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.
Principal, Sales Incentive Program Administrator
We are seeking a principal to join our global Sales Operations team, where innovation knows no borders. This team designs commercial frameworks that reward high performance and help sales teams thrive. It connects strategy with financial incentives so teams can deliver value to customers. With an inclusive culture and flexible work environment, we work together with boldness, curiosity and commitment so we can all win together.
As a Principal, Sales Incentive Programs, you will serve as the expert advisor for global compensation strategies. You will own plan administration, guide stakeholders through design cycles and transform metrics into business growth. This role requires analytical precision, sound commercial judgment and the confidence to challenge outdated compensation structures.
What you'll do
Lead global administration of sales compensation plans to ensure accurate performance calculations and timely payouts.
Partner with finance and sales leadership to design incentive frameworks aligned with business objectives.
Conduct benchmarking studies and feasibility analyses to advise executives on plan adjustments.
Evaluate monthly performance variance against budgets to measure plan effectiveness across business units.
Use automated modeling tools to accelerate calculations, remove manual errors and improve performance visibility.
What you'll bring
Minimum 8 years of experience in sales compensation administration, revenue operations or financial planning within Software as a Service (SaaS) or travel technology.
Deep expertise in incentive plan structures including quotas, accelerators, pay mixes and on-target earnings.
Proven success modeling complex commission structures and presenting recommendations to governance boards.
Advanced analytical skills using Structured Query Language (SQL), Excel or data visualization platforms to evaluate business performance.
Practical experience applying workflow automation tools to scale productivity and optimize compensation planning.
Benefits that support you We know support looks different for everyone. That is why Sabre offers benefits beyond medical and financial coverage, with programs designed to support your well-being, growth and life outside work:
Competitive pay and performance-based bonuses
Flexible work options
Comprehensive healthcare coverage
Generous PTO and holidays
Strong retirement planning support
Family-friendly benefits
Professional development opportunities
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
- Minimum 8 years of experience in sales compensation administration, revenue operations or financial planning within SaaS or travel technology.
- Deep expertise in incentive plan structures including quotas, accelerators, pay mixes and on-target earnings.
- Proven success modeling complex commission structures and presenting recommendations to governance boards.
- Advanced analytical skills using SQL, Excel or data visualization platforms to evaluate business performance.
- Practical experience applying workflow automation tools to scale productivity and optimize compensation planning.
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.”
