Graduate Development Program Jobs in Manhattan, NY

About Fora
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. At the heart of it all is our mission: to help the next generation of travel entrepreneurs turn their love for travel into a fulfilling career, whether full-time or part-time. We believe that everyone, from seasoned professionals to first-time advisors, can build something both profitable and personal.
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.
About The Role
**Please note our 2026 Wolf Graduate Program cohort is now full, but we'd still love to hear from you. We'll begin hiring for our 2027 class in September 2026, so feel free to apply and we'll keep your application on file.
Are you a self-starter and builder who thrives in fast-paced environments and is curious about learning on the job in a high-growth startup? Perhaps you've already dabbled in entrepreneurship and know that startups are your calling, or you know that you are simply seeking more from your graduate career? Come and work with us at Fora as we innovate the travel industry.
The Wolf Graduate Program is Fora's premier early-career opportunity, designed as a startup bootcamp for ambitious graduates (0-2 years experience) seeking their foot in the door at a top-tier, VC-backed startup. This intensive program places you directly on Fora's Product Operations team-a cross-functional team that builds and improves the systems powering Fora's growth, focusing on operational solutions that scale as our advisor base expands.
As a Wolf, you'll get hands-on experience across the full spectrum of product operations: improving internal processes, creating workflow automation using tools like Zapier and AI, leading product launches, and building internal tools that scale our business. You'll work cross-functionally with product, engineering, finance, advisor experience, and more, learning how high-growth startups operate while contributing to real projects with measurable impact from day one.
You'll start by mastering our support systems and understanding advisor needs, then advance to managing cross-functional product launches and process optimization, before specializing in a high-leverage area like AI automation, partner operations, or internal tooling.
This isn't just a training program-it's your accelerated path into the travel tech industry and startup ecosystem, giving you the opportunity to fast-track your professional development while making meaningful contributions to Fora's mission. Previous Wolf graduates have gone on to become product managers, chief of staff, data scientists, engineers, AI innovators, and more.
Key Responsibilities
As a Wolf, you'll support all aspects of the travel operation including finance, growth, marketing, sales, and operations, with specific areas of focus determined by business needs. This is a varied role requiring a self-starter mentality and quick learning ability-you'll need to dive in wherever you see opportunities or help is needed. We're looking for someone who can think and act like an entrepreneur, constantly seeking to make an impact, voice opinions, and find new ways to improve and contribute to the business.

• Build and optimize operational workflows, internal tools, and automation systems using tools like AI, Zapier, and Retool
• Drive process improvements and measurable enhancements to key business operations and advisor experience
• Support go-to-market planning and cross-functional project management for product launches and strategic initiatives
• Manage advisor support operations while maintaining quality standards and identifying optimization opportunities
• Create and maintain internal documentation, Help Center content, and knowledge management systems

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, Applied Math or Data Science
• Proactive mindset with a strong ability to spot operational inefficiencies, diagnose process gaps, and independently drive improvements from idea to implementation.
• Demonstrated track record of starting something and making it happen.
• An ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a strong bias for action.
• Intellectually curious and growth mindset - we want to hear about how you have overcome challenges in the past.
• A true team player, good collaborator, and trustworthy colleague.
• Interested in travel and startups.

Compensation
Annual salary is $90k + equity.
Other benefits include:

• 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

This role is based in our beautiful New York City office (Tribeca/Fidi) with lots of natural light and great views.
Use of AI in our Hiring Process
Fora Travel, Inc. ("Fora") uses an automated employment decision tool (AEDT) offered by Apriora Inc. dba Alex to assist with screening candidates for the Wolf Program, based in our New York City office. As part of the hiring process, the Alex AI platform ("Alex") may be used to:

• apply predefined, objective criteria to a candidate's application (such as professional qualifications and relevant professional experience); and/or
• conduct an AI-assisted initial interview through the Alex platform to assist with evaluating specific role-related competencies and qualifications.

How the Tool Works
As part of our hiring process, Alex may be used at two stages of the initial screening process.
As part of the first stage, applications may be evaluated against predefined, role-specific criteria such as required education, credentials or minimum work experience. Applications that do not meet these objective requirements are marked as unqualified and recommended not to proceed to the next stage of the process.
Candidates who meet the initial screening criteria will be invited to participate in a live, conversational interview via video hosted by Alex. Alex will ask a predefined list of interview questions created by Fora and may ask follow-up questions based on your responses. It will then generate a transcript of the video call, structured summaries and a score using the scorecard developed by the hiring manager for consideration by Fora's hiring team.
While Alex assists with the initial screening process, review of the interview responses, scoring and subsequent interviews are done by our hiring team. All final hiring decisions are made by Fora.
What the Tool Evaluates
The automated screening and AI-assisted interview may assess specific role-related competencies such as:
educational background and any required credentials;

• relevant work experience;
• role-specific skills; and
• responses to behavioral, situational or problem solving questions.

Alternative Selection Process or Reasonable Accommodation
If you prefer not to participate in an AI-assisted interview, or if you require reasonable accommodation, you may request an alternative selection process.
To make a request, please contact: careers@foratravel.comSubject line: "Wolf Program - Alternative Process Request"
Bias Audit
This tool has undergone a bias audit in the past year. A summary of the most recent bias audit and the tool's distribution date is available here.
Data & Privacy
If you participate in an AI-assisted interview, the system may collect and process information necessary to conduct and evaluate the interview, including video and/or audio transcripts and text transcripts.
Interview data collected directly by us is retained in accordance with Fora Travel, Inc.'s data retention policies and applicable legal requirements.
Information pursuant to this section will not be disclosed where such disclosure would violate local, state, or federal law, or interfere with a law enforcement investigation.
The AI screening platform is operated by Alex, an independent third-party provider. Your personal information may also be collected and processed by Alex in accordance with Alex's privacy policy.
Our Values
We're forging our own path
Fora has always been about driving change within the industry. We're not interested in maintaining the status quo.
We're stronger together
Community is our cornerstone and collective power is our strength. We believe we can all go further when we operate together, using our combined leverage to unlock better opportunities and outcomes for our advisors, partners, and travelers.
We believe in technology
We believe technology is an answer to some of the most fundamental challenges the travel industry faces. We believe advancements in AI, bold investments in our platforms, and a world-class data infrastructure will transform the work of our advisors and our partners, while creating better travel experiences for travelers.
We're here to serve
We operate in service of our community and believe that when they're empowered to focus on what they do best, we all win. It's why we relentlessly advocate for our advisors and prioritize their best interest every step of the way.
We mean business
Fora is equal parts fun, meaningful work and serious travel business. We're unlocking opportunities for thousands of travel entrepreneurs, delivering a stream of high-quality guests at scale for our partners, and providing a superior travel experience for our travelers. It's a better equation for the future of our industry.
WORK AUTHORIZATION
Authorization to work in the United States is required for full-time roles based in our New York City office. Fora is unable to sponsor or assist with U.S. work authorization. Roles based outside of the United States are not subject to this requirement.
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.