Sr. Director, Executive Operations & Transformation
Jeppesen ForeFlight · Austin, TX · 3 wk ago
RemoteRemoteBusiness Development$200k–$245k/yrFull-time
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
- 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
Basic 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
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to synthesize complex situations into clear executive summaries and decision memos
- Able 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