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Sales and business development in the Washington, DC area

Space Jobs for Sales and Business Development in the Washington, DC Area

58 open roles for sales and business development professionals at 23 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Washington, DC and Arlington, VA; typical pay runs $138k–$311k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring sales and business development professionals in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Iridium12$150k/yr
Planet7$131k/yr
Rocket Lab5$234k/yr
Amazon Leo4$174k/yr
Muon Space4$177k/yr
SpaceX4$148k/yr
Spire Global4too few figures
Northrop Grumman2too few figures
Quantum Space2too few figures
AeroVironment (AV)1not stated
Apex1too few figures
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems1too few figures
Blue Origin1too few figures
CesiumAstro1too few figures
HawkEye 3601too few figures
Katalyst Space Technologies1too few figures
L3Harris1not stated
Loft Federal1too few figures
Orbit Fab1too few figures
Sierra Space1too few figures
True Anomaly1too few figures
Vantor1too few figures
Varda Space Industries1too few figures

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Which space companies hire sales and business development professionals in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Iridium (12 roles), Planet (7 roles), Rocket Lab (5 roles), Amazon Leo (4 roles), Muon Space (4 roles), SpaceX (4 roles), and 17 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for sales and business development professionals?

Most are in Washington, DC (16), Arlington, VA (12), McLean, VA (12), Chantilly, VA (6), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for sales and business development professionals in the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $156k/yr, with typical pay from $138k–$311k/yr.

Do roles for sales and business development professionals in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for sales and business development professionals; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.