Travel Operations Specialist

Summary

Join Canonical, a leading open-source software provider, as a Travel Operations Specialist! Based anywhere globally (except in our London, Taipei, and Beijing offices), you'll ensure smooth travel arrangements for colleagues and guests attending company meetings and industry events. You will work with the Business Services team, manage vendor relationships, and handle travel-related queries and issues. We seek excellent organizers and communicators, prioritizing strong communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving over extensive experience. Canonical offers a competitive compensation package, including a performance-driven bonus, a personal learning and development budget, and various other benefits.

Requirements

• Excellent academic results at school and university
• A degree in a business or technical subject
• Excellent communication skills
• Responsible and accountable
• Self-awareness and thoughtfulness
• Ability to travel up to four times a year for company events of up to two weeks duration
• Ability to learn new technology and software quickly

Responsibilities

• Engage with colleagues to address travel queries and issues
• Work with the wider business services team on company and industry event plans
• Hold travel vendors accountable for providing excellent service
• Check invoices to ensure accurate charges and timely payments, credits and refunds for travel
• Monitor trends, spend, emissions and compliance with company policy
• Track unused tickets, credits and airline points usage

Benefits

• We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus
• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events