teams. Brings discipline to ambiguity without slowing progress and is genuinely excited by the early-stage work that is hardest to manage well.

Annual salary range: $92,800 – $140,000 USD. Salary is influenced by geography, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts with company contribution, 401(k) retirement plan with matching, employee stock purchase program, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, company holidays, parental leave, identity theft protection, pet insurance, pre‑paid legal insurance, child and eldercare benefits, product discounts, referral bonus program, and more.

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