LATAM Culinary Consultant - Temporary Role

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.

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About This Role

SharkNinja is a global company with a fast-growing presence across Latin America. As Ninja products reach more LATAM households — across cooking, food prep, treats, and beverages — we have a significant opportunity to ensure our products are developed, validated, and positioned in a way that truly reflects the richness and diversity of LATAM culinary culture.

This person will embed as a culinary intelligence partner to the Ninja Test Kitchen — bringing authentic regional expertise to product testing, KPI development, ingredient gap analysis, and story creation across all Ninja categories. LATAM is not a single market, and the person in this seat has a real opportunity to shape how Ninja shows up across one of the world’s most vibrant and diverse culinary regions.

What You’ll Do
Product Testing & Validation

Execute structured appliance tests using authentic, locally sourced LATAM ingredients across all Ninja categories

Identify and document functional gaps where appliance performance diverges from local consumer expectations

Maintain rigorous test records: datasheets, photo and video capture, sensory observations, and protocol notes

KPI & Ingredient Gap Development

Partner with Ninja Test Kitchen to inform performance KPIs that reflect authentic LATAM consumer expectations

Build and maintain a living ingredient gap framework — documenting where locally sourced ingredients behave differently from US equivalents in ways that affect appliance performance

Surface gaps with engineering implications early, so product teams can act before launch

Recipe & Story Development

Develop and validate, appliance-specific recipes that reflect genuine regional consumer behavior

Translate culinary findings into product story inputs — hero dishes, demos, social virality, use-case claims, and positioning that resonates authentically with LATAM consumers

Note meaningful sub-regional variation where relevant across Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, and beyond

Knowledge Transfer

Serve as Ninja Test Kitchen’s go-to resource for LATAM culinary intelligence — ingredients, techniques, trends, and consumer behaviors

Lead regular virtual knowledge-share sessions with the Needham team and contribute to a living LATAM culinary reference guide

Support sell-in stories with the commercial organization linking functionality to the experience.

What We’re Looking For
Required

5+ years of professional culinary or culinary development experience with a strong foundation in LATAM cuisines

Formal culinary training or equivalent — degree from a recognized program in Mexico or LATAM preferred

Hands-on experience working with or evaluating kitchen appliances through a culinary and functional lens

Deep knowledge of LATAM ingredients and how they may differ from US-market equivalents in ways that affect cooking performance

Bilingual Spanish / English — professional fluency in both written and spoken communication

Self-directed and organized — able to manage workstreams independently without on-site supervision

Strong documentation skills — able to write structured test reports and communicate findings clearly to a technical audience

Preferred

R&D, test kitchen, or food product development experience

Familiarity with sensory evaluation — ability to articulate taste, texture, aroma, and appearance in structured terms

Culinary knowledge spanning multiple LATAM markets — Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, or Caribbean

Experience working with remote, cross-functional US-based teams

Travel availability 20% of the time

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. To gether, 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.

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