VP, Product Operations

The VP of Product Operations will drive operational excellence across the product organization by improving visibility into R&D investments, enabling data-driven decision making, and optimizing cross-portfolio performance. This leader will serve as a strategic partner to Product, Engineering, Finance, and GTM teams—ensuring alignment between product strategy, roadmap delivery, and financial outcomes. The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of product operations expertise, analytical rigor, and executive-level communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a clear, data-driven view of R&D spend, allocation, and ROI to help guide investment decisions across product lines
  

• Build and manage frameworks for roadmap visibility, status tracking, and executive reporting across the product portfolio
  

• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to operationalize planning processes, including quarterly/annual planning, prioritization, and resource modeling
  

• Lead revenue forecasting efforts for product initiatives, partnering with Finance and GTM teams to model impact, track performance, and adjust strategic priorities
  

• Drive cross-portfolio pricing strategy, ensuring cohesion between products, alignment with market dynamics, and optimization of revenue potential
  

• Establish and improve systems, tools, and processes that enable predictable delivery, transparency, and accountability across the product organization
  

• Provide regular reporting and insights to executive leadership, highlighting risks, opportunities, and performance trends
  

• Mentor and develop a high-performing Product Operations team

 Basic Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience in Product Operations, Product Management, Business Operations, or a related function
  

• Proven experience building and scaling operational processes within a product-driven or technology organization
  

• Strong financial and analytical skills, including experience with budgeting, forecasting, and investment modeling
  

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into executive-ready insights
  

• Demonstrated success working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Finance, and GTM teams
  

• Experience leading and developing teams  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in a SaaS, technology, or R&D-heavy environment
  

• Background working with multi-product or portfolio-based organizations
  

• Familiarity with software development lifecycle and engineering planning tools (e.g., Jira, Aha!, Productboard)
  

• Strong understanding of pricing strategy, packaging, and revenue optimization
  

• MBA or advanced degree in business, engineering, or related field

Why You Should Join:

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 messaging. We strive to provide ForeFlighters and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits package includes but 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
• Tuition Stipend

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well market and business considerations: Summary Pay Range: $225,000-$260,000 USD.

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Salary : $225,000 - $260,000