Identify, pursue, and convert new business opportunities with Defence, MHA and Government stakeholders.
Drive sales strategies to achieve revenue targets.
Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline.
Client Engagement & Relationship Management
Develop trusted relationships with key decision-makers in Defence PSUs, Armed forces, MHA and relevant ministries.
Act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring their requirements are understood and addressed.
Proposals & Bidding
Lead preparation of technical and commercial proposals, RFPs, and tender submissions.
Collaborate with engineering and project teams to ensure client requirements are effectively translated into solutions.
Strategic Growth
Conduct market research and competitor analysis to shape business strategy.
Support in forging partnerships, MoUs, and joint ventures with domestic and global defence companies.
Represent NewSpace at defence expos, conferences, and industry forums.
Ovii Interpretation
This Account Manager - Sales role focuses on developing business with defence, security, and government organizations. It combines opportunity development and client relationships with proposal and tender work, market analysis, and support for strategic partnerships.
Role at a glance
Government and defence salesNew business developmentClient relationship managementSales pipeline developmentProposal and tender coordinationMarket and competitor analysis
Skills mentioned
B2G salesBusiness developmentSales strategyPipeline managementClient relationship managementTechnicalcommercial proposalsRFPtender submissionsMarket research
What you will likely work on
Identify and convert opportunities with defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, and government stakeholders.
Build a pipeline and pursue sales strategies tied to revenue targets.
Develop relationships with decision-makers across defence organizations, public sector undertakings, armed forces, and ministries.
Serve as the primary client contact and clarify customer requirements.
Coordinate technical and commercial proposals, RFP responses, and tender submissions with engineering and project teams.
Research markets and competitors to inform business strategy.
Support partnerships, memoranda of understanding, and joint ventures with domestic and international defence companies.
Represent the company at defence exhibitions, conferences, and industry forums.
Good fit signals
Experience developing business with government or defence stakeholders would align with the role’s customer focus.
Relationship-building with senior decision-makers is central to the client-facing work.
Comfort coordinating proposals and tenders with engineering and project teams would be useful.
The role involves revenue targets and maintaining an active sales pipeline.
Interest in defence-sector partnerships and industry events fits the strategic growth responsibilities.
Meet Newspace
NewSpace Research and Technologies (NRT) is a Bengaluru-based aerospace and defence R&D company developing autonomous and uncrewed systems for military and civilian missions. Its work spans persistent UAVs, High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellites, swarm robotics, collaborative combat aircraft, loitering systems, unmanned ground vehicles, GPS/GNSS-denied navigation and AI-enabled autonomy. Publicly identified users and collaborators include India's Ministry of Defence, Indian Army, Indian Navy, DRDO, National Disaster Response Force, Ministry of Home Affairs and Department of Telecommunications. Its programs combine aircraft design, robotics, sensor fusion, computer vision, machine learning and distributed autonomous systems for surveillance, communications, logistics and precision-mission applications.
Founded
2017
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
Bengaluru, India
Why work here
NewSpace offers engineers direct exposure to aerospace and defence R&D involving autonomous UAVs, swarm robotics, GNSS-denied navigation, HAPS, computer vision, sensor fusion and AI at the edge. Current roles publicly reference C++, Python, ROS/ROS2, PX4, ArduPilot, PyTorch, OpenCV, CUDA, TensorRT, NVIDIA Jetson and Docker, indicating substantial hands-on work across software, hardware and flight systems. Its technology has been used in Indian defence programs, including DRDO's ULPGM-V3 trials, and the company is actively expanding its engineering workforce. Candidates should also consider the realities of a defence-focused growth company: many roles are onsite, programs can involve field deployments, and government procurement and long R&D cycles can create execution variability.
Industry
Aerospace & Defence - Autonomous and Uncrewed Systems
SJSameer JoshiCo-Founder, CEO and DirectorView bioHide bio
Co-founder and CEO. Joshi is a former Indian Air Force fighter pilot who served during the Kargil War and later worked with TeamIndus and Threye Interactive. His experience spans aviation, defence technology and unmanned systems, and he leads NewSpace's strategy around autonomous aerospace and future-warfare technologies.
JAJulius AmritCo-Founder, COO and DirectorView bioHide bio
Co-founder, COO and Director. Amrit previously co-founded TeamIndus and held leadership roles at Wincere, Avendus, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered. He studied at IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta and brings experience across aerospace ventures, operations, finance and company building.
JMJaideep MaolankarExecutive Vice President - Technology DevelopmentView bioHide bio
Leads technology development at NewSpace. A retired Commodore with more than 35 years in Indian Naval Aviation and flight testing, including service during the Kargil conflict, he contributes operational and flight-test expertise to autonomous and mission-critical aerospace systems.
NNNaveen NavlaniHead of Business Development & SalesView bioHide bio
Leads business development and sales at NewSpace. An Army veteran of Operation Vijay, Navlani has experience in defence project management, electronics-warfare programs, alliances and technology sales, connecting NewSpace's engineering programs with defence and institutional customers.
NewSpace tests RATO booster on Sheshnag-150 long-range strike drone
IDRW·
NewSpace's GryphonWorks team successfully tested a rocket-assisted take-off booster for the Sheshnag-150 one-way attack drone. The capability is intended to enable runway-independent launches and more flexible deployment of the long-range unmanned platform.
Newspace Research in talks to raise $35-40 million from 360 One, Avendus, others
Mint·
NewSpace was reported to be seeking $35-40 million in Series C financing through a combination of equity and debt. Existing investor 360 ONE Asset had provided a term sheet, while other investors and family offices were participating in discussions.
DRDO completes development trials of ULPGM-V3 integrated on NewSpace UAVs
Press Information Bureau, Government of India·
DRDO completed development trials of the ULPGM-V3 precision-guided missile in air-to-ground and air-to-air configurations. The Government of India confirmed that the system used UAVs developed by NewSpace Research and Technologies for the trials.