Principal Go-To-Market and Business Operations Program Manager

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology, we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel. 

Positioned at the center of the travel, we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, and scores of other solutions.

Simply put, we connect people with moments that matter.

Principal, Go-To-Market and Business Operations Program Manager

Job Description
 

In this role, as an individual contributor, you will be responsible for overseeing complex, go-to-market programs and other key business initiatives in collaboration with sales, product, development and delivery teams across the globe and/or providing program management oversight for key initiatives to drive business growth. You will be responsible for driving execution of important programs towards near-term revenue impact.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Execute go-to-market program(s) and other key initiative programs across multiple cross-functional teams

• Manage timely and quality delivery of key programs

• Collaborate closely with internal teams such as product management, development, release management and sales

• Facilitate program level issues and change management resolution. Manage ongoing work through governance structures, creating high-level plans that provide guidance to projects where detailed plans are established

• Conduct regular working team and senior executive meetings to discuss project status and issues and ensure all components for successful delivery are in place

• Develop project plan, resolve issues with regards to delays in project delivery and resource constraints

• Identify barriers that prevent efficient execution of projects    

• Drive alignment and adherence to standards and direction set by the organization

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

Experience 8-10 Years

• Experience in business operations planning, working with sales and marketing teams and driving initiatives alongside sales, product, development and delivery team

• Experience working on or with a sales team and conceptualizing a sales strategy to drive immediate revenue impact

• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills in English

• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and lead by influence to achieve broader organizational goals

• 5-10 years’ experience as a program manager who has managed large go-to-market programs with multiple teams and deliverables, preferably led large go-to-market technology programs

• Passionate, highly motivated, and results-driven program management professional

• Experience communicating and presenting at various levels within an organization and proven ability to distill details into meaningful executive summary level status

• Working knowledge project management

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

• Proven ability to proactively identify and communicate risks, issues, problems, and process gaps

• Track cross-program or cross-team dependencies and program-level issues while driving escalations when necessary

• Track record for negotiating, persuading, and driving priorities while leaning on your org-savviness to work closely with global teams

Nice-to-have skills:

• PMP Certification a plus but not required

Education:

• B.S. degree in Business, Marketing, Information Technology, Communications or equivalent

• MBA preferred

Location:

• An office environment that allows for a Southlake-based hybrid working arrangement (three days a week)

Benefits:

Sabre offers the following:

•    Competitive compensation
•    Generous Paid Time Off (5 weeks PTO your first year!)
•    We offer a com