VP, Strategic Finance & Capital Markets
Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future
Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper. By combining advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we are reinventing how America produces its most critical parts.
We’re accelerating our mission with the launch of Factory 3 in Mesa, Arizona, a 290,000-square-foot facility creating 350 new jobs. We are expanding rapidly to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to expand into naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts.
Hadrian is backed by leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz, our fast-growing team is united around reindustrializing American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond
THE ROLE
Hadrian is seeking a Vice President of Strategic Finance & Capital Markets to lead our financial strategy, capital-markets engagement, and resource allocation as we scale advanced manufacturing for aerospace and defense. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (or a future Chief Legal & Finance Officer), you will be a strategic partner to senior leadership—driving growth, optimizing capital structure, and aligning finance with mission execution.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Own strategic finance initiatives—including capital markets strategy, debt/equity planning, capitalization, investor syndication, and refinancing readiness.
- Develop and implement financial frameworks for resource allocation, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling to support manufacturing scale-up and multi-year programs.
- Partner with business development, engineering, operations, and finance to analyze cost structures, pricing strategies, contract economics, investment returns, and program profitability.
- Lead due diligence, M&A/partnership e...