Business Development Manager, Crew Partnerships (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; full-time onsite position. Up to 50% international travel is required, including short-notice travel. Flexibility to work early mornings, evenings, or weekends is expected to support international time zones.

Salary: $114,000–$162,000 USD per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space stations, spacecraft, satellites, and space infrastructure for government, corporate, and private customers.

What you will do

• Develop account strategies for assigned countries and sovereign human spaceflight customers, including decision-makers, funding paths, political timing, and closing plans.
• Identify new government and institutional prospects and provide data-driven recommendations for executive business development priorities.
• Track the commercial human spaceflight competitive landscape and translate insights into customer positioning, proposals, and campaigns.
• Manage daily account activity, correspondence, meeting preparation, engagement calendars, and opportunity follow-through.
• Host government delegations and prospective customers at headquarters, and prepare briefing materials for CEO- and VP-level engagements.
• Coordinate with legal, mission operations, astronaut training, communications, and sales intelligence teams to move partnerships from opportunity through signature.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in business development, sales, strategy, or partnerships involving government or institutional customers.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience preparing and supporting senior-executive or ministerial-level engagements.
• Strong written communication, organization, prioritization, independent working, and judgment in politically sensitive, multi-country contexts.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 50% of the time and adjust to changing strategic priorities.
• Must be a U.S. person under U.S. export-control rules or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.

Nice to have

• Experience in aerospace, space, defense, or other high-consequence industries.
• Experience with space agencies, embassies, or sovereign institutions.
• A second language, especially French, Japanese, Arabic, or Spanish.
• Experience working in a high-stress startup environment while balancing multiple projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and access to a 401(k) plan.
• ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, and employee discounts.
• Onsite food perks including snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, and subsidized lunch.