Strategic Finance and Corporate Development Manager

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

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 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