Hopper embraces a modern approach to learning designed to bring the best out of our people. Our employees learn virtually and often asynchronously from all over the world, alongside a superstar training team to guide their growth and success. As a Learning Specialist, you will design, develop, and implement learning strategies, courses, and content to help our Service Optimization team reach peak performance. In this role, you will assume ownership of a vertical and work directly with those stakeholders to deliver timely, meaningful, and relevant training for our agents. You will help continually improve our onboarding program and upskilling efforts with the majority of your efforts focused on instructional design and building and maintaining online courses via Guru.
Minimum Qualifications+3 years of experience in learning program management and instructional designBroad understanding of travel management (flights) and travel agent functionsBroad understanding of learning & development and quality assurance in contact centersExperience working in Flight GDSes, mainly Sabre & AmadeusNDC experience is a plusStrong instructional design skills with a focus on e-Learning and self-guided learning for travel agentsExperience in building Learning & Development CoursesUnderstanding of common learning theories and models (Knowles, Bloom, Gagne, Kirkpatrick, etc.)Excellent direct communication skills, written and verbalEnthusiasm and curiosity for conducting research and answering hard questions with dataStrong analytical skills with the ability to create solutions for operational problemsMaterial experience in responding quickly and efficiently to organizational and operational changesAbility to develop trainer facing material (facilitator guides) in an easy to digest formatResponsibilities Develop and implement learning strategies and training programs via instructional design that drive performanceConduct regularly a training needs analysis (TNA) with stakeholders Create content for on-demand training courses & facilitator-led trainingBuild, organize, and optimize all learning materials (online courses, facilitator guides, job aids, activities, etc.)Work with stakeholders to guide and suggest training material based on their needs and projected roadmapsDevelop content for onboarding, upskilling, and moreEnsure standards are upheld for facilitator-led trainings including record keepingManage Learning Libraries and assign courses and learning pathsUse data to evaluate the effectiveness of trainingIntegrate quality assurance feedback into the learning content development planImplement best practices that support adult learningExperiment with new ideas—we are an adventurous bunchBenefitsWell-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary, etc.Unlimited PTOCarrot Cash travel stipendFlexdesk All Access Pass & Work-from-home stipendEntrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday businessOpen communication with management and company leadershipSmall, dynamic teams = massive impact#posttoexternal
More about Hopper
At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally – powering Hopper’s mobile app, website and our B2B business, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). By leveraging massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world-class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. We have developed several unique fintech solutions that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions – helping people travel better and save more on their trips.
The Hopper platform serves hundreds of millions of travelers globally and continues to capture market share around the world. Ranked the third largest online travel agency in North America, the Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and has become largely popular among younger travelers – with 70% of its users being Gen Z and millennials.
While everyone knows us as the Gen Z and Millennial travel app, Hopper has evolved to become much more than that. In recent years, we’ve grown into a global travel agency and travel fintech provider that powers some of the world’s largest brands.
Through HTS, our B2B division, the company supercharges its partners’ direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering end-to-end travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada and many more.
Here are just a few stats that demonstrate the company’s recent growth:
Hopper sells billion worth of travel and travel fintech every year. In 2023, over 1.3 billion trips were planned through the Hopper app and our HTS partnerships.
Our fintech products – including Price Freeze, Flexibility for Any Reason and Flight Disruption Assistance – have exceptionally strong CSAT because the terms are always clear, and customers receive instant, no-questions-asked resolutions.
Almost 30% of our app customers purchase at least one fintech product when making a booking; and consumers are 1.6x more likely to repurchase if they add fintech to their booking vs if they booked just travel.
Given the success of its fintech products, Hopper launched a B2B initiative, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions), which represents more than 50% of the business.
Through HTS, any travel provider (airlines, hotels, banks, travel agencies, etc.) can integrate and seamlessly distribute Hopper’s fintech or travel inventory on their direct channels. As its first HTS partnership, the company partnered with Capital One to co-develop Capital One Travel, a new travel portal designed specifically for cardholders. Other HTS partners include Air Canada, Uber, CommBank, Nubank, Flair Airlines with many more in the pipeline.
Featured in Apple’s Best of the App Store list of Essential Travel Apps in 2023 and recognized by the likes of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Hopper has been downloaded over 120 million times and continues to have millions of new installs each month. Hopper is now the #3 largest online travel agency in North America and 70% of our app customers are Gen-Z and millennials travelers.
Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital and is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world. Hopper is primed to continue its acceleration as the world’s fastest-growing mobile-first travel marketplace.
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