Jobs at Lindblad Expeditions

Senior HR leader and strategic partner to the Executive Leadership Team responsible for people strategy across shoreside and shipboard operations. Leads organizational design, leadership development, succession planning, change management, employee relations, compensation and benefits strategy, HR operations and compliance, workforce planning and budgeting to support scalable growth and strong organizational culture. Hybrid role with periodic travel (~10%).

Serve as the onboard cultural and natural history expert for Germany-focused itineraries: deliver presentations, lead shore and on-board activities (hikes, boats, kayaks), provide guest interpretation and briefings, assist with field staff operations, safety and guest relations, and support conservation/sales messaging. Requires in-field Germany expertise, public speaking, and participation in physically demanding excursions.

Serve as a bridge officer conducting navigation and watchstanding, voyage planning, small-boat operations, safety drills, and administrative duties. Maintain navigation systems, perform chart corrections, prepare voyage plans, mentor crew, and ensure passenger and vessel safety on expedition itineraries.

Supports additional services for an expedition travel company. Role follows a hybrid schedule (in-office Tue–Thu) and requires strong English reading, writing, and verbal communication. Must reside within reasonable commuting distance of the designated office. Typical office physical duties include sitting, typing, speaking, and occasional standing or walking.

Lead design, budgeting, deployment, and execution of expedition voyages. Create itineraries, manage voyage P&Ls, ensure permitting compliance, train field staff, build partnerships, and optimize guest experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Naturalist focuses on Japan ornithology, leading educational programs, engaging guests, performing excursions, and supporting the team to enhance the guest experience on cruises.

Serve as the expedition's cultural expert for the Canadian Arctic: present lectures, lead shore and on-board interpretation, guide excursions (inflatable boats, hikes, kayaks), engage guests, assist field staff operations, support safety and conservation messaging, and help with guest-facing duties and logistics throughout voyages.

Serve as the vessel's Northwest Coast cultural and natural-history expert, delivering presentations, leading shore excursions and on-board interpretation, assisting with inflatable boat operations and guest relations, supporting safety drills and field staff tasks, and promoting company conservation and program initiatives.

Serve as the onboard historian specializing in Spain and France: deliver engaging presentations, lead shore excursions and educational hikes, provide in-field interpretation, assist with inflatable boat and other expedition operations, support guest experience duties, and participate in safety and conservation programs.

Multiple shipboard culinary roles (Head Chef, Sous, Pastry, Chef de Partie, Line Cook, Pantry Chef) operating on 8-week rotations. Responsibilities include meal production, buffet/action station setup, provisioning, inventory, sanitation under CDC/Health Canada rules, dishwashing, and emergency/safety duties. Work is physically demanding, in confined galley spaces, with long daily shifts and shared crew living quarters. Candidates must hold required maritime and safety certifications and pass background, drug, and medical screenings.

Serve as the on-board Japan cultural and natural history expert: create and deliver presentations, lead shore excursions and field interpretation, support guest experience and safety, assist with inflatable boat and expedition operations, and maintain field staff equipment and materials.

Lead and manage expedition field staff and guest activities for Alaska voyages, delivering presentations, coordinating daily operations and safety, running excursions (zodiacs, hiking, kayaking), handling guest relations, and liaising with ship officers and shoreside teams. Ensure risk management, maintain equipment, document voyage reports, and support conservation and promotional efforts.

Support trade marketing initiatives for travel advisors by executing co-op plans, coordinating trade events and webinars, managing trade-facing social content, tracking leads and budgets, reporting on campaign/event ROI, and providing administrative and cross-functional support.

Manages shipboard accounting, guest services, customs/immigration paperwork, and administrative duties. Acts as liaison between guests, officers, and crew, handles cash/credit reconciliation, inventory, payroll adjustments, and coordinates travel, safety compliance, and guest relations aboard expeditions.

Build and maintain dbt models and SQL transformations to create analytics-ready datasets, implement tests and documentation, and govern metric definitions. Design Power BI reports and dashboards, improve self-service analytics, maintain CI/CD for dbt deployments, and collaborate with data engineering and business stakeholders to ensure data quality, lineage, and scalable architecture.

Lead end-to-end U.S. payroll operations ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant processing. Manage payroll administration, reconciliations, audits, SOX controls, process improvements, system integrations, and stakeholder support across HR, Finance, IT, and external providers.

Serve as the expedition's Mandarin-speaking naturalist, delivering in-field interpretation, guided walks, shore excursions, evening recaps, and 30–40 minute presentations. Prepare Daily Expedition Reports, engage guests, assist with Zodiac operations, represent Lindblad/National Geographic professionally, participate in safety training/drills, and support conservation and onboard promotion/sales efforts.

Lead end-to-end M&A activities: source, evaluate, negotiate, and close acquisitions. Build financial models, manage diligence and external advisors, own pipeline and target relationships, produce board/executive materials, and drive post-acquisition integration and value capture across cross-functional teams.

Support sourcing, evaluating, and executing acquisitions and strategic initiatives. Build financial models (DCF, comps, precedent, accretion/dilution), coordinate due diligence and virtual data rooms, maintain market maps and deal pipeline, conduct outreach to targets/advisors, prepare investment memos and board materials, partner cross-functionally to validate assumptions, and support post-close integration and synergy tracking.

Lead finance systems strategy, governance, and transformation to modernize ERP, subledgers, reporting and integrations. Drive process optimization, automation, controls (ITGC/SOX) and enterprise implementations while partnering with IT and finance leaders to improve data flows, audit readiness, and user adoption.