Applied AI & Analytics Associate - Office of… at SharkNinja · Miami

Summary: SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company known for its innovative lifestyle solutions. The Applied AI & Analytics Associate will work closely with the CEO's Office to analyze data, solve complex business problems, and provide actionable insights that drive the company's strategic decisions. Responsibilities: - Receive a vague but urgent business question from a senior leader and independently scope, pull, clean, and analyze the data to produce a clear recommendation — fast - Build a lightweight dashboard, model, or workflow that a team can actually use (not just admire) - Identify a blind spot in how a team is measuring success and fix it before it becomes a problem - Use AI tools to accelerate your own analysis — and help others do the same - Present findings to a cross-functional audience and make a complex topic land simply - Connect the dots between data from multiple teams to surface something no single team could see on their own - Spot a broken process or a data gap and propose a better way, without waiting for permission Required Qualifications: - 1–2+ years of experience in analytics, data science, consulting, or a fast-paced, data-driven environment - Strong, practical command of SQL, Python, or comparable tools — you work with data directly, not through intermediaries - Demonstrated ability to take an ambiguous problem, structure it, and deliver a clear answer - Experience building dashboards or analytical tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or similar) - Exceptional communication skills — you can explain what the data says to both engineers and executives in the same meeting - A track record of ownership: you follow through, you close the loop, and you make things happen Preferred Qualifications: - Experience deploying AI or automation tools in a real work context (not just familiarity — actual usage) - Background in consumer products, retail, or e-commerce — you understand how these businesses work - Experience operating in proximity to senior leadership on high-stakes projects - Comfort with experimentation, A/B testing, or applied statistics - Experience wrangling large, messy, or poorly documented datasets — and making sense of them anyway - Hands-on experience with AI-assisted workflows is strongly preferred Required Skills: SQL, Python, Dashboard building Important Skills: AI tools, Data analysis Nice-to-Have Skills: Experimentation, Statistical analysis Benefits: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Flexible spending accounts, Health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution, 401(k) retirement plan with matching, Employee stock purchase program, Life insurance, AD&D, Short-term disability insurance, Long-term disability insurance, Generous paid time off, Company holidays, Parental leave, Identity theft protection, Pet insurance, Pre-paid legal insurance, Back-up child and eldercare days, Product discounts, Referral bonus program, Competitive health insurance, Retirement plans, Wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts