Director, Business Development (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Director, Business Development (Aerospace): Growing hirify.global’s Intelligence Community business by developing customer relationships, capture strategies, proposals, and awarded contracts with an accent on U.S. Government space and defense programs. Focus on leading complex capture efforts, shaping technical and pricing solutions, and translating customer needs into product and technology priorities.

Location: Must be performed within the Northern Virginia region, United States.

Salary: $177,000–$200,000 annual base salary; OTE of $354,000–$400,000 including target commission at 100% quota attainment. Commission is uncapped.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical Earth intelligence data.

What you will do

• Drive near-term and long-term growth across the Intelligence Community portfolio.
• Lead customer engagement, pipeline development, capture activities, and opportunity strategy.
• Develop customer engagement plans and executable strategies for target organizations.
• Lead proposals and RFI responses, including win themes, technical solution development, pricing strategy, content creation, and final reviews.
• Collaborate with engineering, legal, finance, and other business development personnel to develop and win opportunities.
• Represent customer needs in internal planning and influence the product and technology roadmap.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in aerospace or defense, including 5+ years in business development.
• Experience with U.S. Government captures and supporting or leading proposals.
• Demonstrated success capturing space business within the Intelligence Community.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, initiative, ownership, emotional intelligence, and ability to work with minimal oversight.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Active TS security clearance required.
• Must meet U.S. export-control eligibility requirements for access to controlled information.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a technical field.
• Experience delivering to the Department of War or Intelligence Community.
• Previous profit and loss responsibility.
• Experience with remote-sensing satellite development or mission operations.
• Understanding of systems engineering processes and system architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity compensation and comprehensive employee benefits.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short- and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
• Commitment to diversity, equal employment opportunity, and reasonable application accommodations.