Hadrian
Manufacturing
Manager,TechnicalPrograms-Strategic+Core
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“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.
making technical and operational decisions with incomplete information; root-cause analysis
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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