Global Commercial Training & Competency Lead (Remote Italy)

Leica Microsystems; Messina; Remote; EUR 85,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Commercial Training & Competency Program Manager to design and deploy a global, scalable learning ecosystem. You will align with regional leaders, build a unified training framework, and strengthen sales capabilities across regions, while enabling local execution in a fully remote role within Italy.

The role reports to the Director Global Commercial Operations and requires 7+ years in related roles, strong facilitation skills, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Business, Training & Development, Commercial Management, or comparable experience.
• 7+ years in Sales, Commercial Excellence, Sales Enablement, or Training roles.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage global programs and projects.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strong command of MS Office, and in particular MS Excel and large language model (LLM) based answer engines such as M365 Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the global commercial training strategy by establishing a consistent, scalable learning framework, onboarding programs, and blended learning solutions across all regions.
• Build and govern a global sales competency framework that defines required capabilities, assesses proficiency, identifies gaps, and drives development plans for all commercial roles.
• Partner with Regional Commercial Leaders, Business Units, and DBS teams to align training priorities, ensure content relevance, and drive accountability for capability development.
• Establish robust training governance and operational excellence through standardized processes, content management, reporting, compliance oversight, learning platforms, and Train-the-Trainer networks.
• Measure impact and continuously improve commercial capabilities by tracking training effectiveness, monitoring competency progress, analyzing performance gaps, and providing actionable insights to leadership.

Skills

Sales leadership

Facilitation

Communication

Influencing

Education

Business or related field

Tools

MS Excel

LLM tools

Job description

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Commercial Training & Competency Program Manager to design and deploy a global, scalable learning ecosystem. You will align with regional leaders, build a unified training framework, and strengthen sales capabilities across regions, while enabling local execution in a fully remote role within Italy.

The role reports to the Director Global Commercial Operations and requires 7+ years in related roles, strong facilitation skills, and