Senior Sales Manager, Americas
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 130000 - 190000
Posted on:
25-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Wanna join the adventure
We are looking for someone to support the cradle-to-grave sales process from lead generation through contract negotiation for both physical and virtual payload services across both commercial and institutional customers in the US and the Americas at large.
You will report to the Senior Director of Sales Americas and work closely with the broader sales organization sales engineering as well as stakeholders within the engineering and product organizations.
As a space infrastructure company Loft is at the nexus of the industry - interacting with a wide range of organizations to support missions with scientific operational demonstration communications or remote sensing objectives or more so a broad grasp and ability to learn is essential to success.
About this Role:
- Lead generation: Identify classify and qualify new opportunities both for inbound and outbound leads.
- Sales: Connect with existing and prospective customers to provide information about Lofts services understand their objectives and evaluate how we may support.
- Proposal: Formulate written proposals for those customers
- Contracting: Once a proposal has been accepted draft and negotiate contracts with the customers
- Account Management: Once a program is underway remain in touch with and support the customer to ensure they are appropriately supported and new opportunities are triaged effectively.
Must Haves:
- Deep understanding of the space industry including satellite manufacturers operators and related stakeholders and the supply chains and ecosystem supporting them.
- 2 years of experience in full cycle sales or equivalent in the space or GIS fields with a demonstrable track record of success.
- Experience in an externally facing role interacting with customers partners etc. and representing an organizations values.
- An interest in learning about everything and anything - our job is to make a customers mission a reality no matter what it it is!
Nice to Haves:
- Experience in consultative or mission- or satellite-as-a-service sales
- 5 years of experience in full cycle sales or equivalent in the space or GIS fields with a demonstrable track record of success.
- Proposal or technical writing experience
- Technical background in the space sector
- Experience selling within the satellite services or geospatial analytics markets
- Effective professional communication skills
Some of Our Awesome Benefits:
- 100% company-paid medical dental and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
- 100% employer paid Life AD&D Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave and 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan and equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks
- International exposure to our team in France
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver
- Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
- Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
- Relocation assistance when applicable
$130000 - $179998 a year
State law requires us to tell you the base compensation range for this role which is $130000- $190000 per year. This is determined by your education experience knowledge skills and abilities. The salary range for this role is intentionally wide as we evaluate individuals based on their unique experience and abilities to fit our needs. Most importantly we are excited to meet you and see if you are a great fit for our team. What wecantquantify for you are the exciting challenges supportive team and amazing culture we enjoy.
*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.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Sales Experience
- Direct Sales
- Time Management
- Procurement
- Management Experience
- Retail Sales
- Relationship Management
- Sales Management
- ERP Systems
- JD Edwards
- NetSuite
- E-Commerce
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.
