Program Manager, Special Projects
About this role
Hadrian builds autonomous factories for aerospace and defence – rockets, satellites, jets, ships – up to 10x faster and 2x cheaper than the incumbents. They're opening a 290,000 sq ft Factory 3 in Arizona, expanding into naval production, and launching Factory-as-a-Service. This is a customer-facing program manager leading complex cross-functional execution across internal R&D buildouts and external defence programs. Backed by Lux, Founders Fund and a16z.
What made this a Systems Thinker role?
Systems Thinkers see the whole chessboard. They understand how changing one piece affects everything else, and they design processes, strategies, and structures that account for complexity. If you naturally think in feedback loops, love mapping how things connect, and get frustrated when people solve symptoms instead of root causes, this role is for you.
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