Government Program Development Manager (Federal Civil) - Washington DC

Posted Oct 12, 2026

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ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS

  • Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers . If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. GOVERNMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (FEDERAL CIVIL AGENCIES) Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. SpaceX Government Sales is expanding the team to support the deployment of Starshield capabilities for the U.S. Government. SpaceX’s Government Program Development team is seeking a mission-oriented, results-driven Program Development Manager to grow the Starshield and AI business across U.S. Federal Civil agencies. We are looking for candidates who can develop and execute a strategy for government stakeholder engagement, lead capture efforts, and drive and scale a development pipeline for satellite communications and AI enterprise solutions with a startup mindset in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment. This role is ideal for someone who understands the Federal Civilian opportunity landscape, has extensive experience working across federal civilian mission areas and can identify addressable gaps and challenges, and is motivated by owning mission-critical outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Identify, build, and maintain relationships with key Federal Civil agency decision-makers, program managers, and technical evaluators across communications and AI portfolios Identify new business opportunities and grow existing programs, finding new ways to expand space sensing, satellite communications and AI solutions into quantifiable new business lines and revenue sources for federal civilian agency solutions Shape and support SpaceX responses to RFIs, RFPs, Sources Sought, and other government solicitations including pricing, technical volume, strategy, and win themes Actively collaborate with engineering, customer ops, finance, and other internal business units to drive sales results and efficiency Dive deep into U.

S. Government connectivity, satellite communications, artificial intelligence, agentic LLM, and compute markets to identify trends, insights and opportunities for SpaceX to pursue Conduct internal and external coordination across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring close coordination with engineering, mission management, finance, and contracts in program development phase Continuously refine engagement roadmap based on internal strategies, mission needs, customer feedback, and competitive analysis.

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