Director, Business Development – Defence & Government
Loft Orbital Solutions · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Remote, France
- Remote
- Senior
- 5+ years
Own and grow relationships and commercial opportunities across the French Ministry of Armed Forces and broader defence and government ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Own the full sales cycle with French defence and government customers
- Build and deepen relationships across the Ministère des Armées, DGA, Commandement de l'Espace, Agence de l'innovation de défense (AID), CNES and the French prime contractors and integrators
- Win through French public procurement; navigate tenders, innovation programmes and direct contracting routes
- Lead written and verbal proposals in French and English
- Negotiate contracts with confidence, handling pricing, terms, security and sovereignty requirements
Requirements
- Nice to have: mission satellite-as-a-service
- Nice to have: space hardware
- Nice to have: payload integration
- Nice to have: spacecraft bus architecture
- Nice to have: mission design