Senior Manager Merchant Payment Partnerships

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology, we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel. 

Positioned at the center of the travel, we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, and scores of other solutions.

Simply put, we connect people with moments that matter.

Role and Responsibilities

The Senior Manager Merchant Payment Partnerships role will be responsible for bringing more payment and financial providers into our Payments Platform and manage the existing ones . You will focus on identifying and getting deals with new partners and identify areas to expand the current Merchant business, so Sabre can provide a comprehensive offer to our customers. As part of these efforts, you will collaborate with internal teams to choose the one that best suits Sabre customer needs.

What will you achieve?

• Identify and source enterprise partnership opportunities with key partners within the financial and payment services space.

• Drive commercial deals from concept to key terms to contract signature and integration.

• Deliver a great experience to our partners - you will represent our company and be our partners’ liaison internally.

• Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Commercial, Operations, Marketing) to identify and implement growth opportunities.

• Keep aware of the market trends to expand opportunities and address new partnership areas with expanded services.

• Work with commercial team to deliver the best partners for our cardholder customers.

• Understand the market and define the strategy to keep a list of partners that provides the more comprehensive offering to customers

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to have real influence in a travel fintech team that will become a game changing item in our industry.

• Get a deep understanding of the travel payment industry and being able to influence how customers make best use of our products.

• Be part of one of the world’s largest Travel and Hospitality technology company

• Opportunity to Partner, Interact and network with many important players in the payment’s ecosystem in both finance and technology, which includes Banks, Fintech’s, card networks, C-Level of Travel agencies, including OTAs (Online Travel Agencies), Leisure and Business agencies and key stakeholders Sabre.

Must Have Skills:

• 6+ years’ experience leading partnerships relationships in payments or travel payments

• 10+ years in Payments

• Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable engaging with senior team members and customers-even C level at top customers

• Strong commercial acumen

• Customer focus mindset.

• Exceptional communication ability

• Strong payments knowledge on different regions around the world

• Strategic and Analytical thinking with willingness to challenge the status quo in order to make partnerships happen

• Capable of managing and prioritizing several competing tasks

• Positive attitude, willing to learn and step out of the comfort zone.

• Experience on Issuing and B2B payments

• Fluent in English

Nice to Have Skills:

• Understanding of the Travel Industry and the GDSs dynamics.

• Experience with Online, Leisure and Business travel agencies.

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.