Sr Project Manager II

Jeppesen ForeFlight, Inc.; Quebec; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

3 weeks PTO for new hires

Volunteer days

Job summary

Jeppesen ForeFlight, Inc. in Montreal is seeking a senior project manager to lead customer-facing software implementations across the Americas. The role reports to the Senior Manager of Implementation and requires strong scheduling, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to mentor junior project managers.

Travel is expected to other offices and client locations. Responsibilities include managing programs, risk mitigation, scope control, and effective communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years project management experience.
• 5+ years of customer / client facing experience.
• Ability to travel 20-40% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Project and program management to deliver goals within Jeppesen's framework.
• Create and maintain project schedules with milestones, tasks, and dependencies.
• Lead cross-functional activities with departments, Boeing/Jeppesen vendors and partners.
• Identify Risks and Issues and implement mitigations.
• Ensure project scope stays aligned with objectives across involved teams.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Follow proper change management to capture and bill additional work.

Skills

Project management

Customer facing

Travel readiness

Aviation domain knowledge

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

Jeppesen ForeFlight is seeking a customer-facing Sr Project Manager reporting to the Senior Manager of Implementation: Montreal hybrid opportunity.

As the selected candidate, you will successfully manage multiple customer software implementation projects and programs across the Americas through effective planning, scheduling and controlling, and mentor junior Project Managers. Travel is expected, both between company offices globally, as well as to various customer locations.

Position Responsibilities

• Project Management and Program Management: Applies project/program management and customer guiding experience while learning and adapting to Jeppesen's best practices framework to deliver project goals.
• Schedule Management: Create and maintain project and program schedules by identifying and monitoring: overall project timeline, project milestones, tasks, deliverables, customer requirements, task dependencies, and critical paths.
• Cross Functional Leadership: Provides leadership, direction and integrates activities with other departments, Boeing and Jeppesen vendors, and partners to ensure successful implementation and support. Facilitation, roll out and continuous improvement of PM best practices and mentoring of junior Project Managers
• Issue / Risk Management: Anticipates and identifies Risks and Issues that may impact implementation and develops and implements mitigation and corrective actions.
• Scope: Ensures projects remains focused on key objectives and goals. Develop and manage expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas in Boeing and Jeppesen are engaged on the project.
• Communication Management: Using a variety of media, clearly conveys information and ideas to internal and external stakeholders in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Change Management: Ensure proper change management procedures are followed to ensure scope is managed and additional work is captured and appropriately billed to customer.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• 10+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7+ years project management experience
• 5+ years of customer / client facing experience
• Ability to travel 20-40% of the time

Preferred Qualifications (Education/Experience)

• Experience managing complex technical software implementation projects to external customers
• Strong business acumen and relationship skills needed to build partnerships with customers, stakeholders, and peers.
• Aviation industry expertise, ideally in the area of crew management solutions
• Experience applying Scrum and Agile principles to improve project delivery
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including MS Project; Primavera experience a plus
• Multilingualism is an asset (French etc.

About Jeppesen ForeFlight

Jeppesen ForeFlight is a leading provider of innovative aviation software solutions, serving the Commercial, Business, Military, and General Aviation sectors globally. Combining Jeppesen's 90-year legacy of accurate aeronautical data with ForeFlight's expertise in cutting-edge aviation technology, the company delivers an integrated suite of tools designed to enhance safety, improve operational efficiency, and sharpen decision-making.

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Benefits

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 empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. We strive to provide employees and their loved ones 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:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with employer paid health premiums for employees and dependents
• Employer paid life and AD&D insurance
• A health care spending account
• Short and long term disability insurance
• Virtual health
• Fitness reimbursement program
• DPSP and RRSP retirement plans
• 3 weeks of PTO for new hires
• Employee Assistance Program
• 2 days off to volunteer annually (effective in 2026)
• Employee referral program (effective in 2026)
• Flight rewards and flight stipend (effective in 2026)