Missions Sales Director – MENA Region

About the role

ICEYE is seeking a Missions Sales Director to lead sovereign satellite and ISR mission sales to government customers across the MENA region. You will own the full sales cycle, build strategic relationships, and drive sustainable revenue growth for ICEYE’s defence‑focused space ISR business.

Key responsibilities

• Own and drive regional revenue growth for the Missions business, from opportunity identification to multi‑year deal closure.
• Develop and manage a qualified sales pipeline, including capture plans, win strategies and accurate forecasting.
• Lead complex strategic sales processes, bid/no‑bid decisions, proposal coordination and commercial positioning.
• Collaborate with ICEYE’s Missions and Data lines of business to align customer needs with technical capabilities.
• Represent ICEYE in‑market through customer meetings, industry events and stakeholder engagement.

Required profile

• 5+ years of strategic sales or business development experience in aerospace, defence, space, ISR or earth‑observation sectors.
• 5+ years of international sales or export experience with complex solutions.
• Proven track record selling to government, defence organisations or public‑sector decision‑makers.
• Existing network across relevant government entities in the MENA region.
• Professional working proficiency in Arabic and willingness to travel across the region and to Finland.

Required skills

• Satellite‑based capabilities
• Strategic Sales
• Salesforce (or other CRM)
• International Sales
• SAR (synthetic aperture radar)
• Export experience
• CRM discipline
• Selling to government customers
• ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance)
• Business development
• Earth observation