Hadrian

Manufacturing

Manager,TechnicalPrograms-Strategic+Core

Los Angeles, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
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The Brief

“Manager, Technical Programs - Strategic + Core at Hadrian. Skills: process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Program Managers and Manufacturing Engineers. Serve as an escalation point and decision-maker”

What You'll Achieve.

revenue growth; delivery performance; customer-facing quality; cleanliness and accuracy of what enters production; customer satisfaction; delivery predictability; retention; on-time delivery performance; customer return rates; yield; PPAP compliance; customer scorecards; account satisfaction; relationship strength; escape rate into production; speed and accuracy of PO and revision processing; drive growth across customer base

Industry & Context.

Manufacturing
Problems you'll solve

making technical and operational decisions with incomplete information; root-cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

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

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of direct leadership experience in technical program management, operations, manufacturing, engineering, or related technical industry, Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience), Proven ability to build structure, develop people, and maintain output quality across a cross-functional group, Detail-oriented with high standards for data accuracy and system cleanliness, Excellent communication and consolidation skills, delivering large, complex narratives with clarity and brevity, Demonstrated evidence of influencing without authority, Demonstrated ability making technical and operational decisions with incomplete information

Nice to Have

5+ years of direct leadership experience in technical program management, operations, manufacturing, engineering, or related technical industry, organizational and coaching skills with the ability to develop teams focused on efficiency, consistency, and retention, Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, particularly with process-heavy, institutional organizations, Deep experience managing programs within aerospace, defense, or regulated manufacturing environments with long production lifecycles, Demonstrated ability to drive commercial accountability with large, slow-moving customers, keeping purchase orders, need dates, and part definitions accurate at the source rather than managing around customer inaction internally, Experience owning or standardizing factory-facing delivery processes, translating complex customer requirements into repeatable, scalable internal workflows, Experience contributing to operational excellence or continuous improvement initiatives on mature, high-volume programs

What You'll Do.

and develop a team of Technical Program Managers and Manufacturing Engineers

Serve as an escalation point and decision-maker

Drive tight alignment between manufacturing

Own program status visibility end-to-end

Own commercial hygiene across your customer base

Own the accuracy of order entry

and revision processing

Own core quality and delivery workflows for your accounts

Partner with peer TPM leadership to define and maintain factory-facing process standards

Build scalable processes and tooling to improve throughput

and operational optimized

Identify systemic gaps and collaborate with product and engineering teams

Lead operational reviews

and program health assessments

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Drive tight alignment between manufacturing, operations, engineering, and commercial teams; Partner with peer TPM leadership to define and maintain factory-facing process standards; Collaborate with product and engineering teams to prioritize capability development

Communication Scope

Excellent communication and consolidation skills; delivering large, complex narratives with clarity and brevity; Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

Process & Methodology

technical program management, program status visibility, delivery performance, customer program delivery

Full Job Description

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 This role leads a fast-moving team of Technical Program Managers and Manufacturing Engineers responsible for delivering complex, long-cycle customer programs across Strategic and Core accounts. You serve as the translation layer between bespoke customer relationships and standardized factory execution; absorbing customer nuance upstream so production teams receive consistent, reliable inputs regardless of customer. Success is measured by revenue growth, delivery performance, customer-facing quality, and the cleanliness and accuracy of what enters production. What You'll Do - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Program Managers and Manufacturing Engineers responsible for delivering complex, long-cycle customer programs across Strategic and Core accounts. - Serve as an escalation point and decision-maker for your customers; building trust with primes and institutional customers, navigating procurement and approval processes, and leveraging those relationships to protect and grow revenue. - Drive tight alignment between manufacturing,

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