Business Development Manager – Aurora Spaceplane

About Dawn Aerospace

Dawn Aerospace is redefining space transportation through reusable, sustainable, and high-cadence flight systems. Our Aurora Spaceplane enables rapid access to suborbital space and speeds over Mach 3, serving a growing need for near-space testing, hypersonic flight, and microgravity research. Together with our in-space propulsion business, Dawn is building the infrastructure for sustainable access to and operation in space.

Role Overview

Until now, there has never been a vehicle capable of flying payloads to the edge of space multiple times a day. Because the Aurora is a first-of-its-kind capability, we’re still discovering all the ways that it can create value. As a Business Development Manager, your mission is to explore this frontier.

This isn’t a turn-the-crank or transactional sales role. Success will depend on your ability to understand both the capabilities of the Aurora and the technical needs of a wide range of customers, translating one into value for the other. You will uncover emerging applications, open deals, and grow revenue. The insights you gain will directly influence Aurora’s commercial roadmap and future service offerings as we expand globally.

Key Responsibilities

Market Discovery & Development

• Identify, qualify, and prioritise opportunities in commercial, defence, and research sectors
• Engage directly with prospective customers to understand their challenges and identify where Aurora can deliver value.
• Build a clear, data-driven pipeline with quarterly and annual revenuegoals
• Represent Dawn Aerospace at key industry events and convert conversations into contracts

Business Development

Strategic Growth

Required Qualifications

Preferred Skills

What We Offer

Please also note that due to our current customer base and the nature of our industry and technology, we are required to conduct background checks that are undertaken for security reasons. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that the Employee be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by domestic and foreign regulations. Under these regulations, an employee may be ineligible for a role in our New Zealand office if they do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union or a country that is part of NATO, or if they hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality.

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