Manager, Travel

Description:

  • Own the Americas travel program in alignment with global travel and expense policy and mobility strategy.
  • Localize global travel policies to meet regional tax, labor, safety, visa, and regulatory requirements.
  • Serve as the primary regional escalation point for travel-related issues.
  • Manage regional relationships with the TMC, airlines, hotel chains, and car rental providers.
  • Support sourcing, RFPs, and contract renewals with Procurement.
  • Track supplier performance against SLAs, cost targets, and traveler satisfaction metrics.
  • Drive cost optimization through preferred supplier adoption and traveler behavior change.
  • Partner with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and savings initiatives.
  • Monitor leakage, out-of-policy spend, and compliance trends.
  • Partner with Security and Legal on duty of care, traveler tracking, emergency response, and travel risk management.

Requirements:

  • 6–10+ years of experience in corporate travel, mobility, or T&E management.
  • Experience managing a multi-country travel program, ideally across the Americas.
  • Experience working in a global or matrixed organization.
  • Strong vendor management and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Proven ability to manage cost, compliance, and traveler experience simultaneously.
  • Familiarity with travel booking tools, expense platforms, and travel data analytics.
  • Knowledge of regional tax, employment, and travel regulations, especially LATAM.
  • Strong experience developing processes, documentation, and standard operating procedures from the ground up.
  • Highly articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience with Navan, Concur, NetSuite, Brex, Amex, and Google Sheets is a plus.

Benefits:

  • Remote in the United States or hybrid near a hub office.
  • Base salary range of $69,000–$135,000 USD.
  • Equity and participation in the employee stock purchase program.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • 20 weeks fully paid gender-neutral parental leave.
  • Fertility and adoption assistance.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Mental health counseling and transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage.
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