Sr Product Manager I - Airport Moving Map

ForeFlight

$131K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in product development, program management, or financial analysis.
  • Expertise in aviation, especially avionics from OEMs like Collins Aerospace or Honeywell.
  • Familiar with Airport Moving Map products and avionics display applications.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with engineering and sales teams.
  • Ability to operate independently in a cross-functional team setting.

Responsibilities

  • Communicate product requirements to ensure alignment among software and data teams.
  • Document business needs for AMM products and their specifications.
  • Coordinate with internal teams to align product roadmaps with ongoing projects.
  • Integrate customer requirements into product development from external stakeholders.
  • Develop and document product architecture and processes.
  • Maintain data quality standards and participate in data governance.
  • Manage the product lifecycle, including pricing and roadmap planning.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision insurance with employer-paid health premiums.
  • Open PTO policy allowing flexibility in time off.
  • 401(k) plan with 10% company matching and immediate vesting.
  • 12 weeks of paid maternity leave.
  • 4 weeks of paid paternity leave.
  • Incentives for flight training programs.
Full Job Description
This is a US-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.
  • Preferred hybrid arrangement in Austin, TX or Denver, CO if no domain experience


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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