Senior Manager, Digital Distribution

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Shark Ninjais a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positivelyimpactpeople’s lives in homes around the world.

Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proventrack recordof bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed Shark Ninjato enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains.

Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than4,100associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

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• Senior Manager, Digital Distribution
• London (Battersea Power Station) / Hybrid

About the role

The Senior Manager, Digital Distributionis responsible forhelping shape and execute Shark Ninja'sdigital distribution strategy across the DTC and ecommerce channel.

This role combines commercial delivery with operational excellence, managing how Shark Ninja'sproducts and experiences reach consumers through owned and partner digital channels.

The ideal candidate is a strong operator who can drive a scaling digital distribution capability within a complex, fast-growing global organisation.

The Senior Manager, Digital Distribution owns how the model works — the launch standard, the commercial framework, the governanceand the partner capability thatdeterminewhether each market succeeds.

Several markets are already live.

The immediate priority is bringing the existing estate to a single standard, then making everysubsequentlaunch faster and cheaper than the last.

This is a hands-on operating role.

It suits someone who can hold a standard with external partners who already have their own ways of working, and who is as comfortable in a weekly trading review as in a launch gate.

What you will do

• Digital Distribution Model &Strategy
• Design andexecute the digital distribution strategy across Shark Ninja's DTC and ecommerce estate, ensuring the right products reach the right consumers through the right digital channels at the right time.
• Define market prioritisation and the go-live roadmap against explicit criteria: partner digital capability, payments and tax complexity, logistics, language cost, categorymaturityand demand potential.

Recommend sequencing to DTC and regional leadership.

• Translate distribution strategy into scalable, market-specific frameworks that can be executed consistently.
• Keep abreast of emerging digital distribution models, platform developments and consumer behaviour shifts to inform recommendations.
• Deliver andmaintainplatform scalability, with a working handoff into Design, UX and Creative so partner sites inherit the Shark Ninja experience standard rather than diverging from it.
• Track emerging distribution models, platformdevelopmentsand consumer behaviour shifts, and bring recommendations forward with a clear commercial case
• Run a gated launch process with explicit go/no-gocriteria, andhold the authority to pause a launch that does not meet them.
• Reduce time-to-launch and cost-to-launch with each market by building reusable templates and standards instead of bespoke builds.
• Channel Management & Optimisation
• Drive continuous improvement across digital distribution operations, using data and insight toidentifyand act on opportunities.
• Ownday-to-day digital distribution partnerships, ensuring relationships are commercially productive and strategically aligned.
• Ownthe implementation of channel governance frameworks that ensure consistency, qualityand compliance across digital distribution activity.
• Manage the digital distribution proforma and P&L end to end todeterminethe best levers across launch and business management
• Own the measurement standard — metric definitions, tagging governance and reliable partner data flow into Shark Ninja’scentral reporting environment.
• Chair quarterly business reviews with each partner alongside the regional commercial owner.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner closely with DTC, Marketing, Trading, Supply Chain, Technologyand regional teams to ensure digital distribution activity is aligned with commercial priorities and operational capabilities.
• Collaborate with the DTC and Digital leadership team to feed into broader channel planning and go-to-market execution.
• Act as a subject matter expert on digital distribution trends, platformdevelopmentsand emerging best practices.
• Act as a strong advocate for digital distribution across the organisation, sharing insights with senior stakeholders.
• Commercial Performance
• Support delivery of digital distribution revenue targets, working closely with Trading, Financeand commercial teams.
• Monitor and report on distribution performance metrics, providing clear and actionable insight to senior leadership and the broader business.
• Identifyand help capitalise on new digital distribution opportunities, including emerging channels, platformsand partnership models.
• Partner with Demand Planning and Supply Chain teams to ensure product availability is optimised across digital distribution channels.

What success looks like

• A consistent, best-in-class digital distribution approach that drives measurable growth in revenue, availabilityand channel performance.
• Time to launch and cost-to-launch reducing measurably with each new market.
• Partner maturity scores improving year on year, with more markets trading independently to standard.
• Strong, commercially productive digital distribution partnerships embedded across relevant markets.
• A capable team with clear direction and a culture of commercial excellence.
• Digital distribution recognised as a key contributor to Shark Ninja's DTC business.

What you will have

• 5+years of experience in digital distribution, ecommerceor DTC channel management, with some people leadership experience.
• Proventrack recordof supporting or scaling digital distribution capabilities in a fast-paced, globalor multi-market environment.
• Strong understanding of digital distribution models, channeldynamicsand the ecommerce landscape across multiple markets.
• Good commercial acumen with experience contributing to revenue targets and driving growth through digital channels.
• Experience managing digital distribution partnerships.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership.
• Data-driven mindset with strong analytical skills and the ability to translate insight into action.
• Good leadership skills with experience managing and developing a small team.
• Experienceoperatingin a fast-paced, high-growth global business is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; MBA or advanced degree isadvantageous.
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