Strategic Space Growth Lead

Parallax Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallax Space is hiring a Business Development Lead to drive customer growth across space products, payload solutions, and integrated mission systems.

The role requires identifying opportunities, shaping requirements, building capture strategies, and converting customer demand into funded programs and orders. You will collaborate with executive leadership, engineering, program management, and operations to translate mission needs into executable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Aerospace, or a related field.
• 7+ years of BD, capture, product/ program mgmt, engineering, or related aerospace roles.
• Experience in space/aerospace markets and working with technical teams.
• Strong communication and relationship-building with customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, and pursue new business opportunities across commercial, civil, defense, and national security space markets.
• Build and maintain a qualified opportunity pipeline aligned with revenue objectives.
• Develop account strategies for targeted customers, programs, and market segments.
• Establish relationships with government customers, spacecraft primes, satellite operators, and payload providers.
• Drive opportunities from early engagement through capture, proposal, negotiation, and award.
• Coordinate proposal development across technical, programmatic, financial, contracts, and executive stakeholders.

Skills

Customer focus

Ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Execution bias

Strategic thinking

Relationship development

Commercial judgment

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Aerospace, or a related field

Job description

Parallax Space is hiring a Business Development Lead to drive customer growth across space products, payload solutions, and integrated mission systems.

The role requires identifying opportunities, shaping requirements, building capture strategies, and converting customer demand into funded programs and orders. You will collaborate with executive leadership, engineering, program management, and operations to translate mission needs into executable solutions.