Manager Learning & Development

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Fort Worth, TX, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Software • Travel
The Role
Lead a global Learning & Development team to design, launch, and iterate scalable learning experiences. Partner with talent leaders to build development roadmaps, embed learning into business rhythms, leverage AI for personalization and feedback, and measure impact to drive skill growth and organizational change.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

As a Manager of Learning & Development at Sabre you won’t just build training, you’ll create learning experiences that spark action, grow careers and accelerate development at scale. You’ll bring enterprise-wide consistency, influenced by regional and cultural nuances, to make learning programs resonate across a global workforce. As a strategic partner, coach and guide, you’ll help leaders sharpen future-ready skills and navigate change with confidence. If you’re ready to accelerate talent and bring new energy to a global learning culture, let’s get going.

What you will do:

  • Team up to build the best: Partner with talent leadership, people business partners and functional training leaders through routine intake conversations to understand what business needs most, what skills are most critical and where learning can make the greatest impact. Translate these insights into practical learning solutions that address real business challenges and create global impact.

  • Steer our learning roadmap: Build development paths that support our global workforce, strengthen future-ready skills and align learning priorities to business strategy, talent needs and regional realities.

  • Own the learning playbook: Take charge of the entire lifecycle of learning initiatives, from identifying needs to implementing learning solutions, and iterating based on feedback, adoption and results.

  • Embed learning into our DNA: Ensure learning is not just content or training, but something embedded into business rhythms, leadership routines and team development plans. Use insights from people business partners to understand development gaps and where leaders need support. Partner with functional training leaders to implement programs that elevate capabilities across every area of the business.

  • Lead the charge on change: Launch learning solutions that help our global teams move with the pace of change. Develop course materials, videos and resources that support learners from initial learning through on-the-job application. Use metrics and feedback loops to understand what works and refine what doesn’t, iterating solutions to better fit what our global teams need to perform and grow.

  • Enable great coaching: Equip leaders and team members with the tools, resources and guidance to take ownership of their development and foster a culture of continuous growth.

  • Guide your crew: Lead and grow a tight-knit Learning & Development team, giving them direction on everything from content strategy to operational execution.

What you bring to the table:

  • 8+ years of experience in learning & development, instructional design or talent management.

  • A proven track record of taking organization-wide learning programs from an idea to a fully launched reality, with a focus on practical application, business relevance and measurable impact.

  • Experience leveraging AI to multiply learning impact and throughput, including practical applications such as automated role plays, learner feedback analysis, content personalization, skills insights and scalable learning support.

  • A highly collaborative partnering style, with the ability to work across regional stakeholders and people business partners to identify needs, align priorities and embed learning in ways that work for the business.

  • Hands-on experience with Workday Talent and LMS (strongly preferred).

  • The agility to move with the pace of change and adapt when priorities shift.

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.

 Sabre Offers The Following Outstanding Benefits

  • Very competitive compensation

  • Generous Paid Time Off (25 PTO days)

  • 4 days (one day/quarter) Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

  • 5 days off annually for Year-End Break

  • We offer a comprehensive medical, dental and Wellness Program

  • 12 weeks paid parental leave

  • An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements

  • Formal and informal reward, recognition and acknowledgement programs

  • Lots of fun and engaging employee development events


Reasonable Accommodation

Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. Applicants applying for a Sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact Sabre at [email protected].


Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.


Equal Employment Opportunity
Sabre is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals. EEO IS THE LAW


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Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience in learning & development, instructional design, or talent management.
  • Proven track record launching organization-wide learning programs with practical application and measurable impact.
  • Experience leveraging AI in learning (automated role plays, learner feedback analysis, content personalization, skills insights).
  • Hands-on experience with Workday Talent and LMS.
  • Experience leading and growing a Learning & Development team.
  • Highly collaborative partnering style with regional stakeholders and people business partners.
  • Agility to adapt quickly to shifting priorities.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with a strong company match underpins long‑term savings. This foundation strengthens overall financial security alongside core benefits.

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The Company
HQ: Southlake, TX
8,150 Employees

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.”

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