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# Travel Manager at Jump Trading

- **Company:** Jump Trading
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Compensation:** $125k–$175k
- **Posted:** 2026-11-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://www.jumptrading.com/hr/job?gh_jid=8350995

## Job description

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, analyze travel and expense data for trends and savings; act as a travel business partner to key managers, business leaders and influential stakeholders, providing bespoke data on their teams' travel so they can make decisions that drive business impact
- Expense Management – Own the expense process and tool configuration end to end, including Concur and Navan, with your team serving as expense admin approvers; partner with Finance on reimbursement, forms of payment and transactions
- Supplier Management – Build strong relationships with travel agencies, airlines, hotels and vendors; negotiate competitive rates and services
- Traveler Communications & Training – Create internal marketing, comms and trainings that influence traveler behavior, educate travelers on best practices for the business, introduce new products, tools and services, and support change management
- Traveler Support – Make sure your team delivers great travel solutions for employees, candidates, relocations, guests and consultants; step in on escalations
- Travel Risk – Monitor travel restrictions and risk, and communicate changes proactively to the firm
- Office Visit Coordination – Share traveler volume with regional Workplace Services Managers and People Ops to ensure productive, enjoyable office visits
- Professional Development – Attend industry conferences, webinars and trainings to stay ahead in travel management
- Other duties as assigned or needed

## Skills You'll Need

- At least 7+ years managing corporate travel and expense programs, including at least 2 years in a management role
- Proficiency with travel and expense systems (e.g., Navan, Concur, GDS), workplace tools (e.g., Confluence, Workday, JIRA) and Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Experience with travel agency RFPs and implementations, and managing private jet suppliers and logistics
- Tech-savvy, with proven skills in workflow automation, project management and creative problem-solving
- Detail-oriented and able to prioritize and work independently in a fast-paced environment with ad hoc demands
- Clear communicator who collaborates across management levels, functions and regions
- Strong customer service orientation, professional appearance and a sense of humor
- Genuine curiosity, empathy and a desire to learn and grow
- Reliable availability, including being onsite 5 days per week and evenings/weekends as needed
- Bachelor's degree

## Benefits

- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
- Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs

Annual Base Salary Range $125,000—$175,000 USD

## About Jump Trading

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Jump Trading is a global proprietary trading firm that builds advanced algorithms, high-performance infrastructure, and research-driven strategies to trade across all major asset classes and time horizons.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Self-funded, no venture capital)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Founded**: 1999
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (commonly cited as Paul Gurinas and Bill DiSomma, but not confirmed on company materials)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Financial Services – Proprietary Trading, Algorithmic Trading, High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
- **Target Customers**: Institutional (the firm trades exclusively for its own account; serves as a liquidity provider and market maker on global exchanges)
- **Mission Statement**: "We don’t chase what’s working. We build what works next." – Emphasis on first-principles research, continuous innovation, and building systems that stand up to real-world markets.

## Products & Services
Jump Trading does not sell commercial products; its offerings are internal capabilities that drive its trading business:
- **[Proprietary Trading Strategies]**: Research-driven strategies across equities, futures, options, cryptocurrencies, and fixed income, spanning multiple time horizons from microseconds to months.
- **[Technology Infrastructure]**: Custom hardware (ASICs, FPGAs), low-latency networking, distributed systems, and co-located compute environments in over 100 data centers near global exchanges.
- **[Research & AI/ML Platforms]**: Large-scale simulation, storage, and analytics platforms that power both trading and applied machine learning research, including live inference and fast iteration.
- **[Jump Crypto]**: A dedicated division for cryptocurrency trading, market making, and blockchain infrastructure (acquired Certus One in 2021).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately **$546 million** (LinkedIn estimate as of 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Self-funded; no external investors. Key partners include major exchanges (CME, NYSE, etc.) and technology vendors.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 1,448 employees (LinkedIn, +29% YoY)
  - Active job postings: 44 (+528% YoY growth in postings)
  - 16 offices across 8 countries (US, UK, Singapore, China, India, Netherlands, Australia, Hong Kong, France)
  - Acquisition of Certus One (2021) and Darebiz (2021) to expand crypto and data capabilities

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Hardware & Software**: In-house ASIC, FPGA, and custom networking that deliver microsecond-level latency advantages.
- **Flat, High-Agency Culture**: Engineers and researchers have ownership from day one; decisions are fast and friction is low.
- **Talent Density**: Recruits heavily from top tech firms (Google, Citadel, Jane Street) and universities; alumni often move to other elite trading firms.
- **Cross-Disciplinary Integration**: Traders, engineers, and researchers work side-by-side, enabling rapid iteration from research to production.
- **Long Track Record**: 25+ years of consistent profitability and adaptation across market cycles.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI/ML Expansion**: Scaling machine learning research for both trading and infrastructure, with dedicated pre-training research teams.
- **Crypto & Digital Assets**: Growing Jump Crypto as a major market maker and infrastructure provider in blockchain ecosystems.
- **Global Infrastructure**: Building out additional data centers, co-location sites, and microwave/network links to reduce latency.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring engineers, researchers, and operations staff to maintain competitive edge.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "A (genuinely) flat structure that keeps decisions fast and friction low." Engineers see the impact of their work in real time.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office-based with major hubs in Chicago, New York, Austin, London, Singapore, and others. On-site presence expected for most technical roles.
- **Engineering Focus**: Build custom hardware, low-latency software (C++, Python, Go, Rust), and large-scale distributed systems. "You can design something on Monday and see it in production by Friday."
- **Mentorship**: Senior leaders still write code, test models, and trade. Interns and new grads receive direct mentorship.
- **Compensation**: Not disclosed, but proprietary trading firms are known for industry-leading total compensation (base + bonus).
- **Perks**: Not detailed, but the firm invests heavily in tools, infrastructure, and talent development.

## Sources
1. [jumptrading.com – Company Overview](https://www.jumptrading.com/)
2. [jumptrading.com – Careers](https://www.jumptrading.com/careers)
3. [jumptrading.com – Technology](https://www.jumptrading.com/technology)
4. [jumptrading.com – Culture & HR](https://www.jumptrading.com/hr/overview)
5. [LinkedIn – Jump Trading Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jump-trading)

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