Travel Manager
New York (In-office, with self-allocated remote days)
On Target First-Year Earnings: $150,000 ($100k base + $50k uncapped bonus)
Meaningful early equity at our ground-floor valuation with >100x upside potential
In office with flexible remote days
About Aurora
Aurora is the travel & lifestyle operating system for the world’s highest-performance founders, athletes, and family offices.
Our mobile app empowers ultra-high-performance individuals and their teams to master relationships, exploration, and longevity across five lifestyle categories: travel, dining, experiences, luxury goods, and longevity.
To date, we have:
- Raised $5M from Tier-1 investors and operators, including the founder of Cleo, Quadpay, early investors in Supercell and Deliveroo, the President of VistaJet, and tier-1 athletes including Kevin Love and Kyle Kuzma
- Achieved industry-leading engagement among paying members, with a large waitlist seeking access
- Built a proactive, seamless, conversational product frequently described as “magic” by our members
We're backed by the most successful founder in the space ever.
We’re now expanding our travel team as we scale our product and membership base.
The Travel Manager
Our core team of 20 is searching for a full-time Travel Manager to join our Member Experience Team.
You will work directly with our founding travel team and proprietary AI system, Astra, to shape and elevate Aurora’s global member experience, ensuring high-touch service across every aspect of our product, with a core focus on travel.
Our team operates on scheduled shifts shared between our offices in London, New York, and LA, enabling Aurora to service a global clientele 24/7. We also allocate time for partnerships and operations-building time.
You'll have exposure to travel, lifestyle, product, operations, and business development - building strong career value and skills.
You'll have the opportunity to build partnerships with core industry contacts, and take FAM trips with a budget.
This role reports directly to Aurora's Co-Founder & COO and has the potential to rapidly grow into a leadership position across Travel, Business Operations, Member Experience, and Growth.
This is an opportunity to join an AI native company building the future of travel and lifestyle management.
Our Principles
We’re a team of tier-1 backed and exited operators united our five core principles:
We seek truthWe are high-leverageWe are courageousWe are ownersWe believe impossible is an attitude
Why Aurora:
High Leverage
Service the world’s most ambitious individuals and organizations - empowering them to compound their time, relationships, and global impact.
Cutting-Edge AI
Take advantage of technology. Work hands-on with a next-generation AI system redefining travel & lifestyle management at the highest level, spanning context, recommendation, orchestration, and execution, allowing you to spend more time curating and less time copy and pasting.
Generationally Defining
Play a foundational role in building the future of travel & lifestyle management - a $100bn opportunity at the intersection of technology, travel, and longevity.
About the Founders
Aurora was founded in 2024 by:
- Jonah Lowenstein, previously backed by leading investors and operators behind Facebook, Spotify, and Venmo
- Aurelius Zwick, UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Dmitry Ogurtsov, former Director of Engineering at Workbounce, a conversational AI company acquired by ZoomInfo
Aurora is chaired by Alex Macdonald, founder of premium digital concierge Velocity Black, acquired by Capital One for $300M.
To date we've raised >$5M from Tier-1 investors and operators, including the founder of Cleo, Quadpay, early investors in Supercell and Deliveroo, the President of VistaJet, and tier-1 athletes including Kevin Love and Kyle Kuzma.
Key Responsibilities:
- Curate and execute exceptional travel itineraries for members
- Build and manage relationships with top-tier travel providers, including boutique hotels, luxury resorts, private aviation, DMCs, niche insider contacts, and elite destination specialists
- Using our core technology to anticipate the needs of ultra-high-achieving individuals, proactively recommending unique opportunities that enhance both their personal, professional and health lives
- Cultivate & operationalize deep knowledge of global travel trends, destinations, and high-end hospitality to ensure Aurora stays ahead of member expectations
- Provide front-of-line insights and feedback to internal teams on our AI technologies, helping improve Aurora’s services and drive innovation for your team
- Support on adjacent lifestyle requests as part of itineraries and internal member activity, where necessary, understanding this is a startup environment
Who You Are:
- 2+ years experience servicing high-performance individuals in travel
- You’re a highly conscientious person who thrives in a fast-paced environment, capable of simultaneously managing and prioritizing multiple priorities without compromising on quality
- Fed up with using outdated systems and slow-moving bureaucracy, and wanting to scale your knowledge, network, and experience into a global digital platform, working alongside other ultra-high-performance, entrepreneurial people
- A courageous person who believes impossible is an attitude, and who knows that fast progression & large rewards are possible with hard work and excellent results
- An owner by heart - you like to own projects end-to-end and drive results until the objective is achieved
- A believer that talent & attitude are far more important than your experience & previous employer brand
- A proactive problem-solver who anticipates client needs and delivers impactful solutions that create memorable experiences
- A skilled communicator, able to adapt messaging to suit diverse audiences
- You have a strong passion for:
- Curating exceptional travel experiences, from bespoke adventure itineraries to ultra-private premium escapes
- Engaging with the premium lifestyle space across dining, experiences, and wellness
- Integrating longevity, personal growth, and self-discovery into experiences
- Eager to work at the intensity required to successfully serve the needs of the world's highest performers
Allocated FAM days with budget, and access to industry conferencesCompetitive salary + high upside for performance-based bonus and referralsFounding stock options packageLifestyle access perks and access to exclusive events & Aurora servicesWhoop or Oura Ring on us$2,000 annual education budget.Whatever tech you need to do your best workGenerous parental leaveComprehensive health benefits, with 90% coverage including dental and vision
