Technical Program Manager

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 recently raised $260 million dollar Series C to accelerate this mission. We are excited to be launching a new Factory in Mesa, Arizona, a 270,000 square foot facility that will create 350 new jobs immediately. We are opening a new headquarters to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to serve naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts.

Hadrian works with startups, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and major defense contractors across space, shipbuilding, and aviation to scale production, reduce costs, and accelerate delivery on mission-critical programs. We are backed by leading investors including Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz. Our fast-growing team is united by a shared mission to reindustrialize American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond

The Role
Drive infrastructure execution at Hadrian as our Technical Program Manager. You'll coordinate complex initiatives across Infrastructure, IT, Data Engineering, and Security teams. Working across multiple directors and their teams, you'll translate technical roadmaps into clear execution plans, manage dependencies across 4+ factory sites, and ensure delivery against commitments. This role demands strong program management fundamentals, excellent stakeholder coordination, and enough technical understanding to ask the right questions—not to design solutions. You'll be the connective tissue enabling our multi-site scale-up.

What You'll Do

• Execute against the infrastructure, IT and data team's quarterly roadmap and OKRs (owned by respective Directors)
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Infrastructure, IT, Data Engineering, and Security organizations
• Plan and coordinate complex technical initiatives (cloud migrations, Kubernetes rollouts, edge deployments)
• Facilitate cross-functional planning between Infrastructure, Software, Manufacturing, and Data teams
• Build and maintain project tracking systems with clear visibility into status, risks, and blockers
• Lead capacity planning for compute, storage, networking across multiple sites
• Drive infrastructure, IT, and data cost optimization initiatives with Finance
• Run vendor evaluation processes for critical infrastructure and IT purchases
• Create and maintain architecture decision records (ADRs) and technical documentation
• Facilitate RFC (Request for Comments) processes for major technical decisions
• Manage stakeholder communication with clear, concise status updates
• Identify and mitigate program risks across dependencies and timelines
• Build tools and automation to improve program management efficiency
• Support compliance initiatives with documentation and process design

What We're Looking For

• Strong program management fundamentals (scheduling, dependencies, risk)
• Excellent stakeholder management across engineering, operations, and executive levels
• Clear written and verbal communication, especially for technical audiences
• Experience managing complex technical programs with multiple dependencies
• Ability to build consensus and drive decisions without direct authority
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and agile methodologies
• Understanding of capacity planning and resource optimization
• Comfort with ambiguity and changing priorities
• Proven track record delivering large-scale technical projects
• Ability to translate between technical and business stakeholders

Compensation
For this role, the target salary range is $200,000 - $250,000 (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

• 100% coverage of 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.

Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the Company's policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics. 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.