Head of Growth

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Lead business development for satellite missions in Very Low Earth Orbit, influencing go-to-market strategies, and collaborating with a high-impact team on innovative aerospace solutions.
Be one of the Bedo 100 Albedo is making Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mainstream, building the infrastructure to usher every satellite mission set into this new orbital domain. We build buses, integrated satellites, and turnkey missions for customers to thrive in VLEO, between 200 km - 400 km, where proximity compounds performance & drag self-cleans debris. As part of the first 100 employees at Albedo, you will have a big impact on Albedo’s trajectory to proliferating VLEO — whether you’re advancing hardware to increase satellite longevity, scaling production for large constellations, building next-gen flight and ground software to push performance, or enabling missions that matter for national security and our day-to-day life here on earth. How We Operate: Albedo takes a first-principles approach — in space and in business. We move with speed, take calculated risks, and learn quickly. We use AI regularly to create leverage in every discipline across the company. We work in-person at our Broomfield CO HQ to maximize team & company productivity. We work hard & with urgency to compound our first-mover advantage. Who We're Looking For: Builders who want to own outcomes, not tasks. Systems thinkers who balance precision with iteration while thinking about the big picture. Individuals who are energized by creating a category rather than competing in an existing one. You’ll join a team that has already proven what others said wasn’t feasible and is now scaling & upgrading our VLEO buses & payloads to serve mission sets across sensing, communications, and responsive operations. If you can feel the excitement running through your veins, apply to be one of the Bedo 100. Compensation and Benefits:
  • Employee friendly equity compensation
  • 4% direct matching 401k
  • Health Insurance: 100% employee coverage & 75% dependent coverage
  • Parental leave and childcare coverage
  • Flexible vacation and sick time from day one
  • 12 company holidays
  • $100 monthly wellness benefit
  • Relocation package if not based in Denver
  • What You’ll Do:
  • Lead the full life-cycle of business development & sales in the private sector — spanning traditional aerospace primes, commercial enterprises, and start-ups
  • Shape Albedo’s go-to-market strategy for commercial and industry customers — define value propositions, inform pricing and packaging, and ensure our story resonates with the intended audience
  • Qualify inbound & thoughtfully conduct outbound — prioritize target accounts and manage pipeline to close high-value, strategically aligned deals.
  • Travel to meet with prospective customers and partners, building executive and working-level relationships that compound over time.
  • Lead responses to RFIs/RFPs and vendor assessments. Coordinating internal support teams for responses and managing an efficient AI-first workflow.
  • Act as the single-threaded leader for your market segment, partnering closely with peers leading US Government and International to ensure Albedo wins across all fronts.
  • Collaborate with engineering to tailor offerings, understand constraints and timelines, and prep for technically rigorous meetings with product and procurement teams.
  • Effectively pitch Albedo’s portfolio across VLEO systems — full-stack missions, integrated satellites, and buses — architected to buyer's needs.
  • Travel up to 30% of the time
  • Your Ideal Skills and Experience:
  • Regularly uses AI tools as essential leverage to accelerate work, improve clarity, and multiply output
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field. Some level of experience as an engineer or in a relatively technical role.
  • Experienced professional (8+ years) with a demonstrated track record closing enterprise or government deals with complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles. External-facing experience with transferrable skills is not a disqualifier.
  • Highly organized, thorough, and relationship-driven
  • Experience in space technologies, or complex systems
  • Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance
  • Albedo does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Albedo employees. Albedo is not responsible for any fees or overhead related to unsolicited resumes.

    Additional Requirements: In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. All persons hired will be required to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

    Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled: Albedo is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


    Relocation: Relocation for this position is available

    US CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED

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    Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

    • Equity Compensation: Employee friendly equity compensation
    • Flexible Work Hours: Flexible vacation and sick time from day one
    • Health Insurance: Health Insurance: 100% employee coverage & 75% dependent coverage
    • Relocation Package: Relocation package if not based in Denver
    • Paid Parental Leave: Parental leave and childcare coverage
    • Wellness Stipend: $100 monthly wellness benefit

    Albedo specializes in providing aerial quality imagery captured from space, offering high-resolution visual data for various applications.

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