Business Operations Lead, Commercial Launch (Aerospace)

Location: Hawthorne, California, United States; onsite work required and remote work is not considered. Extended hours, weekend availability, and travel to customer sites, SpaceX locations, and events may be required.

Salary: $80,000–$100,000 for Level 1 or $90,000–$125,000 for Level 2 per year, plus potential equity, bonuses, and other rewards.

Company

SpaceX develops technologies intended to expand access to space and enable human life on Mars.

What you will do

• Create communications materials supporting commercial launch sales and SpaceX’s position in the launch market.
• Develop sales metrics, dashboards, data models, forecast models, and data pipelines using tools such as Python and SQL.
• Partner with sales, finance, customer success, engineering, and leadership teams to identify and execute business improvement initiatives.
• Prepare quantitative and qualitative updates on performance, opportunities, and business outlook.
• Build and maintain a technical competitive-intelligence database for customer and market analyses.
• Support sales directors across regions and client accounts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline, or 5+ years of relevant experience in place of a degree.
• At least 3 years of experience in consulting, engineering, product management, operations, FP&A, banking, and/or entrepreneurship.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Power Query, Excel modeling, or similar tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including communication with senior business leaders.
• Understanding of launch vehicles, satellites, and/or the aerospace market.
• Must work onsite in Hawthorne, California, with availability for extended hours and weekends as needed.

Nice to have

• Experience driving tangible organizational impact and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience working in dynamic environments with changing requirements.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Paid parental leave, approximately three weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays annually.
• Potential long-term incentives, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan access.
• Paid sick leave and additional employee discounts and perks.

Hiring process

• Applicants must meet ITAR eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.