About the Role
The Advisor Engagement & Enablement Manager supports the success and growth of Fora Advisors through high-quality facilitation, advisor support, and impactful learning experiences. This role collaborates with the Director of Advisor Development & Trade Relations to deliver advisor-facing programming, support advisors throughout their journey, and build relationships within the community. It is ideal for a current or former travel advisor passionate about helping others succeed.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and facilitate high impact advisor learning experiences across virtual and live formats.
- Lead advisor facing training sessions, workshops, and educational programming that support business growth and professional development.
- Partner with Advisor Development, Advisor Success, Advisor Activation, Community, and other cross functional teams to identify advisor needs and deliver relevant, timely support.
- Build strong relationships with advisors and serve as a trusted resource for business building guidance, industry best practices, and advisor development.
- Continuously refine training content and learning experiences based on advisor feedback, performance insights, and evolving business priorities.
- Support key moments throughout the advisor lifecycle by providing coaching, guidance, and resources that help advisors succeed.
- Model best practices for building and growing a travel advisory business, drawing on firsthand industry experience and a deep understanding of the travel ecosystem.
- Contribute to the expansion of internal expertise and collective capacity to support advisors across a wide range of topics, specialties, and business stages.
- Travel as needed to support in person events, advisor experiences, and key market activations, with potential opportunities for international travel.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of professional experience including 2+ years of experience as a travel advisor or in a closely related travel or hospitality role.
- Demonstrated experience leading training, learning, development, facilitation, or educational programming in a professional setting.
- Strong understanding of the stages of building and growing a travel advisory business, including the strategies, tools, and industry partnerships that contribute to success.
- Excellent communication, presentation, storytelling, and relationship building skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams and stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Comfort operating in a fast paced, evolving environment with a high standard for quality and execution.
- Demonstrated empathy, sound judgment, professionalism, and a customer focused mindset.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States and based in New York City or willing to relocate.
Skills
- Business building guidance
- Industry best practices
- Advisor development
- Training content refinement
- Coaching
- Business development
- Sales
- Marketing
- Social media
- Audience growth strategies
- Niche travel segments
- Specialized advisor business models
- Emerging trends within the travel industry
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 3-5 years of professional experience
- 2+ years of experience as a travel advisor or in a closely related travel or hospitality role
- Prior leadership experience
Salary/Compensations
- $90k–$130k + equity
Benefits
- Unlimited vacation
- Health Insurance (including an option completely covered by Fora HQ)
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Wellhub Memberships
- 401k plan with company match
- Commuter Benefits
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Stock Options
About the Company
- Fora is the modern travel agency, empowering anyone with a passion for travel to build a thriving advisory business.
- We're modernizing the $100B+ travel agency industry by combining powerful technology, data, and community to enable thousands of entrepreneurs to build on our platform.
- Our business-in-a-box platform gives travel entrepreneurs everything they need to launch and scale, from cutting-edge tools and personalized training to a vibrant community and exclusive industry partnerships.
- Our mission is to help the next generation of travel entrepreneurs turn their love for travel into a fulfilling career, whether full-time or part-time.
- Founded in 2021 by seasoned entrepreneurs, Fora has grown steadily since, expanding to a team of 200+ full-time employees based in downtown New York City.
- In 2026, we announced our $60 million Series D investment round, led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, with continued participation from existing investors Thrive Capital, Insight Partners, and Heartcore Capital.
- We've also been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Startup 2024, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies 2025 and 2023, and we were most recently recognized as one of the TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2026.
- We're building the first truly unified platform for all travel needs—leveraging the best of human expertise and technology to transform how people plan and book travel.
- We’re forging our own path, driving change within the industry.
- Community is our cornerstone and collective power is our strength.
- We believe technology is an answer to some of the most fundamental challenges the travel industry faces.
- We operate in service of our community and believe that when they’re empowered to focus on what they do best, we all win.
- Fora is equal parts fun, meaningful work and serious travel business.
Equal Opportunity
- Fora is committed to an equitable hiring process and an inclusive work environment.
- BIPOC and traditionally underrepresented candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
- We will not discriminate and will take action to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any other characteristic protected by law.
