Lindblad Expeditions

Human Resources

• Serve as the company's senior HR leader and strategic business partner to the Executive Leadership Team.
• Align people strategy with business objectives while leading all aspects of the HR function.
• Partner closely with executive leadership to guide organizational design, leadership development, succession planning, culture, change management, employee relations, compensation strategy, and talent initiatives.
• Lead enterprise change initiatives, communications, adoption, organizational effectiveness.
• Oversee investigations, partner with Legal, coach leaders, mitigate employment risk.
• Manage compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, compliance, HRIS, policies, SOX, maritime compliance.
• Lead compensation and bonus structure strategy balancing pay competitiveness, internal equity and alignment with business performance.
• Own design and ongoing optimization of employee benefit programs to support recruiting, retention and engagement.

Senior Director, Human Resources

Account Manager

• Join us as the Guest Relations Manager and serve as the first and primary point of contact for all post-trip guest feedback.
• Guest feedback can be received by phone, email, letter, and through electronic post voyage survey.
• The Guest Relations Manager bridges frontline guest relations and company-wide guest experience analytics.
• Responsible for directly engaging guests to resolve concerns and enhance satisfaction.
• Lead the analysis of post-trip guest feedback and performance metrics.
• Transform feedback into insights and deliver executive-level reporting that informs strategic decision-making across the organization.
• This position requires strong analytical skills with experience interpreting survey data and performance metrics, active listening skills, excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to write and communicate with finesse, attention to detail, and the ability to respond carefully in a time-sensitive environment.

Guest Relations Manager

Payroll

• Lead the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing for all U.S. payrolls.
• Own all payroll administration activities, including processing payroll related to new hires, terminations, promotions, bonuses, commissions, equity compensation, leave of absence, garnishments, and off-cycle payrolls.
• Review, validate, and approve payroll inputs, calculations, reconciliations, and audit reports prior to payroll processing.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for payroll-related issues, investigating root causes and driving timely, sustainable resolutions.
• Continuously evaluate payroll processes, controls, and workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and the employee experience.
• Partner with HR, IT, and Finance to support payroll system enhancements, testing, implementations, integrations, and upgrades.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance payroll policies, procedures, documentation, and internal controls to support a scalable payroll function.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations, wage and hour laws, and company policies.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, responding to inquiries, and maintaining compliance with SOX and other internal control requirements.
• Serve as the payroll subject matter expert for employees, managers, HR, Accounting, Tax, Benefits, and external payroll providers.
• Stay current on payroll legislation, regulatory changes, and industry best practices, recommending changes as appropriate.
• Perform other payroll, accounting, and Finance-related responsibilities as assigned.

Payroll Manager

Manager

• Support execution of acquisitions from initial evaluation through closing by coordinating financial, operational, commercial, and confirmatory due diligence.
• Build and maintain financial models, including DCF, comparable companies, precedent transactions, accretion/dilution, synergy, and return analyses.
• Coordinate diligence request lists, manage virtual data rooms, and summarize findings, risks, and value drivers for executive leadership.
• Support transaction structuring, valuation analysis, and post-close integration planning.
• Develop and maintain market maps, acquisition target lists, and competitive landscape analyses across expedition cruising, land travel, and adjacent markets.
• Maintain a structured pipeline tracking ownership, financial profile, strategic fit, valuation expectations, and relationship history.
• Support outreach and relationship development with acquisition targets, advisors, and industry contacts to generate proprietary deal flow.
• Prepare investment memos, opportunity assessments, Board materials, and Executive Leadership Team presentations.
• Present financial analysis and strategic recommendations with clear, concise supporting data.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Operations, Marine, Hotel, Sales, Marketing, and other functional leaders to validate assumptions and evaluate strategic opportunities.
• Support integration planning, synergy tracking, and value creation initiatives following acquisitions

Senior Manager, Corporate Development – M&A

Director

• Partner with the SVP of Corporate Development & Strategy to identify, evaluate, negotiate, and execute acquisitions and strategic initiatives.
• Lead acquisitions from sourcing through closing, including valuation, financial analysis, due diligence, transaction structuring, negotiation support, and integration planning.
• Direct cross-functional diligence teams while managing external advisors including investment bankers, legal counsel, tax, and accounting firms.
• Develop sophisticated financial models and investment analyses to support strategic decision making.
• Ensure transactions remain on schedule, within budget, and aligned with strategic objectives.
• Own the acquisition pipeline by identifying strategic opportunities across expedition travel and adjacent markets.
• Develop and maintain relationships with target company executives, owners, investors, bankers, and industry partners to generate proprietary deal flow.
• Continuously evaluate market trends, competitive dynamics, and strategic adjacencies.
• Lead development of investment memos, Board presentations, Executive Leadership Team materials, and strategic recommendations.
• Present investment opportunities, financial analyses, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Operations, Marine, Hotel, Sales, Marketing, and other business leaders throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Lead post-acquisition integration planning, synergy realization, and value capture initiatives.

Director, Corporate Development – M&A

Trainer

• Train all culinary positions on board any of the Lindblad vessels.
• Develop a comprehensive training plan for each culinary position.
• Implement the provision plan based on storage capacity and itineraries of the ships.
• Serve as a fill in/temp chef or any culinary position as needed.
• Ensuring onboard team is conducting professional evaluations & tracking performance and creating individual plans for galley staff for professional growth.
• Conducting interviews of potential candidates and onboarding process.
• Roll out with collaboration with the culinary manager to develop training materials and programs. Build seasons specific order guides with general par level included based on the menu matrix and product availability in the market.
• Review of voyage menus, comment cards and tracking onboard performance.
• Ensure vessel’s maintain readiness compliance with United States Public Health (USPH) standards across all vessels, including onboard training.
• Maintain general knowledge of galley equipment and ensure all crew are trained for proper operations.
• Contribute to new initiatives from hotel leadership, with a focus on creativity, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Manages transitions and handovers to ensure relevant and helpful for incoming chefs.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Culinary Trainer

Marketing

• The ideal candidate will have a proactive, solutions-driven and detail-oriented work ethic and lead exemplary professionalism with our internal and external teams.
• They will develop ideas to integrate leads, program innovations as well as grow and nurture our Travel Advisor audiences in the business.
• The Coordinator, Trade Marketing (B2B) plays a vital role in supporting the trade marketing team in executing sales-aligned marketing initiatives for the travel advisor and agency channel.
• Reporting directly to the Director of Trade Marketing, this role is designed for a rising marketing professional with the ambition and capability to grow into an Associate Manager position.
• Working cross-functionally with internal teams, including trade marketing, sales, expeditions, B2C marketing, and trade advertising, the coordinator helps ensure consistent, high-impact messaging for the travel trade.
• Key areas of focus include consortia and strategic account marketing support, trade event coordination, educational webinars, social media content strategy and execution, lead-generating campaign support, and administrative tracking.

Trade Marketing Coordinator

General

• Coordinates and fulfills travel requests for flights, hotels, transfers and rental cars for all field staff
• Reviews and processes staff travel deviation requests and coordinates collection of applicable deviation fees
• Enters and maintains travel-related data in staff management and guest reservation systems
• Reviews staff requests for pre-approval of travel-related expenses
• Handles urgent travel changes for staff related to assignment updates, voyage changes or cancellations, and airline schedule changes
• Maintains all Egencia and travel-related instructions and resources for field staff
• Creates and coordinates Egencia accounts for all field staff
• Collaborates with Field Staff Coordinator and Scheduling teams to determine seasonal staff travel needs and updates travel information documentation for staff
• Assists in determining travel documentation requirements for field staff and provides instructions and assistance in obtaining documents as necessary
• Collaborates with the Field Staff Coordinator team to maintain up-to-date passport information and other travel documents for field staff
• Works with the Field Staff team to provide field staff arrival and departure information to colleagues and third parties as needed and to calculate additional travel pay
• Sends pre-travel communications to field staff

Field Staff Travel Coordinator

• Provide technical support to shipboard engineering teams for electrical system operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and reliability.
• Serve as the primary shore-side escalation point for complex electrical, automation, navigation, communication, and related system issues.
• Plan and oversee electrical maintenance, drydock work, repairs, and upgrade projects.
• Ensure compliance with Class, Flag State, SOLAS, USCG, and company SMS requirements.
• Maintain technical records, support audits and investigations, and provide periodic reporting on vessel condition and key risks.
• Support purchasing, budgeting, vendor coordination, and project execution for assigned vessels.
• Conduct vessel visits to assess system condition, support troubleshooting, and identify improvement opportunities.

Electrical Superintendent

Product Manager

• Join as a Product Manager, Voyage (VPM), overseeing the entire voyage experience from embarkation to disembarkation.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a seamless experience and drive revenue growth.
• Create and maintain voyage sailing schedules in collaboration with operations departments.
• Negotiate favorable voyage land costs and maintain voyage P&L within budget.
• Conduct product training presentations for internal stakeholders during itinerary launches.
• Create and distribute working itineraries to execute voyages to high standards.