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.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Technology Program Manager to drive the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional technology initiatives that support strategic business priorities and customer commitments.
In this role, you will partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, and Business teams to plan, coordinate, and execute large-scale programs.
The ideal candidate combines strong program leadership, executive communication skills, technical acumen, and the ability to influence across a complex matrix organization. This leader will manage strategic customer initiatives and technology programs, cross-functional dependencies, risks, financial planning, and executive reporting while ensuring delivery against business objectives.
Key ResponsibilitiesProgram Planning and Execution- Lead end-to-end execution of complex technology programs and strategic initiatives.
- Develop and maintain integrated program plans, roadmaps, schedules, and milestone tracking.
- Coordinate activities across multiple product, engineering, and business teams to ensure successful delivery.
- Track program progress and drive timely resolution of issues that may impact delivery commitments.
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, and Customer-facing teams to align priorities and execution plans.
- Facilitate cross-functional discussions to manage dependencies, remove obstacles, and resolve conflicts.
- Drive accountability across stakeholders while fostering a collaborative and results-oriented environment.
- Establish and manage program governance processes, operating rhythms, and reporting mechanisms.
- Prepare and deliver clear, concise program status updates for leadership reviews.
- Communicate key milestones, decisions, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.
- Ensure transparency into program health and delivery progress.
- Identify, assess, and proactively manage program risks, issues, and interdependencies.
- Develop mitigation plans and coordinate execution of corrective actions.
- Escalate critical issues with clear recommendations and supporting data.
- Support strategic customer initiatives and business-critical programs.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand objectives, requirements, and success criteria.
- Ensure business priorities are reflected in program planning and execution activities.
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled program management best practices, tools, and processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve delivery predictability, operational efficiency, and team effectiveness.
- Contribute to organizational learning through lessons learned, retrospective reviews, and process enhancements.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
- 7+ years of experience in Technology Program Management, Project Management, Product Delivery, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience leading large, cross-functional technology initiatives in a matrixed organization.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, Agile methodologies, and technology delivery practices.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent programs and competing priorities.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a data-driven approach to decision making.
- Experience managing program risks, dependencies, and executive communications.
- Experience supporting strategic customer programs, airline technology, travel technology, distribution platforms, or digital commerce solutions.
- Experience working across globally distributed teams.
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks, Jira, Rally, Azure DevOps, or similar delivery management tools.
- PMP, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent project/program management certification.
- Experience working in a fast-paced technology environment undergoing transformation and growth.
Success in this role will be measured by:
- Delivery of committed program milestones and objectives.
- Effective management of risks, dependencies, and cross-functional coordination.
- Improved visibility and predictability of program execution.
- Stakeholder satisfaction and confidence in program governance.
- Achievement of customer and business outcomes.
- Contribution to continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
You will play a key role in delivering strategic technology and customer initiatives that drive business value and innovation. This position offers the opportunity to work with global teams, influence high-impact programs, and contribute to the successful execution of transformative technology initiatives.
Join us and help shape the future of travel through technology.
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-NG1Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in Technology Program Management, Project Management, Product Delivery, or a related discipline
- Experience leading large, cross-functional technology initiatives in a matrixed organization
- Understanding of software development lifecycles, Agile methodologies, and technology delivery practices
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent programs and competing priorities
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a data-driven approach
- Experience managing program risks, dependencies, and executive communications
- Experience supporting strategic customer programs, airline technology, travel technology, distribution platforms, or digital commerce solutions
- Experience working across globally distributed teams
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks, Jira, Rally, Azure DevOps, or similar delivery management tools
- PMP, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent project/program management certification
- Experience in a fast-paced technology environment undergoing transformation and growth
Sabre Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sabre Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Sabre Corporation.
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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.”
