Senior Manager, Engineering

We at Jeppesen Foreflight are building a modern, independent SaaS company with aviation roots and agentic AI at its core. For Global Aviation Data team, we are looking for a hands‑on Senior Manager in Poland to lead managers and their teams (25 to 40 people to lead). This role is about clarity, service, and results — not control. The leader will set site strategy, drive SaaS execution, and guide organizational change, while staying close to the work and empowering teams to win.

Key Responsabilities:

• Lead with Service, Not Control
• • Mentor managers of empowered teams, clearing obstacles and creating clarity.
  • Build trust and momentum through servant leadership.
• Shape Strategy & Portfolio
  • Develop and execute portfolio strategies that align with global agentic AI adoption.
  • Define and evolve site strategy for Poland, ensuring integration with global priorities.
• Drive SaaS Execution
  • Champion modern SaaS practices: CI/CD, observability, hygiene, and agentic workflows.
  • Push for progress over perfection — ship, learn, and iterate.
• Governance & Outcomes
  • Reinforce guardrails: risk logs, release reviews, feature previews, and dashboards.
  • Tie AI adoption to measurable business outcomes (speed, reliability, MTTR reduction).
• Lead Organizational Change
  • Guide teams through large‑scale transformations, harmonizing culture and process.
  • Act as a change agent, ensuring resilience and alignment during transitions.
• Regional Enablement
  • Serve as an Engineering site leader for Poland, representing engineering in global forums.
  • Build talent density, attract aviation‑passionate engineers, and grow leaders.

What We Look For

• Engineering or MBA degree
• Proven experience in SaaS development and deployment at scale.
• Experience with Agentic AI.
• Track record of leading managers of managers in complex engineering environments.
• Strong technical foundation; credible and curious, not a tourist.
• Strategic thinker with experience in portfolio and site strategy development.
• Exposure to large organizational change management.
• Excellent communication skills; able to align execution with outcomes.

Bonus Experience (Preferred, not required)

• Background in Aviation.
• Exposure to data science and analytics in SaaS or AI contexts.
• Experience with DO‑200B and/or DO‑178C projects (aviation certification standards).

Leadership Style

• Servant leader: clears the way, builds others up, and trusts the team.
• Hands‑on, pragmatic, and outcome‑oriented.
• Creates context, not control — explains the why, trusts the how.

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.

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 empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. Our benefits package includes but is not limited to the following:

• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance
• PPK pension plan with additional 2.5% voluntary Employer contribution
• Access to Multikafeteria platform with a wide selection of products and services, including MultiSport card
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee referral program
• Flight rewards and flight stipend