Business Development Manager (Nuclear Energy)

Location: Washington, DC office; U.S. government export-control eligibility required

Salary: $135,000–$185,000 annually, plus equity

Company

hirify.global is a Series C startup developing mass-producible, inherently safe microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space applications as part of its clean-energy and space-expansion mission.

What you will do

• Build and manage an international business-development opportunity pipeline and recommend priority markets.
• Develop market-entry strategies covering customer needs, government priorities, regulatory pathways, financing, local partnerships, and competition.
• Build relationships with governments, defense and energy ministries, regulators, utilities, contractors, private companies, and prospective customers.
• Coordinate proposals, customer presentations, partnership structures, commercial agreements, financing approaches, regulatory strategies, and internal approvals.
• Support senior leadership through customer engagements, negotiations, government meetings, and deal closure.
• Monitor market, policy, procurement, regulatory, and financing developments and convert them into business-development recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience involving international governments, international customers, or business development, preferably in energy or defense.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships across government and commercial stakeholders and advance complex, multi-party opportunities.
• Valid passport and ability to travel up to 25%, including internationally.
• Ability to work from the Washington, DC office.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. government authorizations under export regulations.

Nice to have

• MBA or master’s degree in international affairs or national security studies.
• Experience with government agreements, regulatory strategy, project financing, commercial negotiations, and international market-entry planning.
• Experience supporting senior executives through complex negotiations and commercial deal processes.
• Ability to explain complex science, technology, energy, defense, regulatory, and financial concepts clearly to varied audiences.
• Foreign-language proficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across engineering, finance, regulatory, policy, and program teams.
• Values systems thinking, end-user focus, unconventional problem-solving, nuance, and direct engagement with customers and stakeholders.
• Travel and in-person collaboration are emphasized, with international travel required as needed.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends when necessary to support critical milestones.
• Equity package included in addition to salary.