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Director, Business Development, Europe

BlackSky · Remote - United Kingdom, Remote - Europe

Posted 8 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
8 days
BlackSky's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
84% of BlackSky's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at BlackSky
high
15 stale, 0 reposted of 25 open
Hiring momentum
43 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from BlackSky's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for BlackSky.

About this role

The Director of Business Development for Europe at BlackSky is responsible for driving sales strategies and capturing new business opportunities within the defense and intelligence sectors. This role involves working closely with internal stakeholders to develop proposals and negotiate sales, while also maintaining market knowledge and managing a sales pipeline. The position requires significant travel and aims to expand the company's presence in Europe.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
5/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of BlackSky as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelors’ Degree in business or an engineering field
  • At least ten years of experience selling to international defense and intelligence customers
  • At least ten years of experience in the Defense, geospatial, or satellite markets
  • Full-cycle direct business development experience with a concentration in technical and/or government sales
  • Exceptional negotiation and persuasion skills
  • The ability to perform top quality presentations

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in engineering/technology field or MBA
  • Experience managing opportunity pipeline in Zendesk, Salesforce or other similar established CRM systems
  • Experience in multiplate international defense and intelligence agencies and joint assignment and NATO
  • Multilingual in a European language in addition to English

Worth weighing

  • Remote position with up to 50% travel anticipated
  • Strong preference for candidates located in the UK, but open to certain countries within Europe
  • Focus on technical and government sales, excluding sales support or account management roles

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Listed by BlackSky on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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