Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Jeppesen ForeFlight builds industry-leading aviation software and is seeking a Director, Product Design to lead the evolution of user experience in an AI-native era. This role involves driving design strategy and execution while collaborating with various teams to enhance product quality and user satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute design strategy across major product initiatives and user experiences
- Lead, mentor, and grow teams across Product Design, UX Research, and Design Systems
- Establish and promote design best practices that improve usability, safety, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
- Foster a strong culture of user-centered design and continuous improvement
- Ensure high-quality design execution across multiple product teams
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Business stakeholders to deliver customer value
- Build strong working relationships across functions and help align teams around shared goals and priorities
- Influence product direction through customer insights, design expertise, and data-informed decision-making
- Help navigate complex product decisions within a highly regulated and safety-critical environment
- Help shape the design strategy for AI-assisted and AI-powered aviation workflows
- Collaborate with AI and engineering teams to create intuitive, trustworthy user experiences
- Contribute to frameworks that support transparency, explainability, and human oversight in AI systems
- Drive experimentation and innovation around intelligent recommendations, automation, and emerging workflows
- Advocate for responsible AI practices that deliver meaningful customer value
- Partner with Design and Engineering teams to evolve ForeFlight's design system
- Drive consistency, accessibility, scalability, and maintainability across products and platforms
- Improve design-to-development workflows and collaboration practices
- Support adoption of modern design tools and AI-enabled workflows
- Collaborate closely with Engineering to ensure high-quality execution of user experiences
- Use prototyping to accelerate learning, alignment, and decision-making
Skills
- 10+ years of product design experience
- 3+ years leading design teams and developing design talent
- Strong fluency in English, both written and verbal
- A portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design leadership, systems thinking, and measurable business impact
- Experience leading design initiatives for complex software products
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated success partnering with Product and Engineering teams
- Experience contributing to or scaling design systems
- Experience driving initiatives across multiple product teams
- Understanding of modern AI product development and user experience principles
- Ability to communicate design decisions effectively to technical and non-technical audiences
- Proficiency with modern design tools such as Figma
- Experience in aviation, aerospace, transportation, mapping, navigation, or mission-critical software
- Experience designing AI-powered enterprise or consumer products
- Familiarity with modern frontend technologies and design-to-development workflows
- Experience working in highly regulated or safety-sensitive environments
- Experience supporting distributed teams
- Preference is for this candidate to be located in Austin, TX or Denver, CO
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
Company Overview
Jeppesen ForeFlight is redefining the future of aviation technology – equipping pilots, operators, and decision-makers. It was founded in 1934, and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.jeppesenforeflight.com.