Director, Business Development Washington D.C / Northern VA

Muon Space, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 177,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Director of Business Development to drive growth in the Intelligence Community. You will lead customer engagement, pipeline development, and capture activities, owning win strategies and coordinated proposals with engineering and legal teams.

The role requires senior BD leadership experience, USG capture success, and an active TS clearance, with responsibilities spanning strategy, customer voice, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in aerospace/defense with 5+ years in Business Development.
• Experience working with USG captures and supporting and/or leading proposals.
• Active TS clearance.
• Able to build a plan and execute with clear ownership and minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagement, pipeline development and capture efforts.
• Develop cohesive strategy for target IC organizations and guide proposals and RFIs.
• Lead proposals, write content, develop Price to Win, and review submissions.
• Collaborate with engineering, legal and finance to advance opportunities and capture plans.

Skills

Business Development

Capture management

Proposal leadership

Customer engagement

Strategic planning

Leadership

Education

Master’s degree in technical field

Job description

We are searching for a Director of Business Development to join the Muon Space team. You will be responsible for growing business in the areas of the Intelligence Community (IC). The Director of Business Development reports to the Senior Vice President of Growth and collaborates closely with Muon Space’s Engineering, Technology, legal and finance departments. You will be responsible for outreach to the IC customer community as well as strategic planning for that portfolio. You will actively contribute to Muon Space’s internal development, setting priorities and service as a voice for the customer. You will service as a capture manager to create and lead a number of new opportunities.

As a Director of Business Development (BD) working in the portfolio focused on IC, you will be responsible for creating new opportunities, leading capture activities, proposals and successfully winning new business. In this role, you will lead and perform key functions necessary to go from initial customer engagement/ lead to fully awarded contracts.

This position must be performed within the Northern Virginia region.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive near term and long term growth for Muon Space in IC.
• Lead customer engagement, pipeline development and capture efforts.
• Provide thought leadership in the development and synthesis of a cohesive and executable strategy for target organizations.
• Identify new opportunities and lead capture throughout pipeline stages to support company growth targets.
• Create, maintain and implement customer engagement plans.
• Lead proposals and RFI responses. As part of proposal leadership- develop win themes, engage with engineering to develop technical solutions, develop Price to Win, write content and perform overall review of content before submission.
• Leverage Muon Space’s tools and processes to track and manage opportunities.
• Collaborate with other BD personnel and engineering on opportunities.
• Provide input from Customers into the product technology roadmap.
• Work with Legal and Finance on opportunities.
• All other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in aerospace/ defense with 5+ years in Business Development.
• Able to build a plan and execute with clear ownership and minimal oversight.
• Experience working with business development on USG captures and supporting and/or leading proposals.
• Demonstrated success capturing space business within the IC.
• Continuous learner that is not afraid to lead through uncertainty, take chances, and learn from his/her mistakes.
• Consistently takes initiative and champions causes that need to be addressed.
• Demonstrated emotional intelligence to interact and empathize with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, and customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced development environment.
• Able to travel up to 25% of time.
• Active TS clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree in technical field.
• Demonstrated experience delivering to DoW/IC.
• Experience with remote sensing satellite development and/or mission operations.
• Experience working with a diverse set of U.S. Government DoW, IC and Civil customers.
• Understanding of systems engineering processes and system architectures

The salary range for this role is $177,000 - $200,000, OTE $354,000 – $400,000 (base + target commission at 100% quota attainment). Commission structure is uncapped. Plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About Muon Space

Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.

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