Company overview

Thank you for your interest in career opportunities at Viking. We encourage you to use this website or our company website (www.vikingcareers.com) to search and apply for available positions. ***Viking was founded in 1997 and has grown to be the leading small ship travel company, offering destination-focused river, ocean and expedition voyages on all seven continents. Designed for experienced travelers with interests in science, history, culture and cuisine, Chairman Torstein Hagen often says Viking offers guests The Thinking Person’s Cruise® in contrast to mainstream cruises.With more than 250 awards to its name, Viking has been rated at the top of its categories for river, ocean and expedition by both Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler.
Founded in 1997
Basel, Basel, CHE
7.9K employees (431 in marketing)
43% recommend to a friend
46% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$125,000 – $140,000

/ yr

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People

Marketing team tenure

Median tenure

< 1 years

Avg experience

20 years

Across 1 marketing employees

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +8.8% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$5.7B

Last raise

$1.7B

Post IPO Debt, 6 months ago

Funding history

Sep 2025

Post IPO Debt Viking Cruises · $1.7B

May 2025

Post IPO Secondary Viking Cruises · $1.3B

Sep 2024

Post IPO Secondary Viking Cruises · $930M

Jun 2023

Debt Financing Viking Cruises · $720M

Nov 2020

Private Equity Round Viking Cruises · $500M

Sep 2016

Private Equity Round Viking Cruises · $500M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
1.6M
Month over month+2.9%
Quarter over quarter-18.4%
Top sourceDirect (53.4%)
Ad budget per month$922.7
Average search rank42.3
Traffic source mix
Direct
53.4%
Referral
35.5%
Search
9.4%
Paid referral
1.1%
Social
0.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

400.9K

12-mo growth

+32.8%

Monthly growth

+1.9%

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