Jeppesen ForeFlight builds industry-leading aviation software used by pilots, aircraft operators, and major airlines worldwide. As a high-growth, private equity-backed company, we are focused on scaling our operations, strengthening our financial infrastructure, and driving operational excellence across the business. Our team combines deep domain expertise with a collaborative, high-performance culture to solve complex challenges and support continued growth.
This is a Austin, TX or Denver, CO based role requiring deep aviation domain expertise, particularly experience with avionics systems from companies such as Collins Aerospace, Honeywell, or similar OEM partners. The ideal candidate brings hands-on knowledge of airport operations, runway incursion prevention, and avionics display environments, combined with the autonomy to operate as a strong individual contributor in a fast-moving, high-ambiguity setting.
Key Responsibilities
- Communicate product requirements to software engineering and data production teams, ensuring collaboration and coordination on data, asset, and product specification enhancements aligned to roadmap targets.
- Document end-to-end business requirements and understand data needs for AMM products including avionics-integrated and EFB-based displays, front-panel applications, and back-office infrastructure systems.
- Coordinate across portfolios with internal consumers of AMM data — including Flight Deck and ForeFlight Mobile product and engineering teams — to ensure roadmap alignment.
- Coordinate with external airline and avionics customers to ensure customer requirements are integrated into the product roadmap.
- Document product architecture and develop product processes.
- Participate in data governance decisions and maintain data quality standards.
- Determine product pricing, pricing schedules, annual pricing updates, product plans, roadmaps, and product release plans.
- Develop new Airport Moving Map product concepts through to eventual launch, as well as vision documents to initiate technology development efforts.
- Manage all aspects of AMM product lifecycle management including the development and presentation of business cases.
- Serve as the single point of contact for all ongoing Airport Moving Map product decisions, ensuring implementation consistency and effective client communication.
- Collaborate closely with marketing, sales, distribution, support, technology services, data services, and legal/contracts to drive product decisions.
- Develop competitive response and contingency plans to address market-specific needs.
- Attend trade shows, industry conferences, and customer/partner meetings.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in product development/management, program management, and/or financial analysis.
- Significant aviation domain expertise required — specifically experience with avionics systems from OEM manufacturers such as Collins Aerospace, Honeywell, Garmin, or equivalent.
- Familiarity with Airport Moving Map products, avionics display applications, or airport navigation data.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, specifically with software engineering and sales/marketing teams.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and operate with high autonomy in a cross-functional environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- BA/BS in Technology, Business, Marketing, Finance, or equivalent work experience; MBA preferred.
- Experience with geospatial data, mapping, or aviation navigation systems.
- Familiarity with airport operations, ATC environments, or runway incursion prevention.
- Experience with web-based geospatial tools or digital mapping platforms.
- Prior work at an avionics OEM, airline, or aeronautical data provider.
Why Join Us
At Jeppesen ForeFlight, we know you want a rewarding career. To do that, you need challenging projects, a good work environment, and awesome coworkers. We believe in our employees, and we empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services. We strive to provide our employees with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits package includes but is not limited to the following:
- 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
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well market and business considerations: Summary Pay Range: $131,000-$160,000
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