Technical Program Manager

Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future

Hadrian builds software-defined high precision component factories for the top aerospace companies in the world. After a successful customer beta phase, we are substantially scaling our operations to our second factory (based in Torrance) and are in the final stretch of building our core software engineering and product team from whom the future of Hadrian will be built upon. This team will leverage various current and advanced technologies and build custom in house software solutions to help improve, automate and scale the future of manufacturing in the U.S.

We are in search of individuals with the drive to augment manufacturing, helping enable our engineers build complex, yet elegant software as well as the machinists who have a passion to push the trade forward.

We've raised >$200m to achieve this vision, with multiple rounds from Lux Capital, A16Z, Founders Fund, Construct Capital, Caffeinated Capital and more.

Founding TPM Role:

Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies make rockets, jets, and satellites 10x faster and 2x cheaper. Our CEO, Chris Power, discusses the importance of what we're building in this video. Hadrian’s mission is to reshore American manufacturing and support our country in doing whatever we can to win Space Race II.

As a founding TPM hire in a rapidly growing organization, you’ll have free reign to work directly with our CEO and GTM Director to design our go-to-market strategy and work to supply our clients with the parts they need to launch rockets into space. Our customers vary between upstarts and established players within defense and aerospace with major contract spend from the Department of Defense and NASA, among other large purchasers.

In this role you will:

• In partnership with the Account Executive, own the P&L for a customer and balance tradeoffs between Hadrian’s internal capabilities, current and future business opportunities, and the customer relationship
• Hire and train a squad of Manufacturing Engineers and Manufacturing Engineering Associates to deliver a top-notch customer experience
• Escalates customer needs internally and alerts factory operations / software engineering and other teams in supporting a smooth experience initially and in production; advocates for new internal capabilities that show strong long-term automation potential based on a customer’s supply chain needs
• Coaches the team through preparing design for manufacturing feedback, empowers the team to solicit opinions from internal experts, and facilitates conversations with our customer’s engineers
• Is ultimately accountable to customer escalations, unblocking parts on the factory floor with help from customers, and the squad’s data quality when processing orders
• Develops and implements business processes, including providing feedback to our software engineering teams, that will scale squad operations and increase team productivity and accuracy
• Implements a strategic plan for systematic improvements to the customer scorecard and leads quarterly business reviews with senior stakeholders

Requirements for the role:

• 7+ years proven track record in commercial roles, preferably in defense and aerospace and / or engineering experience in defense and aerospace
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred 
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, CRM, and other sales tools
• Must be able to travel as required

For this role, the target salary range is $130,000 - $275,000 (actual range may vary based on experience), with uncapped earning potential based on performance. 

This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

In addition to salary and equity, we offer:

• 100% coverage of platinum medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees 401k

• Relocation stipend if you’re moving from outside of LA

• Flexible vacation policy 

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.