Principal Project Manager

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry by leveraging next-generation technology to create innovative solutions for travel challenges. Positioned at the center of the travel ecosystem, Sabre shapes the future by offering advancements that connect people with moments that matter. As a Principal Project Manager at Sabre, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing large to complex projects for major client implementations. This includes managing issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery while maintaining best-in-class quality. Your role will involve a high focus on ensuring successful delivery of initiatives across projects for a given client. You will be highly visible to clients and will interface with multiple internal teams to effectively coordinate delivery on time and with high quality. Your responsibilities will include managing Sabre products and solutions delivery for Agency Customer implementations, understanding project management delivery methodology, and managing the development and implementation process of company products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams. You will need to operate successfully in a complex and rapidly changing environment by planning, monitoring projects from initiation through delivery, supporting change management processes, managing timely escalations and follow-ups, and working closely with customer support teams and across all operational verticals. Collaboration with customers, account teams, and interdepartmental teams to ensure project/product completion on schedule and within budget constraints will be essential. Excellent communication, negotiation, and persuasion skills are required, along with the ability to work with stakeholders and multi-functional teams across organizational boundaries. Maintaining a close working relationship with customers" key stakeholders is also a key aspect of this role. The ideal candidate for this position should have a minimum of 10 years of global travel agency industry experience, with at least 5-7 years of Project Management experience. Good knowledge of the GDS industry, travel agency processes, and operational standards is preferred, along with an understanding of Sabre products and services. Strong analytical and negotiation skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, leadership and team coordination skills, and experience working in a matrix organization and leading virtual distributed teams are essential. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required, and a Master's degree is preferred. A Project Management Certification will be an added advantage. Sabre will carefully review all applications and assess candidates against the position criteria. Only candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role will proceed in the selection process. Thank you for your interest in joining Sabre. #LI-Onsite #LI-SG1,