Principal UX Designer

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.

Principal User Experience Designer

Sabre Hospitality is a global leader in the hospitality industry. We utilize innovative technology to deliver powerful solutions that meet the needs of our hotel customers.

We?re looking for bright and driven people to join our team. If you?re interested in solving complex problems through technology, business intelligence, and user experience - then Sabre Hospitality is right for you!

General Description:

The Sabre User Experience team creates compelling, consistent, and highly usable experiences for the hospitality industry. We approach our projects with high standards, utilizing best practices to deliver consumer-grade user experiences.

Our Principal UX Designers work on a strategic level, directing the vision of a product while guiding projects to incorporate UX best practices, design system standards, and outstanding design quality. They also have deep knowledge, acting as experts to mentor, train, or assist other designers.

Our Principal UX Designers are also thought and design leaders, consulting with business owners about new features and business cases. They have a broad sphere of engagement and influence, working with internal teams and clients on requirements and solutions. Your contributions will play a critical role to the overall success of the company.

What you will do
? Directly engage customers to understand both their needs and domain challenges.
? Architect the vision and future state of the products in our portfolio with solution managers, business analysts, and development teams.
? Partner with development on the technical aspects and overall execution of your designs, guiding them on the successful integration of our enterprise design library in their work.
? Collaborate with solution managers on user goals and requirements for our products.
? Recommend research to understand the product, the users, business needs and market opportunities with your project.
? Produce amazing interactive prototypes that align with project requirements and internal best practices for software application development.
? Demonstrate a high level of proficiency and application of different user experience tools and techniques.
? Create design concepts that achieve stated user goals and business objectives.
? Learn, integrate, and leverage our enterprise design library, aligning your project work with Sabre?s design standards for usability, accessibility, and functionality.
? Participate in ongoing user research and usability test evaluations.
? Principals will work on very complex products/features individually or as part of a larger team. Principals are expected to have excellent mastery of their craft. They will also be able to teach/lead others and interact extensively with product and development in project planning.

Qualifications

EDUCATION: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE:
? 7 - 10 years of related management, design, and leadership experience
? Experience with leading design teams and/or deep knowledge of UX-related topics
? Demonstrated knowledge of design thinking principles and methodologies in an enterprise environment
? Experience designing and developing across multiple form factors (mobile, tablet, and desktop)
? Expert knowledge and demonstrated skillset using Figma
? Experience participating in user research and usability testing
? Excellent verbal and written communication skills
? Industry certifications and academic achievements in UX, HCI, and/or Usability are preferred
? Front-end coding experience is a plus
? Project management skills and experience are a plus

Benefits/Perks:
? Competitive compensation, including Sales Incentive Plan
? Generous Paid Time Off (5 weeks PTO your first year!)
? 4 days (one per quarter) of Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
? Year-End break from Dec 26th ? Dec 31st
? We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and Wellness Programs
? Paid parental leave
? An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements
? Formal and informal reward, recognition, and acknowledgment programs
? Unlimited access to Udemy e-Learning

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]

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Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Affirmative Action

Sabre is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals.

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