Travel Operations Specialist

Canonical; Milano; Remoto; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading software development firm is seeking a Travel Operations Specialist to ensure smooth travel for colleagues and guests to company meetings and events. The ideal candidate will have a degree in business or a technical field, exceptional communication abilities, and attention to detail. This role offers a home-based position with occasional travel, along with competitive compensation and numerous benefits.

Servizi

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Competenze

• Excellent academic results at school and university.
• Ability to travel up to four times a year for company events of up to two weeks.
• Ability to learn new technology and software quickly.

Mansioni

• Engage with colleagues to address travel queries and issues.
• Collaborate with the wider business services team on event plans.
• Hold travel vendors accountable for providing excellent service.

Conoscenze

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Project management

Organizational skills

Formazione

Degree in a business or technical field

Descrizione del lavoro

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring Travel Operations Specialists to join our Business Services team, ensuring smooth travel for colleagues and guests from countries all around the world to our company meetings and industry events. Our team sets travel policy, supports travel decisions, responds to travel emergencies, and manages supplier relationships.

We look for positive team players who are self-driven and results-oriented, with excellent attention to detail. The best candidates are forward planners, reliable, determined, and keen to assume responsibility for projects, processes, and policy. Since we are a global business, we value excellent organisers and communicators eager to develop skills and pursue continuous improvement.

Location: Worldwide - home-based, except in locations where we have an office, such as London, Taipei, and Beijing.

Responsibilities

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

What we are looking for

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

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits reflecting our values and ensuring fairness globally.

• 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

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm leading the global shift to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key open-source platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are transforming software development. We recruit globally and maintain high standards for new hires, expecting excellence. Most colleagues work remotely since our founding in 2004. Working here is a future-oriented experience that challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and elevate your performance.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are committed to a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds enrich our environment and products. We consider all applications fairly, regardless of your identity.

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Management and Manufacturing

Industry: Software Development