Portfolio Manager, Civil Training Programs

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Manage program roadmaps, lifecycle, backlogs, and alignment with business objectives.
• Oversee and contribute to instructional design and courseware development, maintaining technical accuracy, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Plan and monitor development work, balancing scope, quality, resources, and timelines.
• Coordinate internal teams, consultants, suppliers, and vendors; manage SOWs, deliverables, acceptance, and contract negotiations.
• Plan pilots, go-live activities, instructor enablement, and releases.
• Work with OEMs, subject matter experts, regulatory agencies, and stakeholders to validate content and support compliance.
• Lead globally diverse cross-functional teams and multiple projects; communicate across organizational levels.
• Track project financials, KPIs, and status, reporting to senior management.
• Support governance, regional communications, customer-facing initiatives, and continuous improvement.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, an aviation-related field, or a related discipline.
• 5 to 8 years of relevant professional experience.
• 3 to 5 years of courseware design and development experience, including hands-on instructional design.
• 3 to 5 years leading small teams and/or working in product ownership.
• Experience managing multiple projects and leading globally diverse teams.
• Experience with product ownership, backlog management, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience planning implementation activities such as pilots, go-live, and instructor enablement.
• Experience coordinating vendors or consultants, SOWs, deliverables, quality acceptance, and contract negotiations.
• Experience with training and development teams, global training audiences, or formal adult learning development.
• Experience collaborating with subject matter experts; ability to prioritize trade-offs and communicate across organizational levels.
• Knowledge of business management, finance, leadership principles, KPIs, and project reporting.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, organizational, problem-solving, communication, leadership, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills; Microsoft Office proficiency.

Preferred qualifications

• Strong aviation domain knowledge, ideally from aviation training, flight operations, or operational training support.
• Agile and/or Product Ownership training is preferred.
• Experience with Monday.com, ClickUp, or Microsoft work-management tools is preferred.
• Experience with Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate, Adobe Creative Cloud tools, and Figma is preferred.
• Experience with LMS administration, SCORM, xAPI, and SCORM Cloud is preferred.
• Experience creating release plans and RACI documentation using Confluence or SharePoint is preferred.

Benefits

• The employer describes a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Professional growth, career advancement, flexible work arrangements, and autonomy are offered.
• The role contributes to aviation safety and operational excellence and includes exposure to international teams and customers.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits are offered.

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