Design Manager, NPD

Location: Battersea, London, Hybrid 3 days a week in the office

We are looking for a Design Manager to lead our UK NPD team in building a new generation of innovative personal care products for the Shark brand. We thrive on designing great products that delight our customers. Working as part of our London Design Office, you will bring technical substance and inspiration to our creative efforts to deliver credible solutions to the market.

What You’ll Do

• Leads team to carry out design studies (independently and in teams) to solve technical issues found in the development of a product.
• Gathers insight from professional and consumer feedback and guides team to implement into streamlined design solutions.
• Successfully develops a team of A-players, helping them to reach their full potential.
• Manages the hiring and expansion of the team inline with the business growth in the category.
• Takes overall ownership of designs through conception, CAD execution, prototyping and verification, whilst consistently working at pace & successfully develops team to do the same.
• Continuously evaluates and improves designs for cost efficiency, manufacturing improvements, increased quality and value to consumers.
• Applies sound engineering/ product design standards to deliver real solutions.
• Applies understanding & experience of high-volume manufacturing processes and materials to optimize designs.
• Communicates effectively and professionally with colleagues.
• Collaborates seamlessly with our U.S. and China based Product Development teams, multi-functional teams and executive teams to ensure that great ideas make it through to production.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree level technical qualification, ideally Product Design Engineering, Mechanical or Industrial Design Engineering.
• Typically 2+ years people management experience.
• Typically 7-10 years proven experience in Mechanical/ Product Design/ Industrial Design environment.
• Team management experience.
• Experience in the consumer goods household appliance space desirable.
• Experience in plastic manufacturing processes.
• Experience of delivering real world products to market.
• Uses Solidworks or Creo to a high level, demonstrable experience leading CAD reviews.
• Can motivate your team to identify, solve, implement and verify technical solutions autonomously.
• Can effectively manage the “hands-on” - building of prototypes, product testing in the lab, developing and reporting.
• Flexible and collaborative- these are key to success at SharkNinja.
• Positive, driving attitude with an inquisitive nature.
• Appreciation for electrical engineering, software and UX design helpful but not essential.

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