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Sabre Contracts Manager in Remote Worker, Texas
Sabre Corporation is a leading technology provider to the global travel and tourism industry. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre operates offices in approximately 60 countries around the world. At Sabre, we make travel happen. Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives. Today, Sabre is creating a new marketplace for personalized travel. It is our people who develop and deliver powerful solutions that meet the current and future needs or our airline, hotel and travel agency customers. Join our journey!
Sabre is looking to hire a senior team member to join our Legal team in the United States or Montevideo. This role will serve on the team of contract partners within the Legal department that supports agency commercial contracts for our Brazil and America's agency customers.
Role and Responsibilities:
Interprets complex business needs and translates them into clear and concise contract language and business system requirements
Collaborates with the Sales organization and other functional teams to support the negotiation and signature of agency customer agreements
Acts as a liaison between the Sales team, customers legal counsel and Sabre's in-house counsel, including responding to post-signature contract questions or coordinating escalation to attorneys for contract interpretation
Provides broad based legal support services to management and in-house counsel in the form of coordinating and conducting legal research (including discovery requests), drafting or reviewing business communications, and aiding internal systems support and maintenance.
Works with contracts team members and other stakeholders to implement new agreements and strategic corporate programs, including writing business requirements, testing, training and automation.
Ad hoc projects as directed
Education and Qualifications:
JD/Paralegal degree or equivalent experience
Minimum 5 years of relevant paralegal, contract management and negotiation experience, specifically focused on supporting high-volume transactional deals
Superior command of the English language, both written and spoken word; capable of conducting daily communication in English, including discussion of complex legal and commercial concepts with both internal stakeholders and customers
Business level of written and verbal Portuguese, native speaker a plus
Has the ability to problem solve with words and to write in a manner that is clear, concise and conveys intended meaning
Highly detail-oriented with strong analytical skills; capable of tying together complex ideas and assessing financial models
Ability to work autonomously; self-starter who takes ownership of results and is able to juggle a wide range of priorities, including projects beyond core responsibilities
Experience in a fast-paced, global organization; willing to be flexible and able to function with ambiguity; comfortable navigating change
Experience writing business specifications/requirements and communicating effectively with technical staff to ensure successful system development
Exceptional relationship building and communication skills; works openly and collaboratively in order to be effective and have high impact working with team members all levels
Exhibits robust and resourceful problem-solving skills
Demonstrates an enterprise mindset while being able to focus on details; ensures their work supports the needs of the broader business will minimizing risk
Outstanding skills in MS Office suite; willing and able to learn new tool sets
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's Compliance Office at compliance.office@sabre.com
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