Senior Director, Business Development USG Federal (Aerospace)

Location: Northern Virginia, United States; this position must be performed within the Northern Virginia region.

Salary: $185,000–$210,000 base annually; OTE of $370,000–$420,000 including target commission at 100% quota attainment. Commission is uncapped, with equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data for climate monitoring and national security.

What you will do

• Drive near-term and long-term growth in the U.S. Government federal market, focusing on the Intelligence Community and Department of War.
• Lead and manage the Federal Business Development team, including mentoring and prioritization.
• Develop multi-year capture strategies, customer engagement plans, pipelines, and opportunities from initial lead through contract award.
• Lead capture activities, proposals, and RFI responses, including win themes, technical solution development, Price to Win, content creation, and final reviews.
• Collaborate with engineering, technology, legal, and finance teams and provide customer input for the product technology roadmap.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in aerospace or defense, including 8+ years in business development.
• Experience with U.S. Government captures and supporting or leading proposals.
• Demonstrated success capturing space business within the Intelligence Community.
• Strong planning, execution, communication, initiative, emotional intelligence, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Active TS security clearance required.
• Must be eligible to access export-controlled information under applicable U.S. Government regulations.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, disability coverage, 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.