Associate General Counsel

About the Role
SharkNinja is seeking a senior attorney to join our APAC legal team as a generalist based in China. Reporting to TBD, this role serves as the Legal Team’s eyes and ears in APAC, provides day-to-day legal support across commercial, employment, and compliance matters for our APAC operations, and partners closely with People & Culture, supply chain, and business leaders across the region. This is a strong fit for a business-minded attorney who enjoys a broad, hands-on workload and can serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders in the Company’s APAC region.

Key Responsibilities
General
• Manage outside counsel engagements for APAC-related matters, overseeing quality, budget, and turnaround.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Company.
• Represent the Company in interactions with government officials and agencies.
• Collaborate with the global legal team on cross-border projects and other matters as assigned. Commercial
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including manufacturing, supply chain, and vendor contracts, consistent with company policy and risk tolerance.
• Support technology, IP, and data privacy provisions within commercial agreements, and help maintain and improve standard form templates and contracting processes.
• Provide day-to-day counseling to China-based business clients on commercial risk, contract interpretation, and deal structuring. Employment
• Advise on PRC labor and employment law matters, including hiring, termination, restructuring, and executive employment arrangements.
• Draft and maintain employment contracts, policies, handbooks, and People & Culture templates in compliance with local law.
• Partner with People & Culture on employee relations matters — performance management, disciplinary actions, grievances, and workplace disputes — and support labor arbitration or regulatory proceedings as needed. Compliance
• Serve as APAC Regional Compliance Officer.
• Support corporate compliance oversight for China operations, including anti-bribery/anti-corruption (PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law, FCPA, UK Bribery Act), conflicts of interest, and data privacy (PIPL).
• Conduct internal investigations into misconduct, whistleblower reports, and code of conduct violations, in coordination with Legal, Compliance, and Audit.
• Partner with the Internal Audit team on remediation of compliance findings and support broader enterprise risk management efforts as needed.
• Deliver periodic legal and compliance training. Qualifications
• Current PRC practicing certificate (PRC Bar qualification) required.
Exposure to US legal system is highly desirable.
• 10+ years' post-qualification experience.
• Strong contract drafting, negotiation, and communication skills, with the judgment to manage risk pragmatically in a fast-paced, consumer products environment.
• Working knowledge of PRC labor and employment law (e.g., Labor Contract Law, Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law, Social Insurance Law).
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence.
• Professional proficiency in Mandarin and English, written and spoken.
• Experience in-house at, or advising, a consumer products or publicly listed company is a plus. Your Role in Our Success Drivers
• RARELY SATISFIED — push for better outcomes every day.
• PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION — keep improving, one step at a time.
• DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE — bring precision to every matter.
• WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT — partner closely with Legal, PEOPLE & CULTURE, and the business.
• COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT — be clear, direct, and honest.