Powering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. Built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture, Sabre serves as the backbone for both established leaders and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide.
Job Overview:
Oversees the negotiation, structure and management of contractual documents that establish business relationships with vendors, travel agency customers and/or partners. Reviews and approves documents for protection of the company's contractual posture and adherence to company policy. Advises management of contractual rights and obligations; and provides interpretation of terms and conditions. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.
Hybrid Role.
What You’ll Be Doing?
We are looking for a dynamic Commercial Contracts Manager to join our Legal department's Commercial Contracts Team. This team supports our Sales, Developer, and Product departments within the Travel Solutions business unit. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about creating impactful solutions, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities:
Drafting and Negotiation: Create custom agreements, templates, and ad hoc contractual instruments that clearly articulate the business terms negotiated by Account Managers with our Travel Agency customers or authorized developers.
Collaboration: Work closely with the Sales organization, Operations, Finance, and Tax departments to support the negotiation process.
Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact between the Sales team, customer’s legal counsel, and Sabre's in-house legal team. Handle post-signature contract queries and coordinate the escalation of complex issues to our attorneys.
Project Management: Lead project management efforts and process design. Collaborate with contracts team members and other stakeholders to implement new agreements and strategic corporate programs. This includes writing business requirements, conducting testing, providing training, and driving automation efforts.
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree or professional qualifications in Legal/Law.
Minimum 5 years of relevant contract drafting and negotiation experience, particularly in high-volume transactional deals.
Superior command of the English language, both written and spoken. Additional, fluent Spanish language skills highly desirable.
Working experience with technology service organizations will be a plus.
Personal Attributes:
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
High level of integrity and professionalism.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to synthesize complex commercial ideas and assess financial models.
Independent worker who thrives in a highly matrixed global organization.
Why Sabre?
At Sabre, you'll have the opportunity to work on projects that make a real impact on the travel industry. You'll be part of a collaborative and innovative team that is dedicated to connecting people with moments that matter. Join us and help shape the future of travel.
Benefits:
Highly competitive compensation package
We offer a comprehensive medical, dental and wellness program
25 vacation days annually plus an extra week of vacation from December 27 to 31 every year as year end break globally
Formal and informal reward, recognition and acknowledgement programs
Lots of fun in a globally set team with a global on-boarding program
Local events and celebrations
4 volunteering days annually, to use with your charity of choice
High-end IT equipment to support you from day one
Ample employee development events, incl. learning platforms / tools
Diversity and Inclusion programs worldwide
We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as your application progresses. Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role will proceed in the selection process.
#LI-Hybrid#LI-PS1Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or professional qualifications in Legal/Law
- Minimum 5 years of relevant contract drafting and negotiation experience
- Fluency in English and preferably Spanish
- Experience with technology service organizations
Sabre Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is expansive, with five weeks of PTO from day one, eight paid holidays, floating holidays, and a companywide year‑end break. Paid volunteer time further broadens available leave.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave provides 12 weeks fully paid for birth or adoption, complemented by generous bereavement leave up to 15 paid days. Disability coverage and dependent eligibility to age 26 reinforce family support.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a strong company match underpins long‑term savings. This foundation strengthens overall financial security alongside core benefits.
Sabre Corporation Insights
What We Do
We are a software and technology company that powers the global travel industry. With decades of revolutionary firsts, our team of experts drive innovation and ingenuity in the industry. Today, we are creating a new marketplace for personalized travel. We partner with airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other travel partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel. We are committed to helping customers operate more efficiently, drive revenue and offer personalized traveler experiences with next-generation technology solutions. Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives. Sabre's technology powers the nearly US$8 trillion travel industry. Our technology and data-driven solutions help our airline, hotel, travel agency and corporate customers grow their businesses and transform the traveler experience. The scale, breadth and depth of our technology is unmatched and sustains a complex industry. We provide an open and stable platform to deliver flexible, reliable and scalable solutions. Over the years, we have shaped and modernized the travel industry. We pioneered online travel agencies, corporate booking tools, revenue management, and web and mobile itinerary tools, to name a few. Our travel marketplace transacts more than US$120 billion of travel spend per year. And we are the world’s largest provider of airline and hotel technology. We have been named to the InformationWeek 500 list of the most innovative technology companies for 11 consecutive years. And InformationWeek named Sabre seventh on its list of the “Greatest Software Ever Written.”
