Jörn Spurmann
Chief Commercial Officer - Member of the Executive Board @Rocket Factory Augsburg - RFA
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Commercial Officer - Member of the Executive Board @Rocket Factory Augsburg - RFA
Oversaw all commercial and corporate functions, including business development, launch service sales, marketing, HR, IT, finance, and program delivery, raised €150M in private investment and institutional contracts and built up an approximately €1Bn sales pipeline Led technical and operational launch activities, building the UK spaceport and launch ground systems, establishing subsidiaries in the UK, Sweden (engine and stage testing), and Portugal (composite part manufacturing), and managing the first launch operator license on mainland Europe Scaled company and processes, growing staff to 350 across 50 nationalities, implementing leadership programs, 360° performance cycles, IT infrastructure, and supply chain/project management for development and delivery programs
EDUCATION
RWTH Aachen University
Diploma, Mechanical Engineering - Space Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
International Master Program in Radio Astronomy and Space Science
ABOUT JÖRN SPURMANN
Deep-Tech Operator | Co-Founder RFA | Scaling Capital-Intensive Ventures in European SpaceI build and scale capital-intensive deep-tech ventures — and extract the patterns behind what makes them succeed or fail.With 17 years in the space industry, my experience spans institutional mission operations (DLR) and the commercial frontier of European launch as Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA).At RFA, I helped scale the company from inception to a leading European launcher by aligning three critical vectors:• Technical de-risking and capital efficiency• Commercial architecture and institutional market access• Organizational design under extreme uncertaintyBeyond commercial execution, my work focused on building decision infrastructure: translating engineering risk into investor logic, structuring governance and executive cadence, navigating regulatory ecosystems, and shaping long-term strategic positioning around sovereign European access to space.I am particularly interested in the scaling dynamics of complex, hardware-driven ventures — where capital intensity, policy interfaces, and operational discipline determine outcomes.Today, I focus on identifying repeatable scaling patterns in deep-tech and supporting ambitious teams operating at the edge of technological and financial feasibility.
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