Regional Sales Leadership Trainee

About the role

The Regional Sales Leadership Trainee role is a structured leadership development program designed to build future sales leaders at SIGA. Through an intensive 12-month training program, the trainee will develop expertise in technical sales, market cultivation, leadership, customer development, and cross-functional business operations.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a structured international trainee program across North America and Europe focused on technical sales, leadership development, and market cultivation.
• Build relationships with contractors, architects, consultants, distributors, and other construction stakeholders throughout the design and construction process.
• Engage in customer meetings, jobsite visits, technical consultations, training sessions, and project assurance activities to support customer success and market growth.
• Develop practical experience in territory management, project development, customer acquisition, pipeline management, and KPI-driven market cultivation activities.
• Learn how to influence construction projects from early design and specification phases through project completion using SIGA’s market cultivation methodology.
• Gain hands-on exposure to building science principles, airtight building envelope systems, and technical product applications through field-based learning and structured training.
• Partner with Application Engineering, Back Office, Marketing, Product Development, and other teams to support project execution, customer success, and regional market development.
• Develop leadership capabilities through coaching, feedback, increasing responsibility, and progressive ownership throughout the trainee program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration, engineering, construction management, or a related field
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience required
• Prior exposure to construction, manufacturing, technical sales, or project-based business environments preferred
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• High learning agility, initiative, and leadership potential
• Ability to work independently in dynamic field-based environments
• Willingness to travel extensively throughout North America and Europe, including extended international assignments of up to 90 days at a time
• Valid driver’s license and passport
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship

Qualifications and Competences

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration, engineering, construction management, or a related field
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience required
• Prior exposure to construction, manufacturing, technical sales, or project-based business environments preferred
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• High learning agility, initiative, and leadership potential
• Ability to work independently in dynamic field-based environments
• Willingness to travel extensively throughout North America and Europe, including extended international assignments of up to 90 days at a time
• Valid driver’s license and passport
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship

Benefits

• Salaried, exempt position
• International travel and training opportunities
• Paid travel expenses associated with the trainee program
• Long-term leadership development and career growth opportunities within SIGA’s U.S. sales organization
• Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, and Life Insurance
• 401k with 4% company match
• 20 days PTO, 5 days Sick Time

Pay

Salaried, exempt position

Schedule

Fulltime