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Cirrus Aircraft is the recognized global leader in personal aviation and the maker of the best-selling SR Series piston aircraft and the Vision Jet™, the world’s first single engine Personal Jet and recipient of the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy. Founded in 1984, the company has redefined performance, comfort and safety in aviation with innovations like the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®) – the first FAA-certified whole-airframe parachute safety system included as standard equipment on an aircraft. To date, worldwide flight time on Cirrus aircraft has passed nine million hours and over 170 people have returned home safely to their families as a result of the inclusion of CAPS® as a standard feature on all Cirrus aircraft. The company has three locations in the United States, located in Duluth, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota and Knoxville, Tennessee. Find out more at www.cirrusaircraft.com

The Product Owner – Learning Systems is responsible for shaping the strategy, requirements, and learner experience of Cirrus Aircraft’s digital training platforms, including the Cirrus Approach™ Learning Management System (LMS) and related systems that support content delivery, user engagement, data insights, and credentialing.

This role defines how our systems meet the needs of pilots, maintenance technicians, instructors, and partners across the global training ecosystem. The Product Owner – Learning Systems works with Enterprise IT and external vendors to ensures the learning systems/platforms deliver business value by contributing user stories, business rules, system requirements, and data models.

The ideal candidate blends technical fluency with user empathy and excels in mapping operational needs to platform features and workflows. They collaborate closely with UI/UX designers, internal stakeholders, and IT to drive product usability, scalability, and learner satisfaction.

Duties and Responsibilities / Essential Functions

Platform Strategy & Vision

• Define the strategic roadmap for Cirrus’s learning systems in alignment with training, business, and learner experience goals.
• Develop platform capabilities that support new training delivery models, including blended learning, microlearning, mobile-first content, and certification tracking.
• Collaborate with the Enterprise IT Product Manager to align product needs with technology capacity and timelines.
• Stay current on LMS, LXP, and EdTech trends to inform platform evolution.

Requirements Definition & System Optimization

• Write clear, actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and business rules to support platform enhancements.
• Lead the collection and definition of system requirements from a wide range of stakeholders, including training teams, customer support, and instructors.
• Develop wireframes and user flows in collaboration with internal UI/UX designers to shape intuitive, efficient learner experiences.
• Define and validate data architecture needs, including reporting schemas, credential logic, and learner tracking.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Product Ownership

• Act as the voice of the learner and administrator when shaping system functionality.
• Partner with content, operations, and support teams to ensure the platform meets day-to-day business needs.
• Represent learning systems in product strategy discussions and cross-functional initiatives.
• Drive decision-making based on data insights, user feedback, and platform analytics.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, instructional technology, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in product ownership, systems design, digital platform management, or business analysis.
• Experience working with or managing the evolution of LMS, LXP, or comparable learning technologies.
• Proven ability to translate user needs into system requirements, wireframes, and data models.
• Familiarity with user story writing, product documentation, and digital product lifecycle management.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred

• Experience with enterprise LMS platforms, SCORM/xAPI content, SSO integrations, or user provisioning workflows.
• Experience supporting both instructor-led and asynchronous learning ecosystems.
• Exposure to UI/UX methodologies, Figma or similar prototyping tools, and Agile workflows.
• Background in training, education, or operational support roles within a performance-focused organization

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Drives Results: Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes, contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Strategic Mindset: Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.
• Manages Conflict: Handles conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
• Organizational Savvy: Maneuvers comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.

Our Benefits: Cirrus provides a range of exciting benefits, including:

• 401(k) Plan: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 5% after 90 days, with 100% vesting after one year of employment.
• Employer-Paid Coverages: Group term life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, vision, dental, with additional dependent coverage options.
• Free Health Tracking: With rewards for meeting health goals.
• Generous PTO: 120 hours accrued within the first year.
• Employee Referral Bonus: For referring talented candidates.
• Career Development: Tuition reimbursement and professional growth opportunities.
• Exclusive Discounts: Access to partner and marketplace discounts.
• Community & Engagement: Company and employee clubs at various locations.

These benefits are designed to support your well-being, growth, and enjoyment at Cirrus!

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Work beyond 40 hours per week may be required.

Cirrus is dedicated to a drug free work environment promoting equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, national origin, color, age, disability, religion, pregnancy, veteran status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, receipt of public assistance, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.