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