Sr Director, Product Management

Fore Flight Austin
1801 E 6th St
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78702, USA

Jeppesen Fore Flight 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 Fore Flight 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.

• Own and drive product vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution for a major Jeppesen Fore Flight 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 Fore Flight Mobile, Flight Deck, Dispatch, Enterprise, Data, Documents, Content, and related platform capabilities.
• Represent Jeppesen Fore Flight at customer meetings, partner discussions, trade shows, industry events, and executive briefings.

• 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…