Business Development Director (m/f). Luxemburgo

The Business Development Director is responsible for leading the day-to-day identification, maturation,

and closure of Redwire Space Europe space robotics opportunities. This role requires daily interaction with

the Managing Director, the engineering team, and the program management organization. The Business

Development Director will be responsible for developing and maintaining new customer relationships

with an eye on existing wider Redwire connections to identify opportunities for deeper strategic teaming.

The ideal candidate will have a technical background to ensure understanding of, and compliance with,

customer requirements. Such a candidate will also be a passionate storyteller with strong empathic skills,

ensuring that any proposed solutions will be directly relevant to a real customer's need. The Business

Development Director will leverage connections across the industry to help foster new business

opportunities for Redwire Space Europe. Success in this position is essential for our business because it

represents the direct connection between the customer and the products that we are building. Primarily

this position aims to boost Redwire Space Europe sales in regions mostly in Europe. However, candidates

with experience and ability to help promote sales of Redwire US products outside of the USA will be

favorably received.

Responsibilities

• Generate new, high-volume customers for space-optimised robotic arms and electro-mechanical

products

• Identify and obtain all internal and external materials needed to close a customer sale

• Build on existing European and Asian Redwire customer relationships to increase sales of US

products.

• Manage relationships, lead negotiations, and generate sales with several key customers

• Oversee CRM database

• Manage Sales Engineers to deliver to customer necessary sales documents

• Coordinate unique sales strategy with the General Manager and Made In Space Europe executives

• Generate a master schedule for customer sales and regularly report this to the General Manager

and the engineering team

Ideal Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Economics, MBA or any other related degree

• Held a sales role in the aerospace industry for at least 5 years

Demonstrated experience working with large international aerospace primes, government

agencies, and other aerospace entities.

• Demonstrated experience in closing multi-million sales projects in the space industry within the

last 5 years

• Fluency in English

• Excellent written, spoken, and interpersonal skills

Desired Skills

• Currently in a sales position

• Experience in US and/or Asian space sectors.

• Fluency in German and/or French languages

• Bachelor's degree or greater in engineering discipline

• Business degree (master or postgraduate)

• Member of one or more of the following: AIAA, ISU-Alumni, Space Frontier Foundation, SEDS-

Alumni, SGC, Secure World Foundation

• Experience writing proposals and participating in contracts with government agencies and private

companies

• Extensive experience closing deals in the global aerospace market