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We stand with those who dream bigger, fly farther, and seek to explore the next frontier in the cockpit and operations center.\nWe're seeking a Junior Implementation Specialist to join our Flight Planning Implementation team, helping airline and business aviation customers get up and running on our flight planning and dispatch software. This is an entry-level role, ideal for a recent college or aviation school graduate looking to build a career at the intersection of aviation and technology.\nAs a Junior Implementation Specialist, you'll work alongside experienced Implementation Specialists to onboard and migrate customers onto our flight planning and dispatch software. You'll start by supporting configuration, testing, and training tasks on live implementation and migration projects, and grow into owning smaller implementations and discrete workstreams of your own as you build product and domain knowledge.\nThis role is hybrid, out of our Denver, CO office.\nKey Responsibilities\nAs part of the Implementation team, you will:\nSupport customer migrations from legacy flight-planning platforms to our next-generation flight-planning system, and assist with new customer implementations across all service tiers, working toward owning smaller projects independently as you progress.\nAssist with migrating customer configuration data and operational parameters from legacy or third-party systems into the new platform, and help define minimum output/reporting requirements with the customer, under the guidance of senior specialists.\nAssist with configuring customer-specific environments, including direct-connect integrations with third-party IT systems such as scheduling systems, departure control systems, maintenance systems, EFB systems, and post-flight analysis systems, under the guidance of senior specialists.\nHelp coordinate cross-platform migration cases that overlap with an active implementation, partnering with senior specialists and other internal support teams on shared accounts.\nSupport migrations between related tracking and fleet-management products for customers transitioning between them.\nHelp triage reported issues as software defects, configuration changes, or third-party integration issues.\nBuild proficiency across the full implementation lifecycle by shadowing senior specialists on live projects and customer-facing training sessions, progressively taking on more ownership of timelines, milestones, deliverables, and training delivery as you grow.\nAssist with test-and-evaluation to production transitions, including validation testing with customers.\nUse AI-powered tools to speed up configuration, documentation, and troubleshooting work, and help the broader team adopt them.\nTravel to customer sites on occasion, as needed.\nBasic Qualifications\nRecently completed (or equivalent practical experience through) a bachelor's degree, aviation school program, or comparable technical program; 0-2 years of professional experience expected.\nGenuine passion for aviation and information technology, with a strong desire to build a career across both.\nAptitude and willingness to learn to configure software applications, diagnose flight-planning output issues, and help distinguish software defects from configuration or third-party data problems.\nStrong AI skills, or demonstrated fast learner with AI-powered tools, and enthusiasm for applying them to real implementation work, such as comparing configuration changes, triaging log files, and drafting first-pass customer responses.\nStrong critical thinking and troubleshooting skills, with the technical aptitude to learn and configure software without a traditional software engineering background.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting to and training customers.\nAbility to manage multiple concurrent tasks and prioritize with support from senior team members.\nPreferred Qualifications\nAviation knowledge (e.g., private pilot ground school, aviation degree coursework, flight dispatch familiarity, or airline/GA operations exposure), or a genuine desire to build it, is preferred.\nCurrent or former pilot experience, or progress toward a dispatcher certificate/license from a regional governmental aviation authority, is a plus.\nFamiliarity with, or willingness to learn, software migrations.\nAn understanding of, or a desire to learn, system integrations and network concepts.\nWillingness to learn to digitally track work for project efforts.\nComfort working across time zones with international customers.\nAbout Jeppesen ForeFlight\nJeppesen 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.\nWhy Join Us\nAt 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 we empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services. We strive to provide our employees with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. 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