Strategic Finance and Corporate Development Manager

Location

Los Angeles

Full time

On-site

Business

Finance

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 a $260 million dollar Series C round to accelerate this mission. We are 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

At Hadrian, the Strategic Finance team is a Swiss Army knife. We’re a high-impact group that partners directly with the CFO and executive team on company-defining initiatives. Our team works across corporate development, capital markets, M&A, and investor storytelling, applying financial and strategic skills to projects that will shape Hadrian’s growth trajectory. As a Strategic Finance Manager, you will operate at the center of our most critical decisions.

You’ll evaluate new business models, partnerships, and acquisitions; build the financial frameworks that guide executive and board discussions; and help craft the narratives we share with investors and stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Drive strategic project work spanning transactions, capital markets activities, market research, new business model evaluations, and other business critical initiatives
• Develop and own dynamic financial models and analyses
• Create and present high-quality Exec and Board-facing presentations
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Legal to ensure alignment on financial goals and performance
• Serve as a partner to FP&A, aligning Special Projects and M&A models with broader corporate financial and business reporting activities

What We’re Looking For

• 5-7 years of experience across strategic finance, venture capital, private / growth equity, private credit, investment banking, consulting, strategic finance, corporate development, and/or strategy & operations
• Experience with project finance, capital project and infrastructure financial analysis, and large-scale, high dollar investment projects
• Experience with a variety of deal structures, including M&A, carve-outs, equity investments, and joint ventures
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, including experience building complex financial models from scratch
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and present to leadership
• High level of ownership and curiosity; thrives in fast-moving, scrappy environments

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience working in a scaling manufacturing or hardware-focused company
• Experience drafting materials in deal negotiations, such as commercial contracts or partnership proposals, with high attention to detail
• Background in M&A due diligence, transaction structuring, and financial modeling
• Intermediate accounting knowledge
• Experience with SQL

Compensation

For this role, the target salary range is $150,000 - $185,000 (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…