Turion Space

aerospace or defense

AccountExecutive,TacticalSpaceSystems

$140–240k Irvine, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Account Executive, Tactical Space Systems at Turion Space. Skills: full-cycle capture across large-scale government programs, opportunity identification, contract close, capture strategies, proposal development. Develop and mature a mission area strategy with 1, 3, 5, and 10-year growth horizons, including identification of target customers, products, services, and partners. Build and maintain an opportunity pipeline with projected opportunities across the same planning horizons”

What You'll Achieve.

drive growth across our spacecraft bus and payload offerings; win space vehicle opportunities inside complex government frameworks

Industry & Context.

aerospace or defense
Eligibility Requirements

US citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State, Active Secret or TS/SCI clearance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of experience in business development, account management, or sales of space hardware within aerospace or defense, USG space network with direct experience engaging the U. S. Space Force and/or Intel community as a military member, government employee, or prime contractor, Demonstrated shaping experience, including personally influencing a customer or key stakeholder to change a previously decided course, Technical fluency to engage with engineering teams and speak confidently about spacecraft architecture and mission requirements

Nice to Have

Subject matter expertise in space domain awareness and/or rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO), technical writing ability and deep familiarity with the formal USG proposal writing and evaluation process, Experience navigating multiple government entities (e.g. , SDA, AFRL, NASA, NRO), Active Secret or TS/SCI clearance, Familiarity with the El Segundo and broader Southern California aerospace ecosystem

What You'll Do.

Develop and mature a mission area strategy with 1

and 10-year growth horizons

including identification of target customers

Build and maintain an opportunity pipeline with projected opportunities across the same planning horizons

Shape opportunities with prospective customers to optimize alignment with Turion's capabilities

Develop and implement comprehensive capture strategies

including analysis of customer needs

competitive landscape

Prepare bid/no-bid review packages and approval-to-submit documentation

Build and maintain relationships with key customers

Synchronize internal touchpoints to ensure a consistent message across all customer and partner engagements

compelling win themes and value propositions and carry them through the full proposal process

Lead end-to-end proposal development including RFI

coordinating internal writing teams

identifying external support as needed

and managing associated schedules

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work hand-in-hand with our engineering teams to ensure our technical solutions align with customer needs; Synchronize internal touchpoints to ensure a consistent message across all customer and partner engagements; coordinating internal writing teams

Communication Scope

Develop clear, compelling win themes and value propositions

Process & Methodology

managing associated schedules

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