Business Development Manager - Mission Management

1 month, 1 week ago
Full-time
Senior
Project and Program Management
Voyager

Voyager

Voyager specializes in providing innovative defense and space technology solutions, focusing on advanced systems and infrastructure that support mission-critical operations from ground to space.

Life Sciences Tools & Services

Description

  • Identify, qualify, and prioritize new mission opportunities across commercial, civil, and national security space customers.
  • Build and maintain relationships with prospective and existing customers, prime contractors, mission partners, and government program offices.
  • Develop account plans and call plans for priority customers and lead executive-level engagements and customer briefings.
  • Maintain pipeline visibility, opportunity health, and accurate forecasting in the CRM/opportunity-tracking system.
  • Lead capture strategy for assigned pursuits, including competitive assessment, win themes, teaming, price-to-win, and gate reviews.
  • Partner with the Mission Management team to translate customer needs into executable mission concepts.
  • Drive proposal development with capture managers, contracts, pricing, and engineering leadership.
  • Own the customer-facing narrative and value proposition for proposals.
  • Shape opportunities before RFP release through customer engagement, white papers, RFI responses, and demonstrations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or a closely related technical/engineering discipline.
  • Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in the space or aerospace industry, including at least 4 years in business development, capture, or customer-facing program roles.
  • Demonstrated track record of qualifying, capturing, and winning space-related opportunities, including direct contribution to one or more wins of meaningful contract value.
  • Working technical understanding of space missions, spacecraft, ground systems, and launch.
  • Familiarity with the U.S. space ecosystem and customer base, including commercial space, NASA, U.S. Space Force, NRO, and other DoD/IC stakeholders.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief technical content to executive and customer audiences.
  • U.S. person status as defined by ITAR and ability to access export-controlled information.
  • Master’s degree in an engineering, physics, or technical management discipline is preferred.
  • Active U.S. government security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI) is preferred.
  • Prior experience leading capture activities or contributing to winning proposals for space missions, ideally with values exceeding $10M, is preferred.
  • Established relationships with U.S. government space customers and/or prime contractors are preferred.
  • Experience with rideshare, hosted payload, in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM), or similar mission constructs is preferred.
  • Familiarity with mission assurance standards and government acquisition pathways, such as NASA NPR 7120.5, AS9100, MIL-STD-1540, FAR/DFARS, OTAs, and SBIR, is preferred.
  • PMP, INCOSE CSEP/ESEP, or an equivalent professional certification is preferred.
  • Ability to travel up to 30%, including overnight travel.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $155,000 to $165,000 USD.
  • Flexible Time Off (FTO) to support work-life balance.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families.
  • A significant portion of premiums covered by the company, with many employee benefits paid at 100%.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
  • Flexible, affordable gym membership options with 12,700+ nationwide locations and free on-demand workout videos before enrollment.
  • Company wellness programs supporting physical and mental well-being.
  • Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources.

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