OUR COMPANY
Our community brings together individuals from different parts of the world, fostering connections and collaboration across cultures, enriched by diverse perspectives and experiences.
We are here to bring happiness and provide unforgettable memories and experiences to our guests.
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It’s an exciting journey we’re all on. What makes it possible is our unwavering ambition for excellence. Our enthusiasm, creativity and our passion. The drive to create human connections of our 17,000+ diverse multicultural global community.
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For us, work is far more than just a job. It’s a shared journey built on passion and meaningful connections. We genuinely care about our people, offering a holistic wellness program, mental health seminars, enriching activities, and lively social events both on board and ashore. It’s all about creating an environment where everyone feels supported, inspired, and part of something extraordinary.
Sales Capabilities Manager

Are you passionate about staff development and training?
Do you have a knack for transforming sales teams into storytelling ambassadors
who can effectively convey value and inspire customers?

We are looking for a bright and motivated Sales Capabilities Manager to join our team at the Company’s Headquarters in Genoa – Italy. In this role, you will design and oversee global training initiatives, ensuring alignment, consistency, and effectiveness across all locations, while leading a multicultural team and driving the performance of our Customer Centers worldwide.

Live your ambition. Lead with impact

In this role, you will act as a key enabler of change, elevating training into a strategic lever for business performance, driving engagement, consistency, and excellence across markets.

Global Training Strategy & Execution

You will shape and coordinate the global training strategy, transforming agents into Costa storytellers and ambassadors. You will plan and oversee cross-location training delivery (product, process, sales skills, quality), ensuring consistency, innovation (including e-learning), and alignment with business priorities.

Performance, Data & Continuous Improvement

You will translate business needs into structured training plans, defining and monitoring KPIs, analyzing performance through tests and feedback, and validating results. You will track training effectiveness and implement corrective actions, continuously improving learning paths to enhance both efficiency and commercial impact.

Leadership, Collaboration & Innovation

You will lead a core team of 5 people and coordinate, in a dotted line, international trainers across Costa Customer Hub and MST BPO (Spain & Americas), driving alignment and sharing best practices. You will also support the development of innovative training tools and e-learning platforms, leveraging advanced tools and AI solutions to scale learning and generate actionable insights.

What makes you unique

  • 6–8 years of experience managing international training teams in global and multicultural environments, supported by a solid academic background in Economics, Business Administration, Management Engineering, Marketing, or Communication.
  • Proven expertise in designing innovative training programs (classroom, workshops, role plays, e-learning), including the ability to build e-learning platforms from scratch, define structured learning paths, and set KPIs.
  • Strong analytical capabilities to translate business needs into training plans, define and monitor KPIs, analyze performance (tests, feedback), and drive continuous improvement, ensuring measurable impact on performance.
  • Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; knowledge of Power BI and AI tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini) is a plus. Fluent in Italian and English; additional languages (French, Spanish, German) are a strong plus.
  • Willingness to travel 

What We Offer

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Who We Are

Our community brings together individuals from different parts of the world, fostering connections and collaboration across cultures, enriched by different perspectives and experiences. We are here to bring happiness and provide unforgettable memories and experiences to our guests.

Costa belongs to the Carnival Corporation, the largest cruise company in the world. We are the only Italian cruise company flying the Italian flag, sailing the world’s seas for more than 75 years, offering our guests a unique experience on board and on land.

We are united by a shared passion: to drive success and live our ambition. Whether on board or shoreside, we bring energy, creativity, and a spirit of adventure to everything we do.

Costa is like a world within a world. Onboard and ashore, we are committed to providing equal opportunities to all, regardless of gender, ethnicity, belief, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that makes us unique. Every individual is valued and respected for who they are.

Additional Info

Contract Type:
Open-term, full-time, hybrid.

CCNL:
“Unico dell’industria armatoriale, sezione 15 per il Personale di Terra”.

Salary range:
55.000- 60.000€ based on skills and professional experience and individual incentive scheme.
Location:
Piazza Piccapietra, 48, Genova, Italy

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