Sales Director - International Goverment (Satellite Communications)

Location: San Francisco, United States

Base salary: $170,000–$210,000 USD per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates advanced satellites and dedicated secure communications networks for enterprises, sovereign governments, and the U.S. military.

What you will do

• Build and manage a global pipeline of foreign government and military opportunities across all regions.
• Lead responses to RFIs, RFPs, and formal government procurement processes with technical and proposal teams.
• Develop capture strategies based on foreign defense procurement laws, budget cycles, offsets, and decision-making structures.
• Build senior relationships with defense and government stakeholders, attachés, prime contractors, and channel partners.
• Partner with network planning, finance, operations, legal, and U.S. government teams on strategic pursuits.
• Support pricing, deal structuring, negotiations, pipeline forecasting, and reporting for sovereign and defense capacity agreements.

Requirements

• Proven experience selling satcom, defense, or secure communications to foreign militaries or international government agencies.
• Strong knowledge of government and military procurement, including RFI and RFP cycles.
• Existing network in target-market defense and procurement communities.
• Technical fluency in satellite communications architecture and capacity.
• Ability to travel internationally and extensively, including on short notice.
• U.S. citizenship, U.S. lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status required to comply with U.S. government space technology export regulations.

Nice to have

• Foreign language proficiency.
• Experience operating in ITAR/EAR-regulated environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity through incentive stock options.
• Company-subsidized healthcare, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement planning.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Free on-site catered meals.