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SR. SALES MANAGER, COMMERCIAL SALES (AVIATION)

The Starlink Enterprise Sales team is hiring a results driven Sr. Sales Manager to support Starlink’s adoption in aircraft worldwide. Starlink brings an unprecedented opportunity to significantly impact the way we connect the 4 billion people per year that fly on aircraft. The role requires personal drive to identify opportunities, develop the necessary relationships, and ultimately sign deals that will have immediate impact.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Meet your revenue targets – you should always be looking for opportunities for Starlink to make an impact and always be closing.
• Identify and secure new enterprise customers directly. This requires the establishment of relationships with the key decision makers and influencers in the various organizations, understanding their current and future needs, and working to find the right Starlink product for them.
• Identify opportunities for alternative go-to-market strategies and be able to defend them internally.
• Work in partnership with our Market Access, Government Affairs, Finance and Legal teams
• Gather customer requirements and work with the product engineering team to iterate on and improve Starlink product offerings.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or business discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in business development or sales.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Prior experience with in-flight connectivity, aircraft certification, and/or maintenance.
• Independently motivated self-starter, with a demonstrated track record of project ownership.
• Strong sales track record with the ability to consistently meet or exceed revenue targets in sales to aviation customers.
• Strong analytical skills in business and technical issues.
• Highly detail oriented, diligent, and hard working with excellent customer interface skills.
• Sufficient knowledge of Starlink’s network infrastructure to communicate to customers.
• Experience working with cross-functional team and external customers.
• Multi-lingual proficiency

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Willingness to travel approximately 50% of the time including to customer locations.
• Role is based in the United States.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay range:

Sr. Sales Manager, Commercial Sales: $150,000.00 - $205,000.00/per year

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

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