[Hiring] Senior Director, Executive Operations & Transformation @Jeppesen ForeFlight Careers

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Director, Executive Operations & Transformation to serve as an extension of the Chief Transformation Officer and a key operating partner to the Executive Leadership Team. This role sits at the center of how the ELT runs — owning the operating cadence, driving the rhythm of the Value Creation Plan, and leading the build-out of the company’s AI-driven strategy-to-execution platform.

The ideal candidate is an experienced operator who combines the rigor of elite program management with the range to work credibly alongside senior executives. You have driven transformation programs inside PE-backed companies, not just advised on them. You know how to create structure in environments that don’t yet have it, hold cross-functional teams to commitments without direct authority, and translate strategic priorities into the operational machinery that makes execution real. You are comfortable running an ELT meeting, writing a crisp escalation memo, and managing a complex initiative portfolio — often in the same week.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the ELT operating cadence, including agenda design and facilitation for weekly staff meetings (operational and transformation tracks), monthly offsites, and quarterly reviews.
• Track all open threads, decisions, and follow-up commitments across the ELT, ensuring nothing falls between meetings and every commitment has an owner and a timeline.
• Maintain the Board agenda roadmap and ensure the monthly and weekly ELT forums are sequenced against upcoming Board topics.
• Drive the rhythm and reporting of the Value Creation Plan initiative portfolio, including cross-functional coordination, milestone tracking, escalation management, and progress reporting to the CTO and ELT.
• Prepare and facilitate the bi-weekly Exec Transformation Review and monthly Value Creation Steering Committee, including materials, RAID log, and value capture tracking.
• Maintain the initiative portfolio infrastructure: milestones, dependencies, risk/issue logs, and benefit realization tracking in coordination with Finance.
• Lead the program management of the company’s AI-driven strategy-to-execution platform, coordinating with analytics and engineering teams on build priorities, integrations, and rollout.
• Define the operating requirements for the internal platform — what the ELT needs to see, when, and in what format — and drive delivery against that roadmap.
• Partner closely with ELT members and their VP-level teams to ensure cross-functional alignment, surface issues early, and drive pace on shared initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, management consulting, or transformation program management.
• Demonstrated experience driving programs inside PE-backed companies, including managing initiative portfolios under PE governance and operating cadences.
• Management consulting background (MBB, Big 4, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• Proven track record managing complex, cross-functional initiatives with senior executive stakeholders.
• Experience designing and running executive operating cadences — meeting facilitation, agenda management, decision tracking, and follow-through at the leadership team level.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to synthesize complex situations into clear executive summaries and decision memos.
• Ability to operate effectively through influence rather than direct authority in a matrixed environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience inside a corporate carve-out, integration, or high-change operating environment.
• Familiarity with PE value creation frameworks, EBITDA improvement programs, or enterprise transformation operating models.
• Experience with AI-enabled business tools, performance platforms, or strategy-to-execution systems.
• Technology or SaaS company experience.
• Exposure to board-level governance and PE operating partner engagement.

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.
• Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well market and business considerations: Summary Pay Range: $200,000-$245,000.