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Project Management Lead roles are among the more sponsorship-friendly positions in the U.S., employers regularly file H-1B visa and L-1 visa petitions for experienced PMs. Most openings require a bachelor's degree in a related field, and specialty occupation approval depends heavily on how the role is scoped. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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SharkNinja 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 has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company's products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.
AI at SharkNinja
At SharkNinja, 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.
SharkNinja is seeking an Outrageously Extraordinary Owner's Real Estate and Facilities Project Manager to lead complex real estate, construction, workplace, and facilities initiatives, primarily across our domestic locations, with some international projects.
Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Services, this role serves as the owner's representative, managing projects from initial planning and design through construction, occupancy, and final closeout. The Corporate Services team enables SharkNinja's business by delivering safe, innovative, functional, and high-performing work environments that support our associates, engineering, product development, and global operations.
The ideal candidate is an experienced, hands-on project leader who can manage multiple high-priority projects simultaneously, navigate changing priorities, and deliver exceptional results while maintaining rigorous oversight of budgets, schedules, quality, and stakeholder expectations.
Success requires SharkNinja's Outrageously Extraordinary mindset—a Relentless Drive for Edge, Insatiable Impatience for Action, and a commitment to being Rarely Satisfied. We value individuals who challenge conventional thinking, act decisively, and continuously seek better ways to deliver results.
Equally important is the ability to embrace AI and emerging technologies as practical business tools to improve productivity, streamline project management, enhance reporting, and support faster, data-driven decisions. The expectation is effective AI adoption, not specialized AI development expertise.
Working Arrangement: This position is based onsite at SharkNinja's Needham, Massachusetts headquarters. In-office presence is required for collaboration and site projects, with some schedule flexibility. This is not a remote or hybrid position. Domestic and occasional international travel is required based on project needs.
Responsibilities
Project Leadership and Execution
- Lead multiple complex, concurrent real estate, construction, renovation, laboratory, and facilities projects, primarily across SharkNinja's domestic locations, with some international projects.
- Own the complete project lifecycle, including feasibility, scope development, design, budgeting, procurement, construction, commissioning, occupancy, and closeout.
- Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, resource requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Manage competing priorities across projects at different stages of development, adapting quickly to changing business needs without compromising quality, safety, cost, or schedule.
- Collaborate with SharkNinja leadership, end users, architects, engineers, contractors, furniture suppliers, consultants, and other project partners to establish requirements and executable plans.
- Anticipate challenges, identify risks, resolve obstacles, and make timely, informed decisions to maintain project momentum.
- Ensure projects meet applicable building codes, safety requirements, regulatory obligations, and SharkNinja quality standards.
Financial Management, Procurement and Vendor Accountability
- Develop and manage project budgets, cost estimates, financial forecasts, and capital expenditure plans.
- Participate in annual capital planning and provide recommendations to support investment decisions.
- Lead competitive bidding, vendor evaluations, contract negotiations, and procurement activities.
- Monitor project expenditures, identify cost-saving opportunities, and implement proactive cost controls to deliver projects within approved budgets.
- Maintain accurate financial documentation, validate invoices, coordinate payment approvals, and provide timely financial reporting to Finance and leadership.
- Hold contractors, consultants, and suppliers accountable for project deliverables, quality, safety, schedules, budgets, and contractual commitments.
Stakeholder Management and Communication
- Serve as the primary owner's representative and point of accountability for assigned projects.
- Build strong relationships with internal business partners, Corporate Services, Engineering, Product Development, IT, Finance, People & Culture, and external project stakeholders.
- Coordinate project activities across multiple locations and time zones, including international teams and partners when required.
- Lead project meetings, design reviews, construction updates, and executive presentations, ensuring alignment on priorities, decisions, and deliverables.
- Provide clear, timely reporting on project progress, budgets, schedules, risks, and required decisions.
- Demonstrate Communicating for Impact and Winning Is a Team Sport by promoting transparency, collaboration, accountability, and shared ownership of results.
Outrageously Extraordinary Execution, AI and Continuous Improvement
- Demonstrate a Rarely Satisfied mindset by challenging conventional approaches and continuously improving project execution, efficiency, quality, and cost effectiveness.
- Embrace Progress Over Perfection and Insatiable Impatience for Action, making sound decisions, adapting quickly, and maintaining momentum in a fast-paced environment.
- Apply Relentless Drive for Edge and Details Make the Difference by identifying innovative solutions while maintaining strong oversight of critical project requirements.
- Actively leverage approved AI tools, automation, and data analytics to improve project planning, scheduling, cost analysis, forecasting, risk identification, documentation, and executive reporting.
- Identify opportunities to automate routine activities, streamline workflows, improve vendor performance, and implement scalable project management practices.
- Explore emerging technologies that improve space planning, construction management, facilities operations, and overall productivity.
- Apply appropriate judgment and verification when using AI-generated information, maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with company policies.
Skills Required
Professional Experience and Project Management Expertise
- 12–15 years of relevant experience in corporate real estate, facilities planning, construction management, capital projects, or owner's representative project management.
- Proven ability to independently lead multiple complex construction and facilities projects simultaneously, managing competing priorities, demanding schedules, and geographically dispersed stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of construction methodologies, architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, building systems, construction cost drivers, and facilities operations.
- Demonstrated experience managing the full project lifecycle, including planning, budgeting, procurement, construction, project controls, risk management, and closeout.
- Proven financial management capabilities, including capital budgeting, forecasting, competitive bidding, contract negotiation, cost controls, and vendor accountability.
- Strong analytical, organizational, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and effectively communicate with executive leadership.
- Experience supporting corporate offices, engineering facilities, research laboratories, or technically complex work environments is highly desirable.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Interior Design, Business, or a related discipline is desirable but not mandatory. Equivalent relevant professional experience will be considered.
AI, Technology and Digital Fluency
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to actively use AI-powered tools and emerging technologies to improve productivity, streamline workflows, enhance project planning, and support data-driven decision-making.
- Curious, adaptable, and proactive in identifying practical applications of AI that deliver measurable business value.
- Ability to use approved generative AI tools responsibly for research, analysis, documentation, reporting, and workflow optimization, with appropriate verification and oversight.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaborative workplace technologies.
- Experience with Microsoft Project or comparable project scheduling software preferred.
- Familiarity with construction and project management platforms such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Smartsheet, or similar tools is desirable.
- Advanced AI programming, machine learning, or development expertise is not required. The expectation is practical AI fluency and a commitment to continuous learning and adoption.
Leadership and Outrageously Extraordinary Behaviors
- Demonstrates SharkNinja's Outrageously Extraordinary mindset, including Relentless Drive for Edge, Insatiable Impatience for Action, Deep-Seated Confidence, and Genuine Belief in the Journey.
- Embodies SharkNinja's Success Drivers: Rarely Satisfied, Progress Over Perfection, Details Make the Difference, Winning Is a Team Sport, and Communicating for Impact.
- Exceptional ability to multitask, prioritize, and deliver results across multiple high-impact projects in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Highly accountable, resilient, resourceful, and solution-oriented, with the confidence to make decisions and navigate ambiguity.
- Strong commitment to continuous improvement, collaboration, innovation, and delivering exceptional business results.
Our Culture
At SharkNinja, we don't just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you'll be right at home.
What We Offer
We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more. We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what's possible. When you join, you're not just part of a company—you're part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together, we won't just launch products—we'll disrupt entire markets.
At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja's innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
Learn more about us:
Life At SharkNinja
Outrageously Extraordinary
SharkNinja Candidate Privacy Notice
- For candidates based in all regions, please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice.
- For candidates based in China, please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice.
- For candidates based in Vietnam, please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other class protected by legislation, and local law. SharkNinja will consider reasonable accommodations consistent with legislation, and local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact SharkNinja People & Culture at accommodations@sharkninja.com.
About us
SharkNinja 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 has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company's products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.
AI at SharkNinja
At SharkNinja, 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.
SharkNinja is seeking an Outrageously Extraordinary Owner's Real Estate and Facilities Project Manager to lead complex real estate, construction, workplace, and facilities initiatives, primarily across our domestic locations, with some international projects.
Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Services, this role serves as the owner's representative, managing projects from initial planning and design through construction, occupancy, and final closeout. The Corporate Services team enables SharkNinja's business by delivering safe, innovative, functional, and high-performing work environments that support our associates, engineering, product development, and global operations.
The ideal candidate is an experienced, hands-on project leader who can manage multiple high-priority projects simultaneously, navigate changing priorities, and deliver exceptional results while maintaining rigorous oversight of budgets, schedules, quality, and stakeholder expectations.
Success requires SharkNinja's Outrageously Extraordinary mindset—a Relentless Drive for Edge, Insatiable Impatience for Action, and a commitment to being Rarely Satisfied. We value individuals who challenge conventional thinking, act decisively, and continuously seek better ways to deliver results.
Equally important is the ability to embrace AI and emerging technologies as practical business tools to improve productivity, streamline project management, enhance reporting, and support faster, data-driven decisions. The expectation is effective AI adoption, not specialized AI development expertise.
Working Arrangement: This position is based onsite at SharkNinja's Needham, Massachusetts headquarters. In-office presence is required for collaboration and site projects, with some schedule flexibility. This is not a remote or hybrid position. Domestic and occasional international travel is required based on project needs.
Responsibilities
Project Leadership and Execution
- Lead multiple complex, concurrent real estate, construction, renovation, laboratory, and facilities projects, primarily across SharkNinja's domestic locations, with some international projects.
- Own the complete project lifecycle, including feasibility, scope development, design, budgeting, procurement, construction, commissioning, occupancy, and closeout.
- Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, resource requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Manage competing priorities across projects at different stages of development, adapting quickly to changing business needs without compromising quality, safety, cost, or schedule.
- Collaborate with SharkNinja leadership, end users, architects, engineers, contractors, furniture suppliers, consultants, and other project partners to establish requirements and executable plans.
- Anticipate challenges, identify risks, resolve obstacles, and make timely, informed decisions to maintain project momentum.
- Ensure projects meet applicable building codes, safety requirements, regulatory obligations, and SharkNinja quality standards.
Financial Management, Procurement and Vendor Accountability
- Develop and manage project budgets, cost estimates, financial forecasts, and capital expenditure plans.
- Participate in annual capital planning and provide recommendations to support investment decisions.
- Lead competitive bidding, vendor evaluations, contract negotiations, and procurement activities.
- Monitor project expenditures, identify cost-saving opportunities, and implement proactive cost controls to deliver projects within approved budgets.
- Maintain accurate financial documentation, validate invoices, coordinate payment approvals, and provide timely financial reporting to Finance and leadership.
- Hold contractors, consultants, and suppliers accountable for project deliverables, quality, safety, schedules, budgets, and contractual commitments.
Stakeholder Management and Communication
- Serve as the primary owner's representative and point of accountability for assigned projects.
- Build strong relationships with internal business partners, Corporate Services, Engineering, Product Development, IT, Finance, People & Culture, and external project stakeholders.
- Coordinate project activities across multiple locations and time zones, including international teams and partners when required.
- Lead project meetings, design reviews, construction updates, and executive presentations, ensuring alignment on priorities, decisions, and deliverables.
- Provide clear, timely reporting on project progress, budgets, schedules, risks, and required decisions.
- Demonstrate Communicating for Impact and Winning Is a Team Sport by promoting transparency, collaboration, accountability, and shared ownership of results.
Outrageously Extraordinary Execution, AI and Continuous Improvement
- Demonstrate a Rarely Satisfied mindset by challenging conventional approaches and continuously improving project execution, efficiency, quality, and cost effectiveness.
- Embrace Progress Over Perfection and Insatiable Impatience for Action, making sound decisions, adapting quickly, and maintaining momentum in a fast-paced environment.
- Apply Relentless Drive for Edge and Details Make the Difference by identifying innovative solutions while maintaining strong oversight of critical project requirements.
- Actively leverage approved AI tools, automation, and data analytics to improve project planning, scheduling, cost analysis, forecasting, risk identification, documentation, and executive reporting.
- Identify opportunities to automate routine activities, streamline workflows, improve vendor performance, and implement scalable project management practices.
- Explore emerging technologies that improve space planning, construction management, facilities operations, and overall productivity.
- Apply appropriate judgment and verification when using AI-generated information, maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with company policies.
Skills Required
Professional Experience and Project Management Expertise
- 12–15 years of relevant experience in corporate real estate, facilities planning, construction management, capital projects, or owner's representative project management.
- Proven ability to independently lead multiple complex construction and facilities projects simultaneously, managing competing priorities, demanding schedules, and geographically dispersed stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of construction methodologies, architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, building systems, construction cost drivers, and facilities operations.
- Demonstrated experience managing the full project lifecycle, including planning, budgeting, procurement, construction, project controls, risk management, and closeout.
- Proven financial management capabilities, including capital budgeting, forecasting, competitive bidding, contract negotiation, cost controls, and vendor accountability.
- Strong analytical, organizational, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and effectively communicate with executive leadership.
- Experience supporting corporate offices, engineering facilities, research laboratories, or technically complex work environments is highly desirable.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Interior Design, Business, or a related discipline is desirable but not mandatory. Equivalent relevant professional experience will be considered.
AI, Technology and Digital Fluency
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to actively use AI-powered tools and emerging technologies to improve productivity, streamline workflows, enhance project planning, and support data-driven decision-making.
- Curious, adaptable, and proactive in identifying practical applications of AI that deliver measurable business value.
- Ability to use approved generative AI tools responsibly for research, analysis, documentation, reporting, and workflow optimization, with appropriate verification and oversight.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaborative workplace technologies.
- Experience with Microsoft Project or comparable project scheduling software preferred.
- Familiarity with construction and project management platforms such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Smartsheet, or similar tools is desirable.
- Advanced AI programming, machine learning, or development expertise is not required. The expectation is practical AI fluency and a commitment to continuous learning and adoption.
Leadership and Outrageously Extraordinary Behaviors
- Demonstrates SharkNinja's Outrageously Extraordinary mindset, including Relentless Drive for Edge, Insatiable Impatience for Action, Deep-Seated Confidence, and Genuine Belief in the Journey.
- Embodies SharkNinja's Success Drivers: Rarely Satisfied, Progress Over Perfection, Details Make the Difference, Winning Is a Team Sport, and Communicating for Impact.
- Exceptional ability to multitask, prioritize, and deliver results across multiple high-impact projects in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Highly accountable, resilient, resourceful, and solution-oriented, with the confidence to make decisions and navigate ambiguity.
- Strong commitment to continuous improvement, collaboration, innovation, and delivering exceptional business results.
Our Culture
At SharkNinja, we don't just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you'll be right at home.
What We Offer
We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more. We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what's possible. When you join, you're not just part of a company—you're part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together, we won't just launch products—we'll disrupt entire markets.
At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja's innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
Learn more about us:
Life At SharkNinja
Outrageously Extraordinary
SharkNinja Candidate Privacy Notice
- For candidates based in all regions, please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice.
- For candidates based in China, please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice.
- For candidates based in Vietnam, please refer to this Candidate Privacy Notice.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other class protected by legislation, and local law. SharkNinja will consider reasonable accommodations consistent with legislation, and local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact SharkNinja People & Culture at accommodations@sharkninja.com.
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Target companies with a proven H-1B filing history
Large tech, consulting, and healthcare employers file H-1B petitions for Project Management Leads regularly. Prioritizing companies with consistent filing histories significantly improves your odds of finding a sponsor willing to navigate the process.
Frame your role as a specialty occupation from the start
USCIS scrutinizes project management roles for specialty occupation status. Job descriptions that emphasize technical complexity, cross-functional systems, and a degree requirement in a specific field hold up far better than generic PM listings during adjudication.
Highlight your degree's relevance to the specific industry
A business, engineering, or computer science degree strengthens your H-1B petition when paired with a PM role in a matching industry. Mismatches between your degree field and the employer's sector can trigger Requests for Evidence.
PMP certification adds credibility but doesn't replace the degree
Holding a PMP or similar credential demonstrates professional standing and can support your petition narrative. However, USCIS still requires a qualifying bachelor's degree as the baseline, certifications alone won't satisfy the specialty occupation standard.
L-1A is a strong alternative if you're transferring within a multinational
Project Management Leads who have managed teams at a foreign affiliate for at least one year may qualify for an L-1A managerial visa. This bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely and can be a faster path for intracompany transferees.
Use Migrate Mate to find roles explicitly open to sponsorship
Many PM job listings don't openly advertise visa sponsorship. Migrate Mate filters specifically for employers willing to sponsor, saving you the friction of applying to roles where sponsorship was never on the table.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Project Management Lead role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the role is defined. USCIS requires that a bachelor's degree in a specific field be a normal minimum for the position. Generic PM roles where any degree satisfies the requirement often face Requests for Evidence. Roles tied to a technical domain, software engineering, construction, healthcare IT, with industry-specific degree requirements are approved at much higher rates. The job description wording matters enormously.
What degree do I need for a Project Management Lead visa sponsorship?
Most approved H-1B visa petitions for Project Management Leads cite degrees in business administration, industrial engineering, computer science, or a field directly related to the employer's industry. A general studies or unrelated degree creates petition risk. If your degree doesn't match the role, three years of specialized work experience can substitute for one year of education under USCIS equivalency rules.
Are Project Management Lead roles common on Migrate Mate?
Yes. Project management is one of the more consistently sponsored professional roles across industries including tech, consulting, construction, and healthcare. Migrate Mate lists Project Management Lead openings from employers who have confirmed they're open to visa sponsorship, so you're not wasting applications on companies that won't file a petition.
Can I get sponsored as a Project Management Lead without going through the H-1B lottery?
Yes, in several scenarios. If you're transferring from a foreign affiliate of a U.S. company where you've managed people or functions for at least one year, the L-1A visa bypasses the lottery entirely. Australian citizens can apply for the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and a separate annual allocation. O-1A is another path if you have demonstrated exceptional achievement in your field.
What H-1B approval rates look like for project management roles?
Approval rates for project management H-1B petitions are lower than for clearly technical roles like software engineering because specialty occupation status is harder to establish. Petitions from large established sponsors with detailed, technically scoped job descriptions perform significantly better. Working with an employer who has filed for similar roles before, and whose attorneys know how to frame the petition, meaningfully reduces denial and RFE risk.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Project Management Lead jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.