We thought we'd round up some of the more awesome-looking job opportunities in the bike industry that we've seen lately. The ones where you're most likely to be able to jump out for a ride at lunch or get to geek over bike-related things all day.
Don't see anything that you're interested in? Many of these companies have multiple jobs posted on their websites, so we'd recommend doing a deep dive into the career section on each company's website. Still nothing? Lots of companies will have a jobs@ email address for you to send your resume to and they'll reach out if something comes up that is suited to your skillset. Happy hunting!
Revel Bikes
Director of Product Development & Sourcing
Revel is looking for a Director of Product Development and Sourcing who "will be a part of the Revel leadership team, and responsible for managing the day-to-day product development operations. He / She will work alongside the CEO and leadership team to identify, articulate, and implement product development and sourcing improvements necessary for the business to scale."
BikePGH is after "an experienced and highly organized Events Manager to help put on some of the city’s largest special events, such as OpenStreetsPGH and PedalPGH."
Trek currently has a vacancy for a Production Technician who will need to be "repairing bikes quickly and consistently, while keeping accuracy and quality a top priority. The team and our customers will be trusting you with the most complex repairs."
Pearl iZUMi needs a Associate Store Manager who "supports the day-to-day operations, staffing, and merchandising of the assigned store. Ensures high standards of the company are maintained throughout the store and with all team members."
Forbidden Bike Company is looking for a Customer Experience Lead who will report "to the Operations Manager, the ideal candidate will play a key role in ensuring Forbidden customers have a positive sales and support experience."
The Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride Specialist will conduct "planning and facilitation of WWP Soldier Rides. These all-ability events include single and multi-day rides of varying modalities with adaptive and standard equipment."
Signa Sports United is looking for an experienced Event Mechanic that "can hit the ground running building and maintaining our Vitus marketing bike fleet. This role requires travel to events such as festivals, demo stops, races and dealers throughout North America to maintain and repair our demo fleet to keep the bikes in great condition for an outstanding rider experience."
Signa Sports United is also offering another experienced Event Mechanic that "can hit the ground running building and maintaining our Nukeproof marketing bike fleet. This role requires travel to events such as festivals, demo stops, races and dealers throughout North America to maintain and repair our demo fleet to keep the bikes in great condition for an outstanding rider experience."
The Pro’s Closet is seeking "a motivated Community Manager to join our growing Marketing team. In this role you will be responsible for leading all TPC community initiatives in our many definitions of community both online and offline, including; all cycling discipline (road, gravel, mtn, gravity, ebike, TT) in national and local markets where we have a retail presence and/or one of the cycling disciplines is strong."
Pivot Cycles needs "a knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and creative back-end developer to join a software development team. The Senior Software Developer will work closely with the product owners, and developers to design and develop technological solutions."
Pivot Cycles is also on the hunt for "a friendly, motivated mountain bike rider/enthusiast to join the accounting team at Pivot Cycles. The Accounts Payable Admin must have demonstrated accounting experience and strong knowledge of operational accounting in a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities will include all aspects of accounts payable in a global organization."
Yeti has a vacancy for a Warranty Associate who will "maintain industry leading warranty fulfillment and customer service. The Warranty Associate is responsible for the execution of Yeti warranty procedures and interactions. This includes processing claims, order fulfillment, maintaining swift response times to emails and phone calls as well as monthly status reporting for engineering and production."
Lyon Equipment Limited needs a Marketing Assistant to work "alongside and in support of our existing marketing team, this role will take on responsibility for the following key areas:
- Marketing Administrative support including assisting with reporting and order/spend processing - Graphic and creative work to help us deliver our brand marketing plans and support our social media content - Assisting with trade marketing events including tradeshows, showroom design, displays and sample organisation"
Salary: £20,000 to £23,000 dependant on experience
Dyfi Bike Park is looking for an Operations Manager, "reporting to Dan Atherton and the Dyfi Bike Park Board the Operations Manager will be Dan’s right hand man/woman and be vital in helping to deliver our vision for the facility.
The Operations Manager will take control of the safe running of the park and all of its moving parts, particularly around construction and uplifts. With proven experience in the construction industry you will be a dynamic and adaptable thinker with a wealth of Health and Safety experience. "
ZyroFisher has a vacancy for a Bike Sales Account Manager who needs to be "a confident and determined person with a positive outlook and passion for the product, to join us on the next part of our journey. Day to Day, you’ll be responsible for proactively developing the territory to achieve targeted sales growth through established customers and through securing new business. Working closely with our bike sales/internal and brand teams, you will look to maximise all sales opportunities."
Shimano Europe is looking for a Consumer Data Analyst "to advocate the voice of the consumer in cycling as a sport, leisure, and urban mobility. In this role as Consumer Data Analyst, you will be responsible for gathering consumer data through all the channels (including market research) and thereby providing insights to support decision making."
SRAM is seeking Test Engineer to "join the German product development team. In this role, you will constantly drive all testing related project activities with a strong collaboration in cross-functional development teams for mechanical and electronic components."
Trickstuff has a vacancy in its marketing department that needs to full the following roles:
- Implementation, coordination and evaluation of the defined marketing activities - Helping with the planning, implementation and coordination of the annual media planning - Creation of unique product descriptions and social media content - Participation in the development of Trickstuff marketing concepts - Designing and implementing coherent brand and product campaigns - Representing Trickstuff at events and in cooperation with the press and customers
Scott Sports needs an Additive Manufacturing Engineer who "will have opportunities to touch all parts of the sport equipment creation process and have access to the latest technologies and innovations. This is an opportunity to be part of a great success story as SCOTT Sports S.A. builds a new AM line for product development and manufacturing."
People can hate all they want, but I’m glad pinkbike does these posts. It makes it clear that many peoples “dream jobs” are just that. For those who actually apply for these jobs, I envy you for choosing passion over money. It’s a hard choice.
@thewanderingtramp: You would probably be surprised how many of those people used to be wallstreet or tech employees who actually burned out and lost it.
Agree
There's more to a job than the paycheck. For many, working in the bike industry is a dream and an opportunity to be in contact with what they love. That carries a big intangible value that passion driven industries like gaming or sports are only happy to leverage. Much harder to do if your company develops sewage pumps.
It's then up to the individuals to decide if the added value of working in the industry of their passion makes up for the relatively lower salary.
I happen to know a few people that had the CV and skills to work in better paying fields, but still choose to work in the gaming or sports industry
I stopped work in IT with a 6 figure paycheck in order to be a bike mechanic. I was so burned out from 10+ years sitting behind a computer screen and wanted to do something that I love. Retrained and have been working as a mechanic for 3 years. You really don't make anything in this industry, but it is a lot more rewarding in other ways. I have more job satisfaction than I ever did before, but god damn it would be nice to make more money when you see £12k+ bike after £12k bike going out the door and you are making minimum wage.
@dpars63: Most of the people I see under bridges around here have lost everything, including teeth to meth. Burnout is what they call a 16hr nap after a 3 day bender.
@Ghaytnd: That's great to hear. I've been close to this myself multiple times, particularly in recent years as it's been challenging to stay mentally and physically healthy in IT work as of late.
@Ghaytnd: Yeah, I totally get it. I was support engineering for a FAANG company. Even though I was a manager I was still effectively on-call 24/7. At some point the carrot of another promotion didn't do anything for me, so I quit and went in to the gaming industry, which has been a lot less stress. They paycheck is also less. If I ever get in the cycling industry it will be even less.
As for your expensive bike comment, I used to work in shops a long time ago (early 2000's) and remember feeling the same. Hopefully whatever you are selling offers a good industry discount, but either way I get that bike mechanics are the poor souls that only get to build and fix the high-end stuff.
Down voted. Inflating the applicants is just bs. If a j.o.b is great the market will fill it. Having to solicit is just admitting your job sucks and the pay sucks and MANAGEMENT sucks. Sorry this is reality.
@Ghaytnd: been there, done that, had to get back like 5 years after as working in bike industry and selling 10k bikes daily and getting 800 bucks a month was not really a job but something like holiday paid by my previous job, digging Solden bikepark for 1200 eur monthly and taking care for challet guests, guiding.. it was definitely nice and fine and everything, but also no free saturdays, not So much time to ride, definitely not enough money to travel to lifts, barely enough money for bike and service. It could be doable if I was the shop manager who gets commisions from sales but not an assistant. Yes I loved it anyway, however I need a job to feed my belly, pay my rent and some fun, not to satisfy my inner kid.
@bok-CZ: yea I'm right there with you. I'm actually working to transition back out of it and into IT again, as the pay just doesn't support the cost of life. At least I have gained some great knowledge and customer facing skills from these years.
@Ghaytnd: Good luck, its harder than expected, I went thru 2 years of gardening after trail building just to make the switch a bit smoother. Even getting back to city after year in Whistler and half year in Alps was a shock. But you're right, I'm thankful for that experience.
@aaronjb: it honestly is a great experience, regardless of if the pay is crap. The job satisfaction and day to day work is really a great relief from the IT world. Being a mechanic isn't a profession that you retire doing, but it is a stepping stone to a happier life (sometimes )
@Ghaytnd: hilarious, I took the reverse path. After 10 long yrs working in shops and such I gave up and transitioned into software engineering. Frankly I much prefer the better pay and working from home gives me a lot more flexibility. Now I can afford the bike stuff I want and actually have the time to enjoy them
@dpars63: you would probably be surprised how many people work under so much more stress who don’t burn out Wall Street f*cking clowns who just couldn’t cope is a first world problem
@ghill28: Well if theyre the same people who f*cked the markets and screwed people out of a pension for a buck , imagine how sympathetic the world should be towards em.
I think that some of these (Not Yeti), are fair--if and only if you are young, debt-free and can enjoy the "lifestyle" at least for a few years before reality catches up to you again.
@Ironchefjon: yep lots of work denying warranty claims at Yeti. "Hi, thanks for calling Yeti where our shit doesn't stink and our products don't break."
No shit... not that I would even consider a Yeti in the first place, but if I was, that would seriously worry me about how well they'll take care of me if I have a warranty issue. Someone who hates their job and life at $18 an hour isn't motivated to take the best care of you... or care at all.
Right, I would need at minimum $50 an hour to afford a rental apartment in Colorado. Bike businesses just take advantage of employees for some “benefits” that don’t mean a thing in the real world.
"College degree is preferred" opposed to required. Its an "associate" position. Go to college or trade school to get a good paying job. Unfortunately Yeti is paying for the skill level required and its probably in touch with other similar jobs.
@Sscottt: being a warranty associate, or at least a good one, requires quite a lot of technical knowledge. Any mechanic who has submitted a lot of warranties can attest to that. $19 per hour just means Yeti doesn't give a f*** about you
@Jshemuel: I 100 percent agree with you! Unfortunately the job market does not. I'm not blaming Yeti, I'm blaming the job market. They would not post that wage if they could not get a qualified person with it. 19/hr also means they value the people who have been with the company and have paid their dues with the company.
For reference,my friend was an ex shimano production engineer here in their malaysian factory..he only made around usd700/month. damn we are well underpaid here.
Trickstuff has a marketing position? Lol market what? The nonexistent brakes that take 2+ yrs to acquire while dangerholm gets them for each one of his bike builds?
It’d be amazing, but likely too bold, if PB did a series where we followed the money in a bike brand to understand with actual facts where the money goes. Why do bikes cost so much but it seems like no one is making money and companies are going belly up left and right? Can we find the inefficiencies? Are the big wigs running the factories in Taiwan sitting on all the money? Are the Pinkers just whining babies with no clue how much goes into making these super bikes? Would be a fascinating series that no one would sponsor.
I have a feeling that the few highly paid people at the large companies would bribe pinkbike with a few entry level salaries to not have that information disclosed
I interviewed for a position at a pretty well known smaller bike brand, and got an insight into manufacturing costs for frames out of Taiwan. Something like $200 for an alloy frame and $300-400 for a carbon. The markup on them is around 500-1000%, at least got this company.
I would wager PBers are a bunch of whiners. The parts on these bikes are so specialized with very minimal tolerances, high R/D costs, and nothing is really being sold at scale where costs could come down appreciably. It is not an ideal business model... but thank the universe for these awesome bikes.
@Ghaytnd: That’s certainly no where near what retail bike shops make on anything of than tubes. Average GPM is around 30-35% overall on average. Normal successful businesses shoot for 45-55% GPM to end up with 3% profits yearly.
Frame manufacturers such as Yeti are making about 40-50% GPM overall once all components are sourced. A direct to consumer brand makes much more.
@devin-m: Yeah that's WILD. Some of the most expensive bikes, with minimally paid employees. I almost can't believe it... I don't care if it's "in-line with current market".... when I hear that phrase, I hear "current average that's whittled down to as low as people are willing to accept." If you want quality employees in your "luxury-goods" selling business, you better pay them a wage they can live on. Going out on a limb here, but I doubt 22k a year is enough to survive in Colorado. Certainly won't ever be enough to buy one of the bike they sell lol.
Been around bikes my whole life (50+ years), have watched so many people get their "dream" job in the bike industry only to turn into bitter bike hating people a decade later. Best way to ruin your passion, have to do it for a living.
Very true! However depressingly their salary offer is the basic entry wage in the industry.
Similar if not the same to what is offered for big brands down South. If you want to work In the industry, you know for a fact which is going to offer better riding! (The North FYI).
It's about damn time the industry started reflecting the work that goes into it, long hours especially in the event season, just because something is a passion doesn't mean you shouldn't get paid fairly.
Can hazzard a guess a high number of people who were great employees for bike companies have left because of shite pay.
UTTER SHIT There are nurses living of 1k a month I live with one, we share bills then get miserable fuckers complaining we are on strike and arent worth more.
@snook: You are referring to a hypothesis rather than theory. Hypothesis is an educated guess based on scientific understanding, theory is a proven scientific fact in which results can be recreated.
@chileconqueso: I venture a guess a lot of people haven't increased their actual value in the past 10 years. My personal experience as a carpenter/builder has been a steady increase in wages at least every yr if not every other..10 yrs ago I was making 30-40k these days 60-70k. Making your passion a job is a good way to ruin your passion, find something passion adjacent so you can still enjoy the part you love on your own time while hopefully getting paid for something that your good at...Work is work,not happy fun play time.
I’m a mechanic, I am actually making more than 10 years ago but the cost of life has gone up more! I feel like I’ve come close to maxing out my pay potential without doing something different. I fully agree work is work, but I do love fixing stuff! I come home and fix my stuff! I like the turn over and the problem solving. Mostly the problem solving, and man do people make some uneccessary problems! I’m hoping feet finder or only fans will be better….@MikeGruhler:
24 years ago I was earning 80% of what I earn now doing the same job. In real terms I'm at least 30% worse off now than I was then. Meanwhile the rich keep getting richer. Trickle down economics my f*cking arse.
@MikeGruhler: Glad to hear it. Pay rates in construction here in the UK have barely risen in the last 10 years when you look at day rates for self employed sub contractors. At least that's the case for people I know who work in the industry. I keep hearing that pay has increased by 6% this year in the private sector here in the UK. I don't know who's getting those rises, because it's not the people I talk to.
@commental: I got 10% in Jan, then a move to a different company/industry but same role added 40% but that number is still only 15% higher than what I was earning 15 years ago (same industry/job)
@commental: Construction is a very broad term for a lot of different jobs. You can be finish carpenter for residential work and be either working on track homes earning maybe $18-$20hr or you could work on high-end residential homes doing remodel work that is worth $25-$35hr. It all depends on depth of skill set, experience and field of work. I'm generally a finish carpenter with 30yrs experience at 43yrs old. I also have well above avg experience in almost all aspects of residential construction and and a slightly above average experience in small to mid size commercial construction. My pay almost never lines up with average wages of the industry. One needs to know their value and why they deserve more then the next person. Just rolling over and excepting whatever pay they give is most people's problem. Know your worth and except nothing less. (I feel like I'm applying for a new job!...accepting offers over 75k yr)
@tomhoward379: Don't take it the wrong way but did you increase your skills and knowledge by 50% in 15 years? If so your doing the right thing by leaving for better pay(even if it's not enough) . Making it a point to move up the ladder and not down is about the best you can do, a dollar more an hr is better then a dollar less. I know a lot people who haven't bothered to add to their skill set but expect to just keep getting raises because they have been in there job X amount of years. If I was still the carpenter I was at 13yrs old I would fully expect my pay to be around $12-$15hr not $30 because I've been here 25+yrs.
@commental: over looked the "self employed sub contractor" comment. Subs are a completely different ball game from employees. Having been a Sub for over 12yrs I can tell you a lot of your earning potential is tied up in your ability to operate a company while potentially also doing the labor/services your providing. I found for myself that being an employee is more beneficial because I get my free time back and most of the liability is no longer on myself, I decided taking about 10-15k drop in pay was worth the reduction in stress and liability. 10yrs out and I'm approaching what was making as a sub but with a ton less stress.
@tomhoward379: Unfortunately a great deal of them dont get offered a full 37.5 hour week even if contract states it ,They get mixed shifts as there are contingency staff they bring in who are cheaper for whatever reason, it is way more complex than I could sum up here but basically if you are on the list of complainers trying to get your contracted hours , you have definitely painted a target on your back ,The managment are there to do the best with what they have and to meet ever more unrealistic targets , Meet targets or someone else will is the mantra and I would guess losing a job as the middlemanager in the NHS also means the PCP and Mortgage payments dont get met, As for a complaints mechanism LOLz it exists on paper, By the time these people have got the access to the right people they have lost the will to fight and just give up, this might sound like I am being sympathetic to one particular female but I can go to the social club and hear the same story a lot of them. Seems to be un-noticed steps towards stealth privatisation. Would make a great Panorama documentary, Clapping a pan for our nurses and NHS when COVID was rife now being accused of murdering people if they dont show up for work because they want a standard of living, I think morally a lot have gone above and beyond what they get paid to do and shouldnt be forced to make a choice as some are passionate about people
@thewanderingtramp: there’s a MASSIVE recruitment gap, nurses are striking (in part) because they are overworked, yet the staff that do exist can’t get full time hours? Have to say, I’m skeptical.
@tomhoward379: I'm sure they dont give a shit wether you are skeptical or not , the same as I don't.Nip into Jimmy's and point out to them how skeptical you are.
Just worked it out with current U.K. cost of living and I recon you have £25-50 a month to spare. That’s going with the cheapest rent, food and a economical car. Sickening what these people think they can offer.
As much as I’d love to be in the bike industry, making slightly more than minimum wage as an adult is crazy. You need 19 Year olds or retired folks. I thought making 50k at 20 Was like the lotto. At 42 making less than $50 an hour is not feasible with dependents and a mortgage. Hard work isn’t enough to get by anymore. Smarts is more important. a willingness to take advantage of people and resources is how you get rich. Eat or get eaten, it’s a jungle out there.
Come-leave your head mechanic bike shop job for a pay cut so you can be laughably broke on the Front Range and deal with angry customers ALL....DAY. No lie, the pay on this posting will keep me from buying Yeti products. If you're gonna charge that much, pay your workers accordingly.
£20K a year for a marketing job, and £23k with experience? Are you having a laugh? I’d love to know how anyone can afford rent/mortgage, bills and everything else on a salary of £20k a year! Lyon Equipment ltd shareholders must be laughing with the bonuses they make off the back of that salary offer.
Why am I not surprised the company that sells 5k frames pays employees terribly. How the f can you ask for a college degree on an 18/hr job... ffs.
My advice, get good at something, programming, a trade, etc etc, and go self employed. Then you have direct control over how much you earn and what hours you work. Don't waste your entire life making someone else money.
I see not every job here has a salary range included (although that’s quite the range, Revel Bikes). This is disappointing. I imagine they aren’t available at the source advert as otherwise they’d be listed here with the others. It’s known that transparency of salaries in adverts plays a significant role in closing salary gaps and tackling inequality. Maybe Pinkbike needs to make a stand and not promote/include ones that don’t include salaries in future posts? Hey @edspratt
I would say a company can choose to list there salary or not and it has f*ck all to do with inequality. If you are horrible at the same job that I excel at then there should not be equality of pay. If a company chooses to ignore such a number maybe they know something about "their" company that you don't. Maybe they want to filter out people like yourself from applying cause if this your reaction to a wanted ad then I couldn't imagine what you might do in the break room when someone says something you don't agree with.
Maybe they should also not feature ads that don't give preference to Black's or trans people, you know... For helping inequality.
It's called salary negotiation, don't like the offer, counter. Don't like it, don't take the job. Simple really.
The kind of thing you're talking about is taking us to a singular common wage with no chance for individualism... You know, communism.
I just realized the brilliance of this article...A big heartless PE firm ( or say Elon Musk) buy your company. You go to your boss and pitch: " hey boss how about I write a monthly article about all the interesting jobs in the industry". Boss goes "i don't see it, but give it a go to this is month". So now your boss is paying you to look for a better job when Outside...I mean the PE firm starts axing folks. I bet a few gems get left out each article. Well played Mr. Spratt.
First rule of Capitalism...sell the thing you make for more than it cost to build it (which includes undervaluing the labor required to manifest your ground-breaking idea).
This is terrible but I have to say it: I guess I am glad people are willing to work for so little money. Can't imagine what these bikes would cost if companies paid a livable wage. Thanks to those who love biking and want to do this work!!
The pay in the cycle industry is an absolute joke. Hard selling should be rewarded with commission. I've worked in sales in the cycle industry and car industry and definitely know which one treats me with more respect.
The Wounded Warrior job would be seriously rewarding. If I were younger, could take a pay cut and lived in the PNW. — I would be all over that position.
ahaha, all y’all that didn’t grow up working in the “bike industry” thanks for making the point my dad has been trying to make to me for the last 20 years.
I love job descriptions, Dynamic, think on your feet, motivated, experienced, product driven, demonstrate knowledge , most fail miserably on a basic lunch order .
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i used to dream of working in the bike industry said ???
Thanks for sharing.
As for your expensive bike comment, I used to work in shops a long time ago (early 2000's) and remember feeling the same. Hopefully whatever you are selling offers a good industry discount, but either way I get that bike mechanics are the poor souls that only get to build and fix the high-end stuff.
Yes I loved it anyway, however I need a job to feed my belly, pay my rent and some fun, not to satisfy my inner kid.
that´s a good one
$18 per hr doesn't even cover your gas to get to work.
Thankfully there's no traffic around the I25 and I70 corridors to get to Golden - so no need for gas money.
Also, at least Colorado has become an inexpensive place to live.
Working with any company on warranty issues has got to be very hard - pay these people more to deal with the f$%k ups - come on.
You're laying the sarcasm on pretty thick. So thick, I'm not even sure if you are actually serious.
"Stop calling me Shirley"
Would be good for remote/PT student type.
And I'm sure they'd get bumped up(90days) if they're a keeper.
damn we are well underpaid here.
Santa cruz was 1 that seemed to only market once bikes available.
Frame manufacturers such as Yeti are making about 40-50% GPM overall once all components are sourced. A direct to consumer brand makes much more.
“Not too bad now that I live in my car”
Take home pay (after tax and NI) will be about £1450 a month. Good luck trying to live off that in the U.K. in 2022.
I have a theory that wages have basically stagnated since about 2008, and that most of us are being paid about what we would about 10/12 years ago.
Similar if not the same to what is offered for big brands down South. If you want to work In the industry, you know for a fact which is going to offer better riding! (The North FYI).
It's about damn time the industry started reflecting the work that goes into it, long hours especially in the event season, just because something is a passion doesn't mean you shouldn't get paid fairly.
Can hazzard a guess a high number of people who were great employees for bike companies have left because of shite pay.
I keep hearing that pay has increased by 6% this year in the private sector here in the UK. I don't know who's getting those rises, because it's not the people I talk to.
Year olds or retired folks. I thought making 50k at 20
Was like the lotto. At 42 making less than $50 an hour is not feasible with dependents and a mortgage. Hard work isn’t enough to get by anymore. Smarts is more important. a willingness to take advantage of people and resources is how you get rich. Eat or get eaten, it’s a jungle out there.
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My advice, get good at something, programming, a trade, etc etc, and go self employed. Then you have direct control over how much you earn and what hours you work.
Don't waste your entire life making someone else money.
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