Sr Product Manager II EFB, Flight Deck Solutions
ForeFlight•Austin, TX
•$163,000 - $200,000
About The Position
Jeppesen ForeFlight is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy for its flagship navigation-focused flight-deck Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) product line, FliteDeck Pro, serving commercial and business aviation markets. This high-visibility role will shape how major carriers modernize flight operations through the EFB. The position owns navigation product vision and roadmap across enroute and terminal charts, moving maps, route planning, and procedure selection. It involves customer discovery, product requirements and prototyping, cross-functional delivery, regulatory and data expertise, market strategy, and measurement of customer and business outcomes. The role also contributes to navigation user experience design and may submit intellectual-property or invention disclosures.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical, aviation, business, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of product management experience in aviation software, avionics, connected-device products, or another safety-critical environment.
- At least 2+ years of experience managing a navigation, flight-planning, moving-map, or related aviation capability.
- Direct experience working with or supporting airline or business aviation flight operations, dispatch, or flight standards teams.
- Hands-on familiarity with EFB navigation functionality, including enroute and terminal charts, moving maps, route and procedure selection, and terrain, obstacle, or weather overlays.
- Experience taking software products from discovery and concept through launch, adoption, and post-launch iteration, using analytics to measure customer and business impact.
- Experience in regulated, safety-critical product environments, including change control, verification and validation, and coordination with certification or airworthiness stakeholders.
- Familiarity with geospatial and mapping technologies, including GIS, moving-map rendering, GPS, and ADS-B position sources.
- Proficiency with product management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Aha!, Productboard, and Confluence, and ability to review technical specifications, API documentation, and data schemas.
- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, including ability to translate technical, customer, and regulatory requirements into product requirements and prioritized roadmaps.
- Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills, including ability to align engineering, UX, sales, and regulatory or compliance teams.
- Ability and willingness to travel to customer sites, flight operations centers, and industry events as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree, such as an MBA or technical graduate degree.
- Working knowledge of aeronautical data formats, standards, and regulatory guidance relevant to EFB navigation products, including FAA AC 120-76 and applicable EASA EFB guidance.
- Background in aviation, airline cockpit or ground environments, EFB platforms, or avionics.
- Pilot certificate (Private Pilot or higher) or equivalent flight-deck experience.
- PMP, CSPO, or equivalent product or project management certification.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for navigation capabilities within the FliteDeck platform, including charts, moving maps, route planning, and procedure selection.
- Research and create product requirements and prototypes, and work with engineering and design to deliver navigation capabilities from discovery through delivery.
- Conduct discovery with airline customers and prospects to understand flight-deck workflows, pain points, and requirements, translating them into actionable product specifications.
- Lead collaboration with sales, engineering, QA, and marketing to ensure navigation capabilities meet customer needs and market opportunities.
- Serve as the internal subject matter expert on aeronautical navigation data and regulatory standards, advising engineering on compliance and interoperability requirements.
- Identify market potential, establish pricing and go-to-market strategies, and build the business case for navigation as a product line.
- Coordinate product strategy and development for emerging navigation capabilities, including tailored or fleet-specific data and delivery across iOS and Windows.
- Collaborate with marketing on navigation value-proposition materials and strategies, and with sales on customer messaging and competitive positioning.
- Develop and track metrics, including feature adoption and customer satisfaction, to evaluate product effectiveness and customer value; identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Lead and participate in navigation and moving-map user experience design efforts, and identify and submit IP or invention disclosures as applicable.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid health premiums.
- Open PTO policy.
- 401(k) with up to 10% company matching and immediate vesting.
- 12 weeks paid paternal leave.
- Flight Training Rewards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
