New Business Sales Executive | Space Industry | Munich, Germany

Darwin Space are currently partnering with an established engineering organisation operating within the European space sector who are looking to appoint a New Business Sales Executive to support their continued commercial growth.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys proactively winning new customers, building relationships from scratch, and taking full ownership of the sales cycle in a highly technical environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

This is a pure new business role focused on driving growth across the European space and defence market.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and executing your own outbound prospecting strategy.
• Identifying and engaging new commercial opportunities across target markets.
• Building relationships with technical, procurement and senior decision-makers.
• Managing opportunities through the full sales cycle from first contact to close.
• Working closely with internal technical teams to align solutions with customer needs.
• Supporting customer meetings and external industry engagements where required.

About You

This role will suit a commercially driven individual who thrives in a hunting environment.

Ideally, you will have:

• 3+ years of B2B sales experience with a strong focus on new business development.
• Proven experience selling complex deep-tech or highly technical solutions.
• Exposure to aerospace, space, defence, or similarly advanced engineering sectors (highly desirable).
• A consistent track record of generating and closing deals independently.
• Confidence engaging with technical, procurement and senior stakeholders.
• A proactive, resilient and target-driven mindset.
• Fluent English; German language skills would be an advantage.

Please note: Applicants must hold a valid European passport due to project requirements.

The Opportunity

• Join a growing organisation active within the European space industry.
• Take full ownership of your pipeline and customer development.
• Operate in a highly technical, fast-evolving market.
• Work closely with experienced engineering and commercial teams.
• Permanent, full-time position based onsite near Munich, Germany.

If you’re looking for a role where you can combine new business sales with one of Europe’s most exciting deep-tech sectors, Darwin Space would be happy to share more details in confidence.

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Alfie Walters