Travel Manager

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. We're hiring a Travel Manager, based in Chicago or New York, to own Jump's global travel product and lead a global travel team. You'll sit within Global Workplace Services alongside our regional Workplace Services Managers and partner closely with global People Ops teams. We're looking for a resourceful self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, collaborates easily at every level, and brings ideas to make things better. What You'll Do: You'll lead a global travel team, with a team member in each region, and partner with colleagues across the global Workplace Services function as projects and team needs require. Together, you'll: Team Leadership – Manage and mentor your regional travel team, fostering growth, collaboration and high performance Travel Expense Policy – Own the global travel program and the firm's travel and expense policies end to end, setting direction with the Director of Workplace Services and adjusting as the business evolves Self-Serve Travel Product – Lead the build of a self-serve experience where employees confidently book travel and manage expenses on a next-generation tech stack, automating processes and workflows to remove friction Data Business Partnership – With your team,