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Regional Sales Director, Grid Technologies, MidAmerica Region (US)

Siemens Energy

Chicago, ILJob$170–250K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$170–250K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Regional Sales Director leads Siemens Energy’s MidAmerica Grid Technologies sales team across a territory spanning Minnesota to Pennsylvania. The role oversees sales, account management, and business development for transmission and distribution customers, including utilities and independent power producers. It combines team leadership, customer relationship management, negotiations, and regional sales planning, with domestic travel of up to 50% and occasional international travel.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Team LeadershipSales StrategySolution SellingCustomer ManagementRelationship BuildingNegotiationStrategic ThinkingAnalytical SkillsStakeholder Influence

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Related Field8+ Years Technical Sales ExperienceEnergy or Grid Technology ExperienceSales Target AchievementComplex B2B ExperienceExisting Customer and Stakeholder RelationshipsWilling and Able to Travel Up to 50%US Work Authorization Without Sponsorship

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Parental Leave

Full job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our dynamic Grid Technologies Sales team at Siemens Energy, where you will lead the MidAmerica Region in driving sales, account management, and business development. Imagine guiding a talented team of sales and account managers across Minnesota to Pennsylvania, all while managing Siemens Energy’s transmission and distribution business with key players like Investor-Owned Utilities and Independent Power Producers. You will engage in strategic planning and execution, ensuring your team excels in performance and customer satisfaction. Your leadership will not only shape the team’s success but also contribute to the broader mission of innovation and sustainability in the energy sector.

How You’ll Make an Impact

  • Manage a high-performing team of sales professionals, providing direction and coaching to foster a culture of excellence.

  • Implement corporate policies and sales strategies, aligning team efforts with short-term business objectives.

  • Facilitate sales training and professional development, enhancing your team’s capabilities in solution selling and customer management.

  • Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with key customers and channel partners, ensuring long-term success.

  • Lead complex customer negotiations and issue resolutions, acting as a senior point of contact for critical discussions.

  • Develop and execute medium to long-term sales plans, analyzing market trends to identify growth opportunities.

What You Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree preferably in engineering or a related field.

  • 8 or more years of experience in technical sales, with a strong background in the energy or grid technology sector. Those with more experience may be considered for a higher level, and vice versa.

  • Proven track record of achieving sales targets and driving business growth in a complex B2B environment.

  • Existing relationships with customers and internal stakeholders, facilitating smoother operations and negotiations.

  • Strong skills in sales and business development, negotiation, and strategic thinking, complemented by analytical abilities.

  • Adept at building relationships and influencing stakeholders, ensuring customer success and satisfaction.

Willing and able to travel up to 50% domestically with occasional international travel.

Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About the Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid! The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards/Benefits

  • Career growth and development opportunities

  • Supportive work culture

  • Company paid Health and wellness benefits

  • Paid Time Off and paid holidays

  • 401K savings plan with company match

  • Family building benefits & parental leave

This job may be based in Illinois. **   ** Siemens Energy offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. ** ** Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://benefitsatenergy.com/thinking-of-joining.html . ** ** The base salary range for this position in Illinois is $170,000-250,000 and the annual sales incentive target is 30% of base salary. ** ** Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, skills, certifications, and other business needs. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual’s qualifications. ** ** ** **

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Siemens Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,320 open Sales Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$170–250K/yr
  • Illinois median$140–220K/yr45 salary ranges
  • US median$151–225K/yr893 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $210K, is 12% above the Illinois median midpoint ($187K) — in the middle half of Sales Director salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 62 open Sales Director jobs in Illinois and 1,320 across the US. 18% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
Sales Director postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (1,045 postings).
Education
307 of the 1,320 open Sales Director jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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