Voyager TechnologiesRemote
Business Development Manager - Mission Management
United States of America
Full Time
3 weeks ago
$155,000 - $165,000 USD
No H1B
Key skills
Space missionsSpacecraftGround systemsLaunch systemsBusiness developmentCapture managementProposal developmentU.S. space ecosystemNASAU.S. Space ForceNRODoD/IC stakeholdersITAR complianceAssemblyCRMLeadershipCommunication
About this role
Voyager Technologies is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing transformative solutions. The Business Development Manager for Mission Management will identify and secure new space mission contracts, working closely with internal teams to build relationships with customers and develop strategic proposals.
Responsibilities:
- Identify, qualify, and prioritize new mission opportunities aligned with Voyager's capabilities, including commercial, civil (NASA), and national security space customers
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with prospective and existing customers, prime contractors, mission partners, and government program offices
- Develop account plans and call plans for priority customers; lead executive-level engagement and customer briefings
- Maintain pipeline visibility, opportunity health, and accurate forecasting in the group's 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 compelling, executable mission concepts
- Drive proposal development in coordination with capture managers, contracts, pricing, and engineering leadership; own customer-facing narrative and value proposition
- Shape opportunities pre-RFP 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 — sufficient to converse credibly with customers and engineering teams
- Familiarity with the U.S. space ecosystem and customer base, including some combination of commercial space, NASA, U.S. Space Force, NRO, and other DoD/IC stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to brief technical content to executive and customer audiences
- U.S. person status as defined by ITAR (22 CFR 120.62); must be able to access export-controlled information
- Master's degree in an engineering, physics, or technical management discipline (e.g., Systems Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, MBA with technical undergrad)
- Active U.S. government security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI)
- Prior experience leading capture activities or contributing to winning proposals for space missions, ideally with values exceeding $10M
- Established relationships with U.S. government space customers and/or prime contractors
- Experience with rideshare, hosted payload, in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM), or similar mission constructs
- Familiarity with mission assurance standards (NASA NPR 7120.5, AS9100, MIL-STD-1540, etc.) and government acquisition pathways (FAR/DFARS, OTAs, SBIR)
- PMP, INCOSE CSEP/ESEP, or equivalent professional certification