Director, Strategic Initiatives EMEA
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Job Summary
Wanna join the adventure
As Director of EMEA Strategic Initiatives at Loft you will drive long-term partnerships and strategic programs that expand our platform across EMEA. This role is ideal for a senior business development leader with experience working across satellite operators space primes and government customersand a proven ability to convert complex collaborations into sustainable revenue.
You will work closely with executive leaders at partner organizations primes and agencies to shape Lofts most important initiatives. This includes embedding Lofts infrastructure into multi-year programs building national and regional partnerships securing distribution and integration agreements and supporting select joint ventures or investment-driven efforts.
About the Role:
- This is a hands-on leadership role focused on owning and advancing Lofts highest-impact growth opportunities in Europe and the broader EMEA spherefrom early opportunity shaping through contract execution and program scale-up.
- You will lead complex high-value pursuits and serve as Lofts senior counterpart to institutional and commercial stakeholders collaborating closely with Product Engineering and Operations to ensure each partnership is executable technically sound and built to scale.
Must Haves:
- 8 years of space industry experience with direct ownership of business development sales partnerships or commercial initiatives across the value chain (e.g. space primes satellite operators space agencies MoDs).
- Proven record of originating shaping and executing complex multi-year partnerships bringing creative thinking to deal structures partnership models and go-to-market approaches involving governments primes and commercial operators.
- Strong understanding of space and Earth observation markets including institutional procurement program structures and commercial contracting models.
- Proven ability in sales/business development with value placed on additional experience in corporate strategy/strategy consulting in A&D or GovTech or M&A/venture in government-driven sectors
- Demonstrated success in business development strategic partnerships corporate development or adjacent M&A/JV initiatives within industry (not advisory-only roles).
- Credible trusted leadership experience with the ability to engage senior executives and public-sector stakeholders align cross-functional teams and drive decisions across EMEA.
- Exceptional written verbal and presentation abilities in English.
- Adept at working across international geographically dispersed teams.
- Ability to travel up to 30% across EMEA for client meetings events and partner engagements.
Nice to Haves:
- Direct ownership of government agency or prime-led programsfrom opportunity shaping through execution and delivery.
- Hands-on experience working with engineering product or operations teams with practical understanding of satellite systems or mission delivery.
- Established relationships across space primes agencies or NewSpace operators with experience managing cross-border programs and stakeholders.
- Knowledge of French German Spanish and/or Arabic.
Some of Our Awesome Benefits:
- Equity we want you to have an active role in our success
- Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours we want you to be at your best
- Health and life insurance we care about your health
- Lunch Vouchers because lets be honest we love food! (we even have a slack channel about it #loft-gourmand)
- Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco Colorado and Toulouse to learn from our differences
- Company and team off-sites and many other events to work & celebrate together
- Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable
*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft we value respectful debate and people who arent afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you dont check all the boxes.
Who We Are
Loft: Space Made Simple.
Founded in 2017 Loft provides governments companies and research institutions with a fast reliable and flexible way to deploy missions in orbit.
We integrate launch and operate spacecraft offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation IoT connectivity in-orbit demonstrations national security missions and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 25 missions flown Lofts flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
At Loft youll be given the autonomy and ownership to solve significant challenges but with a close-knit and supportive team at your back. We believe that diversity and community are the foundation of an open culture. We are committed to hiring the best people regardless of background and make their time at Loft the most fulfilling period of their career.
We value kind supportive and team-oriented collaborators. It is also crucial for us that you are a problem solver and a great communicator. As our team is international you will need strong English skills to better collaborate easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages.
With 4 satellites on-orbit and a wave of exciting missions launching soon we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco CA Golden CO and Toulouse France.
As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.
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About Company
Loft Orbital builds software and hardware products to fly and operate any payload on a standard satellite bus. See how we're making space simple.
