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Sidus Space · 3 days ago

Director of Sales & Business Development for Commercial Space

Merritt Island, FL, US

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Sidus Space is a space mission enabler providing flexible, cost-effective solutions, including satellite manufacturing and technology integration. The Director of Sales & Business Development for Commercial Space will lead revenue growth across commercial, civil, and emerging space markets by building and executing a scalable commercial sales strategy.

AerospaceElectronicsManufacturing

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Own and grow commercial sales pipeline across:

1. Satellite operators

2. Space startups and scale-ups

3. Commercial EO, communications, and data providers

4. Space infrastructure, logistics, and services companies

Drive bookings across Sidus offerings, including:

1. Spacecraft manufacturing & integration

2. Hosted payloads

3. Mission services & operations

4. Space-enabled data and analytics partnerships

Define and execute a commercial go-to-market strategy aligned to Sidus’ long-term growth objectives

Identify priority market segments, pricing strategies, and partnership models

Shape commercial offerings and packaging in collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and mission teams

Lead end-to-end sales cycles from prospecting through negotiation, contracting, and close

Structure complex commercial agreements, including:

* Multi-year service contracts

* Working with the CBO/ CEO on strategic partnerships / JVs

* Revenue-share and data-licensing models

Coordinate with legal, finance, and operations to ensure executable, profitable deals

Build strategic alliances with:

* Launch providers

* Data and analytics firms

* Ground infrastructure and cloud providers

* Prime contractors entering commercial space

Represent Sidus at industry events, conferences, and investor-facing engagements

Own commercial pipeline management, forecasting, and reporting

Support revenue planning, backlog development, and long-range growth modeling

Establish sales discipline, CRM hygiene, and performance metrics as the business scales

Qualification

Commercial space salesSales strategy developmentMulti-million-dollar dealsSatellite economicsContract negotiationPartnership developmentPipeline managementExecutive presenceBuilder mindsetHigh accountabilityStorytelling