Principal Sales Executive LATAM - Sabre Payments

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.

Team Description

 

Sabre Corporation launched Sabre Payments, An innovative payments hub designed to maximize value from every transaction + a team of Travel & Payment experts that will help any travel agency with their end-to-end payment strategy. It allows our clients to pay anyone, anywhere through a network of over 70 issuers around the world and integrates seamlessly into their current workflows with the goal of changing how travel payments is today to the benefit more our customers.

Role and Responsibilities  

As the Principal Sales Executive, LATAM – Sabre Payments, you will have the opportunity to work with the biggest and most important travel agencies around in the region offering them one of the best payment solutions in the travel industry and make them feel that travel payments are easy, seamless, efficient and beneficial.

What will you achieve?

1. Grow our business in the region.

2. Being able to build and maintain a pipeline of leads that fit in with the strategy of Sabre Payments, moving prospects through the sales channel to a “live” status as quickly as possible.

3. Managing the full sales lifecycle (Early engagement, spend growth, Loyalty programs, and retention activities), ensuring revenue, and growth on new customer acquisitions.

4. Partnering with the Sabre Payments team including working with customer success, Implementations, Partnerships, business finance and Product. Also working with the wider Sabre Global Distribution System sales teams and account managers on existing clients.

5. Deliver strong performance results in line with agreed revenue and spend targets, and overall Sabre Payments strategy.

6. Being able to provide management with clarity as to the performance and results arising from your activities. Ensure all activity is captured in the chosen CRM tool.

7. Ensure quality and timeliness of business development activities including internal activity reporting, external presentation, contractual commitments, and key client success criteria.

8. Provide feedback and insight into Sabre Payments; Identify existing competitors and provide insight into their competitive position within the marketplaces we operate.

9. Represent Sabre Payments at industry trade events.

What's in it for you?

1. Opportunity to do something game changing that has high impact in our industry.

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

3. 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 (Mastercard & Visa), C-Level of Travel agencies, including OTAs (Online Travel Agencies), Leisure and Business agencies and Senior executives within Sabre.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Fluent in English and Portuguese. Spanish is a plus.
• Good understanding of the Travel Industry and the GDSs dynamics.
• Knowledge on Payments, focus on virtual card usage.
• New Sales experience with a strong demonstrable record of achievement blended with account management skills.
• Polished sales, contractual, negotiation skills and closing ability.
• Exceptional communication & presentation capabilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable engaging with senior team members and customers – including at C Level.
• Capable of managing and prioritizing several competing tasks
• Must be willing to travel at short notice globally, to attend amongst others, client visits and representing Sabre Virtual Payments at industry trade events.
• Expertise with Online, Leisure and Business travel agencies is valued.
• Nice to have: Competent CRM experience – including the use of excel, Salesforce and others.

Please make sure your resume is in English. 

Important: Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above is not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time. The scope of the job may change as necessitated by business requirements ​

We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as we progress your application. Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will proceed in the selection process.

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