Director, Space & Missile Growth

Role Overview

The Director, Space & Missile Growth will support strategic customer engagement, business development, capture leadership, opportunity shaping, and technical solution development across the national security space and missile defense community.

What You Will Do

Key responsibilities include developing and maintaining trusted relationships across the national security space, missile defense, aerospace, and intelligence communities, engaging with government stakeholders, and providing customer and market insight to guide corporate investment and positioning decisions.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will be a recognized and respected member of the national security space community, with the technical credibility, operational experience, and professional relationships necessary to support customer missions while helping expand NextGen’s presence across the space and missile enterprise.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with SAP eligibility at time of hire
• 15+ years of experience supporting national security space, missile defense, aerospace, intelligence, or related Department of War (DoW) programs
• Demonstrated experience within organizations such as the United States Space Force, Air Force, Missile Defense Agency, Space Systems Command, Space Development Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, Intelligence Community, AFRL, Combatant Commands, or related organizations
• Experience serving in technical leadership, acquisition, operations, engineering, program management, or advisory positions
• Proven ability to engage senior government, military, and industry stakeholders
• Experience supporting customer engagement, opportunity development, business development, capture activities, strategic planning, or proposal development
• Strong understanding of defense acquisition processes, space architectures, missile defense systems, command and control, and/or mission engineering principles
• Excellent briefing, communication, and relationship-building skills
• Bachelor’s degree in related technical discipline
• Master’s degree preferred