CHIEF Officer Business Development

Join the team that keeps the mission supplied.

Transport, store, purify, and deliver the water.

Space Ocean is building the water layer for missions beyond Earth, targeting near-Earth orbit by 2028 and beyond, including Mars.

Compensation: Restricted Share Units (RSUs):
There's no cash salary. Compensation is in the form of restricted share units. RSUs vest over time, aligning your interests with the company's future.

Remote

• Join Our Mission to Revolutionize Space Logistics!
• Space Ocean Corp. is developing in-space water transportation, storage, and delivery capabilities to support commercial space stations and the broader space economy. The company’s goal is to make water a reliably available resource for crew life support, station operations, and emerging industrial applications, with longer-term opportunities supporting lunar and deep-space activities.
  
  Space Ocean seeks a Chief Growth Officer to lead commercialization, business development, strategic partnerships, and capital development. Working closely with the CEO and technical leadership, the CGO will translate the company’s capabilities into a commercially viable service offering, build customer relationships, and help secure the partnerships and funding needed to move from development to operations.
• Compensation & Working Arrangements: $198,000 to $290,000 based on experience.
  
  Equity participation:
  Available to qualified candidates.
  
  Location and travel:
  Remote work arrangement, with periodic travel for external and internal meetings.
  
  Benefits:
  Available once established.
• Success in This Role Will Be Measured By
• Validation of customer demand, service requirements, and commercially viable pricing.
  
  Paid studies, funded development agreements, and service commitments secured.
  
  Strategic partnerships that advance delivery capability and market access.
  
  Progress toward funding goals tied to defined development milestones.
  
  Alignment between commercial commitments, technical readiness, and available capital.
• Milestones
• First 60 Days:
  Establish a prioritized commercialization plan, complete structured discovery with leading prospective customers, implement a CRM and reporting process, and develop customer and investor materials. Demonstrate early momentum through qualified opportunities and substantive customer, partner, and funding discussions.
• 6 Months:
  Build an actionable customer and funding pipeline, validate initial service offerings and pricing assumptions, and advance priority opportunities toward paid studies, funded demonstrations, partnership agreements, or conditional service commitments appropriate to the company’s technical readiness.

Business Development & Revenue Generation

• Build, own, and actively manage a pipeline of prospective customers, including commercial space station developers, spacecraft operators, and government customers.
• Lead customer discovery to understand water and logistics requirements, procurement timelines, service expectations, and willingness to pay.
• Develop and execute strategies to secure development agreements, demonstration partnerships, and future service contracts.
• Coordinate all aspects of customer relationship management—from prospecting and initial engagement through proposal development, negotiation, and ongoing account management.
• Establish pricing and commercial terms with the CEO and technical team, reflecting delivery costs, customer value, mission requirements, and execution risk.

Strategic Partnerships & Market Development

• Identify and develop relationships with launch providers, spacecraft manufacturers, cargo and orbital transportation companies, and other partners needed to deliver an integrated logistics service.
• Structure partnerships that expand market access, strengthen technical capabilities, and reduce development and operating costs.
• Evaluate adjacent opportunities for delivering other supplies or providing logistics services where Space Ocean can establish a competitive advantage.
• Represent Space Ocean at industry events, customer meetings, and government and investor forums.
• Develop clear positioning and messaging that explain Space Ocean’s value to customers, partners, and investors.
• Partner with the CEO to develop and execute a funding strategy aligned with technical milestones, customer demand, and commercialization priorities.
• Build and manage relationships with prospective investors, strategic corporate partners, and other funding sources.
• Coordinate investor materials, financial…