Global Senior Manager, Early Talent Programs

About Us

Shark Ninja 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. This has allowed Shark Ninja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains.

Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, the company has more than 4,100 associates. Products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors worldwide.

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.

Shark Ninja

Shark Programs, Recruiting & University Relations

Location:

Needham, MA

Reports to:

SVP, Talent Access

Are you ready to be part of something new and exciting? Our Early Talent function is in build mode — fast moving, dynamic, and full of opportunities to create and shape programs from the ground up. Since this role was first created, Early Talent at Shark Ninja has become a CEO‑sponsored growth engine: our Shark Programs now span AI, robotics, social, affiliates, and web development, with intern and co‑op cohorts embedded directly in the business, delivering real work with real accountability.

Today, that glass‑global portfolio spans 400+ approved interns and co‑ops roles across 9 concurrent cohorts, a multi‑million‑dollar program budget, and a footprint of 20+ countries across North America, EMEA, and APAC — with continued global expansion underway.

The Global Senior Manager, Early Talent Programs will own the strategy, operations, and growth of Shark Ninja’s Shark Programs and broader Early Edge experience — positioning Shark Ninja as an employer of choice for early‑career talent. Operating with significant autonomy and executive visibility, you will serve as a strategic advisor to Talent Access leadership, P&C Business Partners, executive sponsors, and business leaders — shaping where the portfolio expands next, standing up new cohorts against defined launch conditions, and building the team and infrastructure the program needs to scale, including into new international markets.

• Portfolio strategy and expansion: assess where the Shark and Early Edge model goes next, build the business case with executive sponsors, and stand up new cohorts against the program’s launch conditions — sponsorship, assessment rigor, daily coordination, and performance frameworks.
• Team and infrastructure: hire, build, and lead the Early Talent recruiting and program team (recruiters, coordinators, program specialists) — hands‑on in year one, transitioning to team‑led execution as the portfolio scales — including program budget, vendor, and platform ownership.
• Global program operations across the Shark portfolio — AI Sharks/Shark Byte, Robot Sharks, Social Sharks, and the newest cohorts in Affiliates and Web Development — including cohort calendars, onboarding, scope charters, stand‑up cadences, and 30/45‑day scorecard reviews.
• Recruiting oversight: set intake standards with business sponsors, own sourcing strategy and assessment design, and ensure a high‑touch, 5‑star candidate experience — including executive‑level referrals — executed day‑to‑day through the recruiting team you build and lead.
• University relations: campus partnerships, co‑op program relationships, career fairs, and employer brand activation that keeps Shark Ninja’s pipeline diverse and full — across our U.S. hubs and expansion markets.
• Early Edge programming: mentorship, community events, cross‑cohort experiences, and weekly Innovation Pod programming in partnership with program sponsors.
• Executive partnership: operate as the connective tissue between…