Senior Consultant, Airline Operations Expert Job at ForeFlight in Denver

Senior Consultant, Airline Operations Expert

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Senior Consultant, Airline Operations Expert

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Are you a seasoned airline professional with deep experience in flight operations and a passion for making a positive impact on the aviation industry? Join Jeppesens Intelligent Airline Consultancy, where you will leverage your operational expertise to help airlines unlock measurable business value through data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions. As a Consultant or Senior Consultant, you will work directly with airline clients to diagnose operational challenges, quantify improvement opportunities, and build compelling business cases that drive adoption of Jeppesens software products. When not client-facing, you will contribute to thought leadership, research, and new business development initiatives. Please note that while this role will focus mainly on Jeppesen products, it will be hired through ForeFlight.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with airline clients to understand operational challenges and performance gaps, focusing on KPIs such as on-time performance, turnaround times, and CASM
• Use Jeppesens proprietary AI data foundation and analytics tools to generate insights without burdening clients with data requests
• Develop structured value engineering engagements that quantify business impact and build actionable roadmaps
• Partner closely with data scientists to tackle complex analytical problems
• Support new business development through research, white papers, and conference presentations
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of consulting tools, playbooks, and operational intelligence dashboards

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in airline flight operations or related roles with a strong understanding of airline KPIs and operational processes
• Bachelors degree in Business, Aviation, Aerospace Engineering, Operations Research, or a related field
• Demonstrated passion for aviation and a desire to drive industry-wide improvements
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and demonstrated experience in statistical analysis
• Ability to communicate complex insights clearly to both technical and executive audiences
• Ability to travel 25-50% of the time depending on client needs
• Collaborative mindset with a customer-obsessed approach and curiosity to explore new ideas

Preferred Qualifications:

• Flexible location preferred in Denver, Colorado
• Experience working directly with airline stakeholders
• Previous experience with or strong understanding of Jeppesen products
• Pilot or aviation enthusiast

About ForeFlight:

ForeFlight, a Boeing company, is the leading provider of advanced integrated software for the General, Business and Military Aviation markets worldwide. Founded in 2007 and joining the Boeing family in 2019, ForeFlight now offers ForeFlight Mobile EFB and Military Flight Bag for pilots, ForeFlight Dispatch for flight planners, Sentry portable ADS-B receivers, and a range of additional integrated products and capabilities serving the needs of pilots and flight departments around the world. ForeFlight has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Editors' Choice Award from FLYING Magazine for five separate years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023, and 2024. In 2023, ForeFlight also earned the FLYING Magazine Innovation Award, followed by the Readers' Choice Award in 2024. Additionally, ForeFlight was honored as the App of the Year by Aviation Consumer in 2011, and BuiltIn 2024 and 2025 best places to work.

Why You Should Join:

At 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: $200,000-$240,000.

This position is currently part of Boeing but is planned to transition to an independent company owned by Thoma Bravo, as part of a pending divestiture of the Digital Aviation Solutions organization. If you are selected for this role, your employment may initially be with Boeing (dependent on start date). Subject to final regulatory approvals and closing conditions, your employment may transfer to the divested business owned by Thoma Bravo at close. Additional details about this transition will be shared as they become available. By applying, you acknowledge and understand that this role is part of a transitioning business and may be subject to organizational changes including a new employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Are you a seasoned airline professional with deep experience in flight operations and a passion for making a positive impact on the aviation industry? Join Jeppesens Intelligent Airline Consultancy, where you will leverage your operational expertise to help airlines unlock measurable business value through data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions. As a Consultant or Senior Consultant, you will work directly with airline clients to diagnose operational challenges, quantify improvement opportunities, and build compelling business cases that drive adoption of Jeppesens software products. When not client-facing, you will contribute to thought leadership, research, and new business development initiatives. Please note that while this role will focus mainly on Jeppesen products, it will be hired through ForeFlight.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with airline clients to understand operational challenges and performance gaps, focusing on KPIs such as on-time performance, turnaround times, and CASM
• Use Jeppesens proprietary AI data foundation and analytics tools to generate insights without burdening clients with data requests
• Develop structured value engineering engagements that quantify business impact and build actionable roadmaps
• Partner closely with data scientists to tackle complex analytical problems
• Support new business development through research, white papers, and conference presentations
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of consulting tools, playbooks, and operational intelligence dashboards

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in airline flight operations or related roles with a strong understanding of airline KPIs and operational processes
• Bachelors degree in Business, Aviation, Aerospace Engineering, Operations Research, or a related field
• Demonstrated passion for aviation and a desire to drive industry-wide improvements
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and demonstrated experience in statistical analysis
• Ability to communicate complex insights clearly to both technical and executive audiences
• Ability to travel 25-50% of the time depending on client needs
• Collaborative mindset with a customer-obsessed approach and curiosity to explore new ideas

Preferred Qualifications:

• Flexible location preferred in Denver, Colorado
• Experience working directly with airline stakeholders
• Previous experience with or strong understanding of Jeppesen products
• Pilot or aviation enthusiast

About ForeFlight:

ForeFlight, a Boeing company, is the leading provider of advanced integrated software for the General, Business and Military Aviation markets worldwide. Founded in 2007 and joining the Boeing family in 2019, ForeFlight now offers ForeFlight Mobile EFB and Military Flight Bag for pilots, ForeFlight Dispatch for flight planners, Sentry portable ADS-B receivers, and a range of additional integrated products and capabilities serving the needs of pilots and flight departments around the world. ForeFlight has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Editors' Choice Award from FLYING Magazine for five separate years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023, and 2024. In 2023, ForeFlight also earned the FLYING Magazine Innovation Award, followed by the Readers' Choice Award in 2024. Additionally, ForeFlight was honored as the App of the Year by Aviation Consumer in 2011, and BuiltIn 2024 and 2025 best places to work.

Why You Should Join:

At 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: $200,000-$240,000.

This position is currently part of Boeing but is planned to transition to an independent company owned by Thoma Bravo, as part of a pending divestiture of the Digital Aviation Solutions organization. If you are selected for this role, your employment may initially be with Boeing (dependent on start date). Subject to final regulatory approvals and closing conditions, your employment may transfer to the divested business owned by Thoma Bravo at close. Additional details about this transition will be shared as they become available. By applying, you acknowledge and understand that this role is part of a transitioning business and may be subject to organizational changes including a new employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development

• Industries

  Airlines and Aviation

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