Sr Director, Product Management

Jeppesen ForeFlight Careers•Austin, TX

About The Position

Jeppesen ForeFlight builds industry-leading aviation software used by pilots, flight departments, aircraft operators, and major airlines worldwide. As a high-growth, private equity-backed company, we are focused on scaling our operations, strengthening our product portfolio, and defining the future of aviation technology. Our team combines deep aviation domain expertise with a collaborative, high-performance culture to solve complex problems across flight planning, dispatch, charts, aeronautical data, airport operations, mobile applications, enterprise workflows, and connected aviation systems. About The Role We are looking for a Sr. Director of Product Management to lead a major product portfolio and help shape the next generation of Jeppesen ForeFlight products. This is a senior product leadership role for someone who can operate at both strategic and executional levels: setting vision, developing evidence-based roadmaps, coaching product managers, engaging directly with customers, and partnering deeply with Engineering, Design, Data, Sales, Marketing, Support, and aviation domain experts. The ideal candidate is an AI-forward, builder-mindset product leader who understands how to turn complex workflows into intuitive, trusted, high-impact software. Aviation experience is strongly preferred, especially exposure to pilots, flight departments, airlines, dispatch, avionics, airport operations, aeronautical data, EFBs, or geospatial/navigation products, but it is not required for an exceptional product leader with strong technical depth and curiosity.

Requirements

12+ years of product management experience, including significant experience leading product managers or product teams.
Demonstrated success delivering complex software products and driving measurable business outcomes at a technology company.
Experience owning product strategy, roadmap development, discovery, delivery, launch, adoption, and lifecycle management.
Strong technical fluency; able to work credibly with software, mobile, platform, data, geospatial, and infrastructure teams.
AI-forward product mindset, with practical interest or experience in AI-enabled workflows, copilots, agentic systems, automation, predictive intelligence, data products, or decision-support software.
Strong analytical skills, including experience with data analysis, experimentation, market research, KPI/OKR tracking, and business case development.
Excellent listening skills and customer discovery instincts; able to isolate the real customer problem beneath requests.
Exceptional written, verbal, and executive communication skills.
Ability to operate independently in a high-growth, high-ambiguity environment while aligning cross-functional teams.
Strong project administration and execution discipline; able to bring the right people into the right room, establish milestones, manage tradeoffs, and drive high-quality delivery.
Ability to mentor product managers and lead cross-functional teams effectively.
Strong product taste and systems thinking; able to simplify complex technical and operational workflows without losing domain nuance.

Nice To Haves

Aviation experience or enthusiasm strongly preferred.
Pilot certificate, dispatcher experience, military aviation background, airline operations exposure, or business aviation experience.
Experience with aviation software, EFBs, flight planning, dispatch, airport operations, runway safety, charts, navigation, aeronautical data, weather, geospatial tools, or mapping platforms.
Experience working with avionics systems, OEM partners, airlines, aeronautical data providers, or aviation technology companies such as Collins Aerospace, Honeywell, Garmin, Boeing, or similar.
Experience with enterprise SaaS, mobile applications, platform products, data products, or mission-critical operational software.
Experience with AI product patterns such as human-in-the-loop review, explainability, audit trails, confidence/uncertainty design, guardrails, evaluations, or automation governance.
MBA or advanced degree preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

Own and drive product vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution for a major Jeppesen ForeFlight product portfolio.
Lead, coach, and develop a team of product managers, raising the bar for discovery, product judgment, customer empathy, prioritization, communication, and measurable outcomes.
Develop deep subject-matter expertise in aviation workflows, aeronautical data, customer operations, and the needs of pilots, dispatchers, administrators, operators, and enterprise customers.
Translate customer feedback, market research, operational data, and business objectives into thoughtful, problem-oriented product requirements.
Partner closely with Engineering, Design, Data Production, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Sales, Support, Legal, and external customers to bring products and features to market.
Communicate product requirements clearly to software engineering, data production, and design teams, ensuring alignment across roadmap targets, data needs, product specifications, and release plans.
Build and maintain strong relationships with strategic customers, prospects, aviation partners, OEMs, and internal stakeholders.
Pitch senior leadership on product vision, business cases, roadmap priorities, investment opportunities, competitive responses, and product strategy.
Identify and lead opportunities to apply AI, automation, predictive intelligence, workflow intelligence, and agentic experiences to improve customer outcomes, operational efficiency, and safety.
Develop multi-phase product plans, product architecture narratives, business cases, launch plans, pricing inputs, adoption plans, and lifecycle management processes.
Define KPIs, OKRs, and product success metrics; use quantitative and qualitative evidence to guide prioritization and investment.
Coordinate across product portfolios to ensure alignment across ForeFlight Mobile, Flight Deck, Dispatch, Enterprise, Data, Documents, Content, and related platform capabilities.
Represent Jeppesen ForeFlight at customer meetings, partner discussions, trade shows, industry events, and executive briefings.