Travel Manager

AURORA • Los Angeles, CA

3d • $100,000 - $150,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Travel Manager West Hollywood, Los Angeles On Target First-Year Earnings: $150,000 ($100k base + $50k uncapped bonus, generated from commission on member spend and multiplier from personal contribution to Aurora's growth) 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 management operating system for the world’s highest-performance founders, athletes, and family offices. Backed by the most successful founder in the space ever. Our mobile app empowers ultra-high-performance individuals and their teams to master their 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 now expanding our travel team as we scale our product and membership base. The Aurora Travel Manager Fed up with outdated systems (email, SMS, WhatsApp, Salesforce) and slow-moving bureaucracy? Looking to scale your knowledge, network, and ambition while helping build a global product? Want hands-on exposure to next-generation product and AI - and meaningful equity ownership in a multi-billion-dollar opportunity? Excited to work alongside a team of ultra-high-performance, founder-type operators? Our core team of 20 is seeking a full-time Travel Manager to join Aurora’s Member Experience Team . In this role, you’ll work directly with our founding travel team and our proprietary AI operating system, Astra , to shape and elevate Aurora’s global member experience - with a primary focus on delivering exceptional, high-touch travel for our members. What you’ll do Deliver high-touch travel execution for a global, ultra-high-performance membership base Own functions across travel, lifestyle, product, and operations - building rare, compounding career capital based around travel Develop and manage partnerships with top-tier industry operators and insider contacts Participate in a minimum of two high-budget FAM trips, deepening on-the-ground knowledge and expanding Aurora’s global network This role reports directly to Aurora’s Co-Founder & COO and has clear potential to grow rapidly into a leadership position spanning Travel, Member Experience, Business Operations, and Growth. Our team operates on structured, shared shifts across London, New York, and Los Angeles, enabling true 24/7 service for a global clientele. If you’re looking for ownership, velocity, and the chance to help define the future of premium travel and lifestyle management, this role is designed for you. Our Principles We’re a team of tier-1 backed and exited operators united our five core principles: We seek truth We are high-leverage We are courageous We are owners We 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, founded his first business at 16 years old and won the UK's largest young entrepreneurship competition at 17 years old Dmitry Ogurtsov, 15 years experience building foudnational architecture - previously former Director of Engineering at Workbounce, a conversational AI company acquired by ZoomInfo Aurora's first investor and chairman is 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 from the Premier League and NBA, including Kevin Love and Kyle Kuzma. Requirements Key Responsibilities: Work alongside our AI operating system, Astra, to curate and flawlessly execute exceptional travel experiences for Aurora’s global membership base Build and manage relationships with top-tier travel partners, including boutique hotels, ultra-luxury resorts, private charter providers, premium DMCs, niche insider operators, elite destination specialists, and private accommodation suppliers Contribute to building Aurora's operational infrastructure: owning travel & lifestyle functions end-to-end, spanning systems building, operational execution, and core commercial workflows Attend high-touch FAM trips, expanding your on-the-ground knowledge and strengthening Aurora’s global hospitality and insider network Contribute to member servicing across Aurora’s core verticals, deepening your expertise in longevity & wellness, experiences & entertainment, luxury goods & gifts, and dining Procure and operationalize unique insights into global travel trends, destinations, and high-end hospitality, ensuring Aurora consistently stays ahead of market knowledge and member expectations Provide front-line intelligence and feedback to product and engineering, helping shape and evolve Aurora’s proprietary AI systems and overall product quality Who You Are: 2+ years’ experience servicing high-performance individuals in luxury or bespoke travel Deeply passionate about curating exceptional travel, from bespoke adventure itineraries to ultra-private, premium escapes Frustrated by outdated tools and slow bureaucracy - you want to build and operate with modern systems and high velocity Motivated to scale your knowledge, network, and impact, contributing to a global business you genuinely own a piece of, alongside other ultra-high-performance entrepreneurs Courageous by nature, with a firm belief that “impossible” is an attitude - and that rapid progression and outsized rewards follow exceptional work An owner at heart: you proactively drive projects end-to-end and don’t stop until the objective is fully achieved Eager to expand your mastery of the premium lifestyle ecosystem, spanning dining, experiences, wellness, and luxury goods Prepared for a high-intensity role, with the stamina and standards required to serve the world’s highest performers at an exceptional level

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience servicing high-performance individuals in luxury or bespoke travel
• Deeply passionate about curating exceptional travel, from bespoke adventure itineraries to ultra-private, premium escapes
• Frustrated by outdated tools and slow bureaucracy - you want to build and operate with modern systems and high velocity
• Motivated to scale your knowledge, network, and impact, contributing to a global business you genuinely own a piece of, alongside other ultra-high-performance entrepreneurs
• Courageous by nature, with a firm belief that “impossible” is an attitude - and that rapid progression and outsized rewards follow exceptional work
• An owner at heart: you proactively drive projects end-to-end and don’t stop until the objective is fully achieved
• Eager to expand your mastery of the premium lifestyle ecosystem, spanning dining, experiences, wellness, and luxury goods
• Prepared for a high-intensity role, with the stamina and standards required to serve the world’s highest performers at an exceptional level

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-touch travel execution for a global, ultra-high-performance membership base
• Own functions across travel, lifestyle, product, and operations - building rare, compounding career capital based around travel
• Develop and manage partnerships with top-tier industry operators and insider contacts
• Participate in a minimum of two high-budget FAM trips, deepening on-the-ground knowledge and expanding Aurora’s global network
• Work alongside our AI operating system, Astra, to curate and flawlessly execute exceptional travel experiences for Aurora’s global membership base
• Build and manage relationships with top-tier travel partners, including boutique hotels, ultra-luxury resorts, private charter providers, premium DMCs, niche insider operators, elite destination specialists, and private accommodation suppliers
• Contribute to building Aurora's operational infrastructure: owning travel & lifestyle functions end-to-end, spanning systems building, operational execution, and core commercial workflows
• Attend high-touch FAM trips, expanding your on-the-ground knowledge and strengthening Aurora’s global hospitality and insider network
• Contribute to member servicing across Aurora’s core verticals, deepening your expertise in longevity & wellness, experiences & entertainment, luxury goods & gifts, and dining
• Procure and operationalize unique insights into global travel trends, destinations, and high-end hospitality, ensuring Aurora consistently stays ahead of market knowledge and member expectations
• Provide front-line intelligence and feedback to product and engineering, helping shape and evolve Aurora’s proprietary AI systems and overall product quality

Benefits

• Allocated FAM days with a sizable budget, and access to industry events
• Competitive salary with uncapped performance-based bonus
• Outsized customer referral incentives
• Founding stock options package
• Flexible remote days
• Organized site visits to top hotels for continual property knowledge development
• Lifestyle access perks and access to exclusive events & Aurora services
• Whoop or Oura Ring on us
• $2,000 annual education budget
• Longevity subscription
• Whatever tech you need to do your best work
• Generous parental leave
• Comprehensive health benefits, with 90% coverage, including dental and vision

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed