Product Marketing Manager

**JOB TITLE: Product Marketing Manager(Australia Focus),APAC**

**REPORTS TO: Head of APAC**

Our mission to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world allows our employees to be thinkers and tinkerers, designers and doers, creators and number crunchers, makers of things they love. As we continue to grow, we are excited to add a **Product Marketing Manager(Australia Focus),APAC** to our global team.

**OVERVIEW**:
This position will report to the APAC Head and will primarily be responsible to manage product development for the Australia market.

The position will act as the project manager, ensuring flawless management of the implementation process.
- New innovation ideation, identifying white space in market
- Product related quantitative, qualitative research
- In-home usage trials, in-home observation studies
- Product development including box, user instructions and all other elements
- Product claim development
- Necessary preparations related to regulatory requirements
- Input to the Marketing Communication team to development effective communication at respective touch points
- All other misc tasks related to product development

**LOCATION**: **Australia**

**Here are some of the EXCITING things you’ll get to do**:

- SharkNinja has a very fast-paced development environment, you will have the mindset that anything is possible and possess the willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
- This is a cross-functional role driving near-term and long-term objectives among our sales, operations, marketing and engineering teams.
- Play a key role thrilling at the forefront of category growth, develop and execute processes in a highly dynamic environment.
- This is a high-visibility roll to drive key business decisions to achieve near-term as well as longer-term objectives.

**Responsibilities: %Duty/Responsibility**

80% Product development as listed above

15% Communication development in cooperation with Marketing Communications

5% Budget and planning

**100% Total Percent**

**Required Skills/Qualifications / Experience**:
**Education / Experience Requirements**

Minimum Education / Experience:

- BA degree or equivalent.
- 8+ or similar experience in product marketing, especially in product development and implementation (not marcom person).
- Experience in home electronic appliances will be favored due to necessary knowledge in implementing products (though experience in competitor floor care companies _**not**_ preferred).

**Expected Areas of Skills / Knowledge / Abilities**
- Skill set to implement new products with focus on the user experience.
- Powerful project management / leadership skills which will enable cross-functional collaboration to develop and deliver robust plans.
- Analytics and financials skills.
- Multi-function capacity and flexibility to deal with ambiguous situations.
- Communication skills with excellent Auatralia (translations and proof read will be required frequently), high level speaking / reading / writing capabilities in English. There will be intensive daily communication with Boston head office Product Marketing team which will require strong English skills.
- Budget management skills.

**Leadership Competencies**
- Delivers outstanding results
- Provides strategic perspective
- Builds collaborative environment

**Functional Competencies**
- Strong “grit” for successful product launch.
- Develop strategies and plans based on a deep understanding of our users and categories.
- Collaborates cross-functionally to develop and deliver strong commercial plans.

**Working Relationships (Key partnerships and reporting relationships)**
- Does this position supervise: Not at hiring timing, but Product Marketing Specialist positions will be created as the business grows.
- Will work with the Marketing Communications team to ensure all messaging / tone and manner consistency.
- Reports to Product Marketing Director.

**Travel Requirements**

Expected percentage of travel: Periodical domestic travel, possibility to visit Boston head office or China manufacturing facility depending on responsible project.

**YOUR ROLE in DIVERSIFYING**
- As a corporate citizen, learn and support SharkNinja’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy
- Be an Ally, find internal Champions
- Explore SharkNinja’s Employee Resource Groups or volunteer to serve on committees that organize diversity-related events and activities
- Participate in employee engagement surveys and respond as openly and honestly as possible
- Become culturally competent; take the time to learn about different cultures, races, religions and backgrounds represented by your colleagues
- Treat people in a way they wish to be treated rather than the way you wish to be treated

**YOUR ROLE in leading our SUCCESS DRIVERS & representing our UNIQUE MINDSET**
- Leads us to be “**RARELY SATISFIED**”
- Make things better each day; “**PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION**”
- Using your knowledge of our con