BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, LATIN AMERICA (STARLINK PRODUCT GROWTH)

Starlink is a revolutionary satellite constellation, delivering low-latency broadband internet around the world—bringing an unprecedented opportunity to significantly impact communities, businesses, and governments worldwide. The Product Growth Team is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive consumer growth through commercial collaborations with adjacent products, services, industries, and affiliate channels. This person will play a key role in shaping how Starlink scales beyond its core service, including exploring innovative ways to reach consumers through digital platforms, affinity groups, and new go-to-market approaches.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in business development & partnerships in consumer technology, telecommunications, and/or subscription-based services, with a proven track record of building and executing new business models, structuring commercial opportunities, and scaling revenue. This role requires creativity, leadership, strategic thinking, and strong execution skills to translate ideas into market-ready offerings that accelerate the adoption of Starlink.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of connectivity technologies with a world-class team focused on connecting every household and traveler.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Execute and evolve business development strategies to expand Starlink’s consumer presence in Brazil and the rest of Latin America, with a focus on adjacent products, bundled offerings, and new go-to-market models
• Identify, evaluate, and own emerging customer acquisition channels to reach consumers (e.g., affiliates, membership programs, utilities, content providers, affinity groups) and build initiatives that scale access and adoption
• Drive deal execution from opportunity identification through commercial agreements, ensuring alignment with Starlink’s growth and profitability objectives
• Launch inter-company go-to-market efforts with high customer acquisition rates and revenue generation
• Leverage regional expertise to set up commercial agreements that successfully reach Starlink’s target customer demographics
• Represent Starlink in external discussions, including leading discussions with executive audiences, with prospective commercial relationships
• Collect and synthesize customer and channel feedback to influence product offering development, pricing strategies, and go-to-market approaches
• Report on progress of business development initiatives, presenting insights and recommendations directly to Starlink leadership
• Collaborate with sales, product, marketing, engineering, and finance teams to structure offerings that combine technical feasibility with strong commercial impact
• Develop business cases for bundled offerings with Starlink (e.g., devices, content, services), including customer value analysis and pilot execution
• Conduct ongoing market and competitive analysis to identify consumer trends, channel opportunities, and emerging technologies relevant to Starlink’s ecosystem

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, or engineering
• 4+ years of experience in business development, sales, or partnership management involving consumer technology, telecommunications, utilities, or other subscription-based services
• 3+ years of experience negotiating commercial agreements and managing the execution of revenue-driving initiatives

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• 6+ years of experience in business development, sales, or partnership management involving consumer technology, telecommunications, utilities, or other subscription-based services
• Exceptional, proven external and internal executive presentation skills selling new business models
• Proven experience developing and scaling consumer-focused business models & partnerships in technology, telecommunications, utilities, real estate, or consumer electronics sectors
• Strong understanding of the US and Canadian consumer markets, particularly in the rural areas, with experience expanding into new channels and solidifying partnerships, bundles, and affiliate deals
• Demonstrated success in structuring complex business commercial opportunities and driving them to completion
• Technical understanding of integrating subscription and/or consumer electronic products and driving successful inter-company go-to-market efforts, the latter measured by high customer acquisition rates and revenue generation
• Independently motivated with a track record of project ownership and delivering measurable results
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with the ability to build business cases and forecast revenue and subscriber impact
• MBA or master’s degree with a business or technical focus preferred

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Willingness to travel approximately 50% of the time to customer locations and other SpaceX locations

BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER (STARLINK BRAZIL GROWTH)

The Business Operations Manager’s role is to improve Starlink’s key performance indicators (KPIs) at SpaceX, focused around omni-channel subscriber & revenue growth. The role combines data analytics with broader business planning, decision-making, strategy, and execution, directly supporting SpaceX’s leadership. Business Operations is embedded in daily operations, supporting both near-term execution and long-term planning. Team members are expected to analyze data, provide recommendations, and lead cross-functional decision-making and implementation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor, analyze, provide strategic insights, execute, and improve vs. key performance indicators for the business (especially active subscribers, churn, sales, production, inventory, produce-to-activate, net promotor score, customer lifetime value, cost per unit, revenue, cost of sales, operating expenses, and capital expenditure)
• Lead onboarding of new channels, providing tools, analysis and insights to guarantee better possible performance from commercial collaborations
• Analyze market pricing dynamics and provide leadership with insights on elasticity and performance to sustain tempestive decision processes
• Identify initiatives for improvement of SpaceX’s business outlook, including developing, tracking, and executing business initiatives with SpaceX’s leadership
• Facilitate modeling and decision-making for program development trades and program ramp/sunset plans, including managing forecasting for Brazil on supply / demand, working with closely growth, sales, design, engineering, operations, logistics, finance, tax, legal, etc.
• Enable and accelerate go to market execution for programs post licensing and certification
• Proactively grow subscriber base to achieve targeted levels and report progress

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, mathematics, or economics
• 4+ years of professional experience in consulting, product management, operations, FP&A, banking, engineering, or entrepreneurship
• 3+ years of professional experience in Excel or programming

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 6+ years of professional experience in consulting, product management, operations, FP&A, banking, engineering, or entrepreneurship
• Evidence of exceptional ability, especially within an ambiguous environment
• Quantitative dual degree in engineering field and economics or business field and/or equivalent professional experience
• Ability to read and interpret income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
• Demonstrated success driving tangible impact/influencing within a broader organization
• Excellent analytical skills (e.g. Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Power Query, Microsoft Office applications, Excel modeling, or similar data manipulation tools etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly with senior business leaders
• Extreme sense of urgency and ownership
• Bias toward action and automation
• Strong interpersonal skills (examples: leading a student organization or working successfully in teams)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work cross-functionally with different groups and teams
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements
• Ability to work independently and in a team, take initiative, and communicate effectively

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Willingness to travel to customer sites, other SpaceX locations, and events as needed

SR. BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER (STARLINK BRAZIL GROWTH)

The Sr. Business Operations Manager’s role is to improve Starlink’s key performance indicators (KPIs) at SpaceX, focused around omni-channel subscriber & revenue growth. The role combines data analytics with broader business planning, decision-making, strategy, and execution, directly supporting SpaceX’s leadership. Business Operations is embedded in daily operations, supporting both near-term execution and long-term planning. Team members are expected to analyze data, provide recommendations, and lead cross-functional decision-making and implementation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor, analyze, provide strategic insights, execute, and improve vs. key performance indicators for the business (especially active subscribers, churn, sales, production, inventory, produce-to-activate, net promotor score, customer lifetime value, cost per unit, revenue, cost of sales, operating expenses, and capital expenditure)
• Lead onboarding of new channels, providing tools, analysis and insights to guarantee better possible performance from commercial collaborations
• Analyze market pricing dynamics and provide leadership with insights on elasticity and performance to sustain tempestive decision processes
• Identify initiatives for improvement of SpaceX’s business outlook, including developing, tracking, and executing business initiatives with SpaceX’s leadership
• Facilitate modeling and decision-making for program development trades and program ramp/sunset plans, including managing forecasting for Brazil on supply / demand, working with closely growth, sales, design, engineering, operations, logistics, finance, tax, legal, etc.
• Enable and accelerate go to market execution for programs post licensing and certification
• Proactively grow subscriber base to achieve targeted levels and report progress

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, mathematics, or economics
• 6+ years of professional experience in consulting, product management, operations, FP&A, banking, engineering, or entrepreneurship
• 4+ years of professional experience in Excel or programming

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years of professional experience in consulting, product management, operations, FP&A, banking, engineering, or entrepreneurship
• Evidence of exceptional ability, especially within an ambiguous environment
• Quantitative dual degree in engineering field and economics or business field and/or equivalent professional experience
• Ability to read and interpret income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
• Demonstrated success driving tangible impact/influencing within a broader organization
• Excellent analytical skills (e.g. Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Power Query, Microsoft Office applications, Excel modeling, or similar data manipulation tools etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly with senior business leaders
• Extreme sense of urgency and ownership
• Bias toward action and automation
• Strong interpersonal skills (examples: leading a student organization or working successfully in teams)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work cross-functionally with different groups and teams
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements
• Ability to work independently and in a team, take initiative, and communicate effectively

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Willingness to travel to customer sites, other SpaceX locations, and events as needed

CONSUMER SALES MANAGER, LATAM SALES (STARLINK)

Starlink is a revolutionary satellite constellation, delivering low-latency broadband internet around the world—bringing an unprecedented opportunity to significantly impact communities, businesses, and governments worldwide. The Consumer Sales Team is seeking a Consumer Sales Manager based in Brazil to drive our retail strategy and execute in one of our most important and high-potential markets. This person will play a key role in expanding our consumer footprint and managing relationships with retail partners and distributors in target LATAM countries. 
 
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Retail sales within the consumer electronics, telecommunications, or technology sectors, with a proven track record of launching new products, building strategic channel partnerships, and driving significant sales growth. This role requires a deep understanding of the LATAM, especially Brazil, retail landscape across major electronics retailers, mass merchants, and potentially specialized, regional chains.
 
Success will require systems thinking, creativity, and excellent communication skills to synthesize information that shapes future products and strategic direction. This is a special opportunity to work at the cutting edge of satellite technologies with a world class team focused on connecting the unconnected!

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Define and execute comprehensive channel strategies for consumer (retail + online) sales, identifying target retailers, sales channels, and go-to-market approaches
• Identify, establish, and grow strategic relationships with key retail partners (e.g., electronics retailers, distributors, etc.) that enable an online and offline strategy
• Develop and manage sales forecasts, budgets, and KPIs. Drive aggressive sales targets and implement initiatives to achieve and exceed them. Analyze sales data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement
• Collaborate with product and marketing teams to develop compelling retail merchandising strategies, in-store displays, product demonstrations, and sales tools that effectively communicate Starlink’s value proposition to consumers
• Successfully negotiate and close partnership deals between SpaceX and omnichannel (e.g., retail, niche resellers, B2B partners, etc.) customers
• Conduct ongoing market research and competitive analysis to stay abreast of industry trends, consumer behaviors, and competitive activities within the LATAM broadband and retail sectors
• Work closely with marketing, product management, engineering, finance, compliance, and legal teams to ensure a cohesive and integrated go-to-market plan buttresses the LATAM business
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned retail customers, including but not limited to onboarding, account management, and long-term growth of the relationship and its revenue – especially focusing on:
  • Acting as an extreme owner of the assigned region to realize forecasted revenue on or ahead of schedule, identifying and successfully communicating readiness levels, requirements, schedules, and risks
  • Collaborating with cross-functional team (engineering, regulatory, business, planning, etc.)
  • Synthesizing complex information and making actionable recommendations to leadership
  • Collecting, communicating, and championing customer feedback to internally influence and steer programmatic and technical development required to maintain and grow consumer business in support of overall Starlink business goals

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or business discipline; OR high school diploma/equivalency certificate and 6+ years of professional business development, sales, operations, engineering, or account management experience
• 3+ years of experience working with customers to support a technical product or service

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Proven retail industry experience (consumer electronics, CPG, or FMCG preferred)
• Experience developing go-to-market strategies or building sales channels in international markets with proven track record of successfully launching and scaling new products across LATAM
• Independently motivated, with a demonstrated track record of project ownership
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, communication and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated technical aptitude in a professional setting
• Familiarity with satellite communications and/or the Brazilian retail landscape, its key partners, sales cycles, and consumer purchasing behaviors
• MBA or master's degree with a business or engineering focused curriculum
• Fluency in Portuguese and Spanish

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be available to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to support critical milestones or operations
• Must be willing to travel to other SpaceX offices and customer locations as needed up to 50% within the LATAM region