Director, Business Development, MENA
BlackSky(11 days ago)
About this role
The Director, Business Development, MENA at BlackSky will lead regional commercial growth for satellite imagery and analytics across the Middle East and North Africa, focusing on government, defense and intelligence customers. The role centers on defining sales capture strategies and expanding market presence from a Dubai-based location. The position requires deep regional networks and knowledge of commercial business practices in MENA.
Required Skills
- Business Development
- Sales Strategy
- Opportunity Capture
- Relationship Building
- Negotiation
- Presentations
- Market Analysis
- Forecasting
- CRM
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Business or Engineering
- Masters Degree or MBA (Preferred)
- U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident or Eligible for US State Dept Authorization (ITAR)
About BlackSky
blacksky.comBlackSky is a geospatial intelligence company that delivers space-based imagery and real-time analytics to help government and commercial customers monitor events and changes on Earth. Combining a constellation of agile small satellites with AI-driven analytics and a cloud platform, BlackSky provides high-revisit imagery, change detection, and near-real-time alerts for situational awareness and decision support. Their platform and APIs enable rapid tasking, automated monitoring, and integrated geospatial insights for defense, national security, emergency response, and commercial operations. BlackSky’s approach emphasizes speed, operational relevance, and continuous monitoring—summed up by their tagline, “space-based intelligence at the speed of conflict.”