Senior Travel & Lifestyle Manager

Senior Travel & Lifestyle Manager

New York (In-office, with self-allocated remote days)

On Target First-Year Earnings: $150,000 ($100k base + $50k OTE Bonus, with uncapped commissions)

Meaningful early equity at our ground-floor valuation with >100x upside potential. At a $10bn outcome, this could be worth upwards of $10m.

About Aurora

Aurora is the 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 $4M 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 Member Experience team as we scale both the product and our global membership base.

The Senior Travel & Lifestyle Manager Position

Our core team of 20 is searching for a full-time Senior Travel & Lifestyle Manager to join our Member Experience Team.

You will work directly with our Co-Founders and proprietary technology, 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.

You'll join our core New York Member Experience team, Co-Founders, and Engineers in our office in midtown Manhattan.

You'll have exposure to travel, lifestyle, product, operations, and business development - building strong career value and skills.

This role reports directly to Aurora's Co-Founder & COO and has the potential & flexibility 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 global lifestyle, travel, and hospitality - on the ground floor - elevating the leverage, accuracy and speed of top-tier travel & lifestyle through a combination of advanced technology and domain experts - in a role with real ownership and progression.

Our Principles

We’re a team of tier-1 backed and exited operators united our five core principles:

1. We seek truth
2. We are high-leverage
3. We are courageous
4. We are owners
5. We believe impossible is an attitude

Why Aurora:

High Leverage

Be part of building a daily-use product in the hands of the world’s most ambitious individuals and organizations - empowering them to compound their time, relationships, and global impact.

Cutting-Edge AI

Work hands-on with a next-generation AI system redefining lifestyle management at the highest level, spanning context, recommendation, orchestration, and execution.

Generationally Defining

Play a foundational role in building the Anduril-Lattice of lifestyle management - a $100bn opportunity at the intersection of technology, luxury, 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 >$4M 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.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Curate and execute exceptional lifestyle experiences & itineraries for members, with a strong focus on travel alongside dining, wellness, luxury goods, and experiences
• 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, anticipate the evolving needs of high-achieving individuals, proactively recommending unique opportunities that enhance both their personal and professional 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 working with our internal AI technologies, including Product, Engineering, and Operations, to help improve Aurora’s services and drive innovation for your team

Who You Are:

• You’re a highly conscientious person who thrives in a fast-paced environment, capable of simultaneously managing and prioritizing multiple priorities across domains (e.g., travel, dining, wellness) without compromising on quality
• Potentially fed up with using outdated systems and dealing with slow-moving bureaucracy in your current role, or wanting to scale your knowledge, network, and experience into a global digital platform, working alongside other ultra-high-performance, entrepreneurial travel & lifestyle experts
• 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
• 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
• Integrating longevity, personal growth, and self-discovery into experiences
• Eager to work demanding and flexible hours to successfully serve the needs of a global clientele and achieve significant reward quickly, rather than chasing a steady & slow corporate-style existence

Benefits

1. Allocated FAM days with budget, and access to industry conferences
2. Competitive salary + high upside for performance-based bonus and referrals.
3. Founding stock options package on the ground floor of a $10bn+ opportunity.
4. Lifestyle access perks and access to exclusive events & Aurora services.
5. Whoop or Oura Ring on us.
6. $2,000 annual education budget.
7. Whatever tech you need to do your best work.
8. Generous parental leave.
9. Comprehensive health benefits, with 90% coverage including dental and vision.