Business Development & Proposal Manager

As a Business Development & Proposal Manager, you will identify business opportunities, engage with customers, and support the acquisition of new projects and contracts, and coordinate proposal activities across the company. Working closely with Orbint's technical team, you will help translate customer needs into successful project proposals and contracts. Your work will directly contribute to bringing Orbint's space-based RF sensing capabilities into the hands of European defence, security, and institutional users.

About You

We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in many aspects of the profile below.

Core Profile

• Degree in Business, Engineering, Aerospace, Physics, International Relations, Economics, or a comparable field.
• Experience in business development, technical sales, proposal management, or a similar role in a technology-driven environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to develop clear, convincing proposals, presentations, and customer-facing material.

Space / Defence / Institutional Domain (Strong Plus)

• Experience working with customers in the space, defence, security, aerospace, or other high-technology sectors.
• Familiarity with ESA, EUSPA, DLR, European Commission programmes, defence procurement processes, or public-sector funding mechanisms.
• Knowledge of RF sensing, SIGINT, electronic warfare, satellite systems, GNSS, or related domains.

General

• Structured and analytical working style with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Self-driven, proactive, and comfortable operating in a startup environment with a high degree of ownership and autonomy.
• Very good command of English and German (spoken and written).
• Eligibility for security clearance.

Why Orbint

At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security. From engaging with customers and partners to shaping winning proposals, you will play a key role in bringing our space-based RF sensing capabilities to the defence, security, and institutional users who need them most.

• A brief motivation letter explaining how you became aware of Orbint, why working on space-based SIGINT for defence and security users is motivating for you, and how your previous experience would strengthen the Orbint team.
• References to prior commercial, proposal, project, or technical work (e.g. proposals, presentations, publications, talks, projects, customer engagements, or other relevant achievements), if permissible.
• Your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.