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VP Sales
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · United Kingdom
Experience
Lead / principal · 10+ years
Job description
VP Sales to lead new business development with government and large space sector customers, personally winning major satellite contracts. A senior, hands-on role representing NewOrbit at the highest level with strategic customers.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Hybrid · United Kingdom
What you'll do
- Lead high-value deals with governments and large space organisations, from first conversation through to signature
- Own the full sales cycle: sourcing, qualification, proposal, negotiation, and close
- Develop and maintain senior-level relationships across government agencies, primes, and major operators
- Shape and execute NewOrbit's sales approach for government and enterprise customers
- Executive-level presence at customer meetings, government engagements, and industry events
- Work closely with engineering and delivery teams to scope deals that are commercially sound and deliverable
- Own pipeline, forecasting, and deal status reporting to the board
- Build out a wider sales team as the business scales
What we're looking for
- Direct, hands-on experience selling satellites specifically, across the full sales process
- Current, up-to-date knowledge of the satellite customer landscape
- Demonstrated history of winning significant (single-digit million £) contracts with large space organizations and/or governments
- Minimum 10 years in space industry sales; realistically 15-20+ years
- Majority, ideally the entirety, of your career spent in the space industry
- A strong, established professional network across government, primes, and major operators, built through years of direct engagement in the sector
Benefits
- Equity and competitive salary - company ownership stake
- Private health insurance with dental and optical cover, and annual health check-ups
- Hybrid working - one dedicated remote day per week
- Visa sponsorship and relocation support
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About NewOrbit
Satellites that fly in very low Earth orbit
NewOrbit builds satellites that fly in very low Earth orbit, below 300 km, along with the electric propulsion that keeps them there. Flying closer to Earth means sharper imagery from smaller optics, and an orbit that cleans itself: our satellites de-orbit within a month at end of life, leaving no debris. Our AURA family of RF gridded ion thrusters powers our own NEO-1 satellite, with first flight planned for Q3 2028, and is also offered to other operators.
Key facts
- Space technology
- Satellites fly in very low Earth orbit, below 300 km
- Satellites de-orbit within a month at end of life, leaving no debris
- AURA family of RF gridded ion thrusters powers the NEO-1 satellite
- NEO-1 first flight planned for Q3 2028
- AURA thrusters are also offered to other operators