Sr Director, Product Management
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. 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.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance with Employer paid health premiums
- Open PTO Policy
- 401(k) with up to 10% company matching and immediate vesting
- 12 Weeks Paid Maternity Leave
- 4 Weeks Paid Paternity Leave
- Flight Training Rewards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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