Director,WorkforcePartnerships

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 building the most advanced manufacturing platform in the world. As we expand into new markets and launch new factory locations, our ability to develop local talent pipelines through institutional partnerships isn’t a nice-to-have — it’s a prerequisite for a successful factory launch. We’re looking for a Director of Workforce Partnerships to own Hadrian’s external training strategy and the institutional relationships that build our talent pipeline across the communities where we operate. This is a new function — you’re the first hire in it — and it’s tied directly to our factory expansion roadmap. You’ll develop the framework for when Hadrian trains internally versus through external partners, build and manage a portfolio of community colleges, universities, trade schools, veteran programs, and high school partnerships, and ensure external programs meet Hadrian’s standards and integrate cleanly with internal onboarding. This is a role for someone who understands how educational institutions actually operate, can translate complex wo