Director of Business Development (Aerospace)

Location: Remote in the United States, or Golden, Colorado / San Francisco, California. Regular travel across the Americas is required.

Base compensation: $130,000–$200,000 per year, plus quota-based variable compensation and potential on-target earnings above the base range.

Company

hirify.global develops infrastructure and mission solutions for commercial space companies, constellation operators, and strategic partners.

What you will do

• Identify commercial space companies, emerging constellations, and new mission opportunities across the Americas.
• Originate and develop opportunities from early customer concepts through pathfinder missions, demonstrations, first missions, and constellation-scale programs.
• Build relationships with founders, CEOs, CTOs, engineering leaders, mission owners, and other senior decision-makers.
• Lead the full business development cycle, including qualification, solution development, proposals, commercial negotiations, contracting, and close.
• Develop strategic partnerships with spacecraft manufacturers, launch providers, data and analytics companies, systems integrators, and other ecosystem participants.
• Coordinate technical, commercial, and operational stakeholders while expanding successful missions into long-term customer relationships.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in business development, strategic sales, partnerships, or an equivalent customer-facing role.
• Deep understanding of the space industry and commercial space ecosystem, including satellite operators, spacecraft manufacturers, launch providers, and space data companies.
• Proven success originating and closing net-new, complex opportunities through a consultative or solutions-oriented sales approach.
• Experience managing solution development, proposals, commercial negotiations, and contracting.
• Ability to build credibility with executive and technical stakeholders and operate effectively in ambiguous, early-stage opportunities.
• Strong commercial judgment, communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills; willingness to travel regularly across the Americas.

Nice to have

• Relationships with commercial constellation companies, emerging space companies, or strategic players in the Americas.
• Experience selling satellite, spacecraft, mission, launch, data, connectivity, or other space infrastructure services.
• Strategic partnership or channel development experience.
• Technical background in aerospace, space systems, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with venture-backed companies, mission-as-a-service, satellite-as-a-service, hosted payloads, or similar infrastructure-based models.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options fully paid by the company for employees and dependents.
• FSA and HSA accounts with an employer HSA contribution, plus employer-paid life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and fully paid parental leave.
• 401(k) plan, equity options, catered lunches, snacks, and fertility and family-forming benefits.
• International exposure to colleagues in France, alongside off-sites and social events.
• Relocation assistance may be available when applicable.