Senior Innovation Technical Project Manager

Senior Innovation Technical Project Manager (iTPM)

Technology Incubation Group | Needham, MA

• Building and maintaining integrated master program schedules across all work streams — mechanical, electrical, firmware, industrial design, and commercial readiness
• Driving alignment on product direction across engineering, design, commercial, finance, and supply chain teams globally
• Leading structured milestone reviews at Vision, V0, P1, and P2 — preparing materials, facilitating decisions, and ensuring clear documented outcomes
• Owning the risk register from day one: identifying, escalating, and resolving critical‑path risks before they hit cost or timeline
• Serving as the primary interface between the Innovation TPM team and the NPD PMO, enabling clean, structured handoffs at P2
• Delivering sharp, accurate program updates to executive leadership — bringing clarity and structure to high‑pressure, ambiguous situations
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of Shark Ninja's early‑stage iTPM playbook

What You Bring

You have an engineering background and the commercial instincts to match. You can interrogate a mechanical design, read a programme schedule, and challenge a strategic decision — all in the same morning. You're at your best when the problem is unstructured and the stakes are high.

• 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

Who Thrives in This Role

The people who succeed here are technically credible and commercially sharp, confident enough to challenge direction at the most senior levels, and collaborative enough to build trust quickly across engineering, design, and business teams. They bring discipline to ambiguity without slowing things down, and they're genuinely excited by the early‑stage work that most organizations find hardest to manage well.

The annual salary range for this position is $92,800 — $160,000 USD. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

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, backup child and eldercare days, product discounts, referral bonus program, and more.

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