Technology Partnership Associate

GALAXEYE SPACE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fair compensation

Startup culture

Flexible hours

Open culture

Leadership exposure

Mentorship

Job summary

GALAXEYE SPACE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking a Partnership Associate in Bengaluru to support the Technology Partnerships function. You will manage the vendor pipeline, evaluate partners, and assist in contract drafting and negotiations across milestones.

This hands-on role sits at the intersection of deep‑tech vendor management, commercial negotiation, and program execution. You will collaborate with engineers and leadership to ensure timely milestones, risk flagging, and effective

Qualifications

• 1–4 years of experience in partnerships, business development, vendor management, procurement, or program management in technical/regulated industries.
• Comfort reading full contracts end-to-end and negotiating terms, milestone clauses, IP terms, liability, exclusivity.
• Working familiarity with hardware program terminology and gate reviews (PDR/CDR/…); willingness to learn if needed.
• Strong MS Office skills for vendor tracking and dashboards.
• Excellent written communication, concise and structured for internal and external stakeholders.
• High autonomy in a lean team; own end-to-end work streams.
• B.Tech in engineering is required; a master's is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage vendor/partner pipeline from sourcing through handover to TechOps.
• Identify and evaluate vendors against technical, commercial, and schedule criteria; support screening with engineering leads.
• Draft and redline commercial agreements, NDAs, and statements of work; assist negotiations.
• Track milestones and gates (PDR/DDR/CDR/MRR/FRR) and flag risks early.
• Survey market options to inform vendor selection and make/buy decisions.
• Prepare partner outreach materials and participate in industry events with the team.
• Maintain dashboards and status reports on vendor health, contracts, and pipeline velocity.

Skills

Vendor management

Contract drafting

Program management

MS Office

Communication skills

Autonomy

Education

B.Tech (engineering)

Master’s degree (plus)

Tools

Contract drafting tools

Job description

GALAXEYE SPACE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED | Full time

GalaxEye Space Solutions is building Drishti OptoSAR, India's first multi-sensor commercial Earth observation constellation combining SAR and MSI payloads. The Technology Partnerships function owns vendor scouting, diligence, contracting, and handover to TechOps across the payload, bus, launch, and ground segment ecosystem.

We're looking for a Partnership Associate to support this function as it scales from Gen-1 (launched) into Gen-2 vendor ecosystem build-out. This is a hands‑on role for someone who wants to operate at the intersection of deep‑tech vendor management, commercial negotiation, and program execution — not a generic BD or "partnerships" role.

What You'll Do

• Vendor pipeline management: Own and maintain the vendor/partner tracking system from sourcing through handover to TechOps.
  
• Scouting & diligence: Identify and evaluate potential vendors and technology partners against technical, commercial, and schedule criteria. Support first-pass technical screening in coordination with engineering leads.
  
• Contracting support: Draft and redline commercial agreements, NDAs, and statements of work. Support clause‑level negotiation under guidance from the Head of Technology Partnerships.
  
• Program support: Track milestone delivery against PDR/DDR/CDR/MRR/FRR gates for partner‑supplied subsystems; flag schedule or scope risk early.
  
• System engineering support: Support engineering teams by surveying and sharing available technology options in the market (components, subsystems, suppliers) to inform vendor‑selection and make‑vs‑buy decisions.
  
• Outreach & events: Prepare partner outreach materials, scoring/prioritization trackers for prospective vendors, and represent GalaxEye at industry events (e.g., Space Symposium) alongside the partnerships team.
  
• Internal reporting: Maintain dashboards and status reports for leadership on vendor health, contract status, and partnership pipeline velocity.
  

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• 1–4 years of experience in partnerships, business development, vendor management, procurement, or program management — ideally in aerospace, deep tech, hardware, or a similarly technical/regulated industry.
  
• Comfort reading full contracts end-to-end and negotiating terms from a program point of view (milestone clauses, IP terms, liability, exclusivity) — prior exposure to contract drafting is a strong plus.
  
• Working familiarity with hardware program terminology and gate reviews (PDR, CDR, AIT, or equivalent from another industry) is a significant advantage; willingness to learn this domain fast is non-negotiable if you don't have it yet.
  
• Strong MS Office skills — you'll be living in vendor tracking workbooks.
  
• Excellent written communication: concise and structured for internal stakeholders, professional and credible for external partners. We avoid buzzwords; we write like engineers who also do deals.
  
• High autonomy. This is a lean team — you'll own work streams end-to-end, not just support someone else's.
  
• B.Tech (engineering) is required; a master's in any field is a plus.
  

Nice to Have

• Prior exposure to satellite, defense, or space-sector vendor ecosystems.
  
• Experience with technical subsystems such as Satellite systems, Optical payloads, or SAR payloads.
  
• Exposure to legal contract drafting in a technical/industrial context.
  

Why GalaxEye

You'll join a small, high-ownership team building India's first multi‑sensor commercial EO constellation — working directly with the Head of Technology Partnerships across the full vendor lifecycle, from first scouting call to contract signature to handover, on hardware that's actually flying.

What We Offer

• Fair Compensation in line with current market standards.
  
• Start-up Culture: Be part of a high-growth, innovation-driven team.
  
• Flexible Working Hours to support work-life balance.
  
• Open Culture: Freedom to explore, propose, and implement new ideas and processes.
  
• Leadership Exposure: Opportunity to work directly with the Founding Team at GalaxEye.
  
• Industry Mentorship: Work with advisors and mentors holding senior positions and decades of industry experience.