Flight Training Account Manager - SF

Flight Training Account Manager

The Flight Training Account Manager enhances the customers' experience before, during and after flight training in order to build lifelong customer/owner relationships. This position is the personal guidance liaison for training and aircraft ownership that relates to all Cirrus aircraft delivery and training customers. Initial responsibilities include understanding the customers' needs for flight training, determining best practices to meet these needs, and generating ongoing interest in Cirrus products/services.

This role works with department leadership to ensure uninterrupted customer service by cross training staff. The Flight Training Account Manager coordinates efforts with the Flight Operations and Flight Instruction Team. The Flight Training Account Manager must be enthusiastic in fostering Cirrus aircraft owners in the Cirrus Life training experience. The position is based at the Cirrus Vision Center in Knoxville, TN.

• Ensure decision-making that balances the needs of each customer, the company, and promotes long-term viability of the business.
• Champion excellence in business ethics, integrity, and build an environment with a high level of morale, motivation and engagement.
• Create a timely and responsive initial contact between Cirrus aircraft owners and Flight Training Operations to enhance trust.
• Clearly communicate the training path progression to set up each customer for successful completion of training requirements and fulfillment of mutual expectations.
• Liaise with Delivery Experience Account Managers, Regional Sales Directors, and Executive Directors/Sales to accommodate date changes or unique requests by the customer or the internal teams.
• Act as the central liaison for customer communication, verbal and written.
• Monitor and guide all Cirrus aircraft owners/customers through the multi-step training path, informing all involved parties of any developments that may affect the timeline, quality or duration of training.
• Ensure a safe, efficient, and fair schedule for Flight Operations pilots, considering extended training missions, weather limitations, aircraft availability, vacation requests, and other factors.
• Monitor and maintain the Training Management System for records and quality control auditing.
• Identify, compile and maintain various key metrics.
• Work closely with the scheduling team to determine capacity and demand planning annual based on historical data.
• Ensure all Flight Training Account Management processes are scalable for future business growth.
• Ability to travel and establish meaningful relationships with sales and internal stakeholders.
• Daily customer/account contact to drive engagement and ensure training plans are communicated while ensuring customer expectations are met and managed.
• Upsells training options to increase Flight Training Revenue.
• Strategically plans customer training missions to optimize the training and delivery schedule.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Business Admin, Aviation, Management, Hospitality or related field required.
• 0-2 years of customer service, marketing, sales, hospitality, aviation or related field required.
• Basic knowledge of General Aviation.
• Aviation industry experience or working knowledge of aviation administration preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and effective communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to effectively manage stress, including competing work demands and multiple projects at the same time.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work with other departments and outside vendors.
• Ability to plan, design, execute, and supervise administrative processes to support customer service.
• Ability to clearly explain tasks when cross training to ensure uninterrupted customer service.
• Produces high quality results through thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing tasks, both large and small.
• Well versed in standard Microsoft Office Software as well as Adobe suite.

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

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, vision, dental, with…