Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future
Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost.
Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built.
Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen.
If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.
The Role
This is a dual-front role built for someone with 15-20+ years inside the defense budget process. The core of the job is shaping the budget build inside the Pentagon and OMB, and engaging the process by which Congress sets the defense topline — a process driven heavily by congressional leadership, Armed Services Committee leaders, and the Budget Committees. This role also requires close fluency in how funding is actually spent once it's appropriated — apportionment, allocation, obligation, and execution. Particular depth on how the organic industrial base is managed and funded, how the National Defense Stockpile is managed, defense working capital funds, and the reprogramming process is also desired.
Appropriations Committee engagement and NDAA authorization requests are owned day to day by the Head of Government Relations - Federal Legislative; this role supports that work rather than leading it. Because this role's core relationships — Pentagon and OMB budget staff, Armed Services Committee and Budget Committee leadership, and the comptroller community — cross executive and legislative branches, it reports directly to the SVP, Public Policy. On Appropriations Committee engagement and NDAA authorization requests, this role works in a dotted-line partnership with the Head of Government Relations - Federal Legislative, supporting rather than owning those relationships. Similarly, this role will closely collaborate with the Head of Government Relations – Executive Branch, especially at the White House offices.
This is an individual contributor role to start, built for someone who can operate through expertise, judgment, and relationships rather than headcount. As the budget and execution portfolio matures, the scope is expected to grow — potentially into a small team — but this is not a role that starts with people management built in.
What You’ll Do
Budget Build & Topline Strategy
Support the Head of Government Relations - Federal Legislative on Appropriations Committee engagement, on NDAA authorization requests, congressional oversight and and testimony prep, as a dotted-line partner; represent Hadrian on budget-build and topline matters directly.
Translate the federal budget calendar — President's Budget rollout, markups, topline agreements, continuing resolutions — into concrete, timely guidance for the CEO, SVP, the Federal sales lead, and Hadrian's executive team.
Execution-Year Budget Management
Bring deep fluency in how funding actually moves once appropriated — apportionment, allocation, obligation, and execution — and use that fluency to anticipate rather than just react to funding shifts affecting Hadrian.
Budget Intelligence & Internal Advisory
Partner with the Federal sales and capture teams to make sure budget-build, topline, and execution-year intelligence directly informs pursuit strategy, pricing, and timing on Hadrian's federal opportunities.
This role is an individual contributor to start. As the portfolio grows, it may expand into building and leading a small team — this role is expected to help define what that function looks like, not inherit it fully formed.
What We’re Looking For
Direct, hands-on ownership of the defense reprogramming review process — including omnibus reprogramming actions — and oversight of defense working capital funds, the organic industrial base, and the National Defense Stockpile, not just familiarity with how those programs work on paper.
A track record of driving institutional change that only works with sustained relationships across the Pentagon and the Hill — the kind of multi-year advocacy that, for example, helped push the Department toward audit readiness.
A track record of being the person budget staff, defense committee staff, and financial managers call first — someone whose read of the budget, the policy, and the politics behind it is trusted at face value on both sides of the branch divide.
Deep, working familiarity with the congressional budget committees, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Government Accountability Office, and the Congressional Research Service (CRS), and how their analysis shapes appropriations and NDAA outcomes.
Fluency in turning dense budget detail into clear, actionable intelligence for company executives, including knowing where to find execution and obligation rate data and how reprogramming actually moves through the system.
Compensation
For this role, the target salary range is $224,000 - $260,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).
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.
Benefits for Full-time Employees
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
401k
Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
Flexible vacation policy
Equity
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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.
Use of AI in hiring
Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy.
Consideration of Criminal History
Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment.
Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
