Manager, Business Development, Electronics (Aerospace Electronics)

Location: On-site at the hirify.global Center in Maplewood, Minnesota, United States, at least four days per week. Travel may include up to 25% domestic and international travel.

Salary: $188,251–$230,084 expected compensation range, including base pay and variable incentive pay if eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops technologies and products across multiple industries, including aerospace and defense electronics.

What you will do

• Analyze aerospace and defense electronics market needs, customer challenges, industry trends, priority applications, and growth opportunities.
• Synthesize voice-of-customer insights to inform portfolio decisions, innovation priorities, new product introduction, and commercialization plans.
• Identify new applications, cross-selling opportunities, technology gaps, and customer-backed growth opportunities.
• Support business case development for products, technologies, strategic customer opportunities, and external collaborations.
• Connect customer needs with application engineering, Corporate Labs, product teams, platform teams, sales, marketing, and partner divisions.
• Support go-to-market strategy, launch readiness, customer demonstrations, trade shows, portfolio reviews, and commercialization milestone tracking.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, marketing, materials science, electronics, aerospace engineering, or a related science field.
• At least seven years of experience in business development, segment or product marketing, product management, technical sales, strategic marketing, or commercial strategy.
• Experience translating customer needs, market trends, and unmet needs into business opportunities and growth priorities.
• Strong analytical, communication, presentation, stakeholder influence, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.
• The role requires on-site work at the hirify.global Center in Maplewood, Minnesota, at least four days per week.

Nice to have

• MBA or advanced degree in business, engineering, materials science, aerospace, electronics, or a related discipline.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, electronics, semiconductor, power electronics, or advanced materials markets.
• Knowledge of aerospace qualification, certification, customer specifications, or defense procurement environments.
• Familiarity with NPI, stage-gate, business case development, go-to-market planning, and commercialization readiness.
• Experience with aerospace OEMs, defense contractors, avionics suppliers, satellite manufacturers, or electronics manufacturers.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with cross-functional teams and colleagues across global locations.
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings, flexible spending, disability, life insurance, paid absence, and retirement benefits may be available.
• Support for physical and financial well-being through company benefit programs.
• Safety and environmental health are core workplace priorities.