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Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America, combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing to help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. The company recently raised $1.37B in Series D funding at a $7.87B valuation and is backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, and others.
The VP of Partnerships & Capital Markets will own end-to-end financial and deal structuring and execution across Hadrian's most strategic external capital market, commercial, and federal initiatives. This role sits at the center of the company's next phase of scale, spanning three core lanes: (1) complex commercial partnerships and deal structures, (2) debt capital markets, and (3) M&A, working in close partnership with the CFO and CEO.
Key responsibilities include:
- Structure creative, scalable financing solutions aligned with Hadrian's hypergrowth manufacturing expansion and multibillion-dollar program pipeline
- Lead debt capital markets strategy and execution, including raising large amounts of debt to fund capacity buildout and accelerate growth
- Deploy across the full capital stack (debt, equity, and hybrid structures), optimizing cost of capital, flexibility, and long-term control
- Lead sourcing, structuring, and execution of M&A opportunities supporting manufacturing footprint and capability expansion
- Run financial modeling, valuation, and diligence for acquisition targets from initial thesis through close
- Build the corporate development function's process discipline with decision frameworks, deal templates, and repeatable playbooks
- Build and run financial analysis supporting negotiation for Hadrian's largest, most complex commercial partnerships
- Architect and negotiate multi-year commercial partnerships, balancing technical specifications, IP protections, delivery milestones, and financial incentives
- Operate as a hands-on deal player-coach, moving seamlessly from board-level narrative to detailed technical diligence and negotiation
- Build a world-class deal desk over time through hiring and mentoring, scaling the function as deal volume grows
- Navigate ambiguity, speed, and scale in high-stakes contracting environments where incomplete information is normal
You will report directly to the CFO and work in lockstep with the CEO on the company's most strategic transactions. This role sits at the nexus of high-stakes contract structuring, large-scale debt execution, and corporate development, with a rare opportunity to occupy a high-impact, externally facing seat at a company reaching a massive inflection point.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years in senior in-house capital markets, corporate development, investment banking, or structured finance roles within a high-growth, asset-intensive company
- Direct experience leading both debt raises (hundreds of millions to multi-billion-dollar range) and M&A transactions, ideally in support of physical asset or infrastructure buildout at scale
- Proven ability to architect and negotiate complex, multi-party commercial partnerships with government and commercial customers, ensuring contracts are bankable assets that support large-scale debt and equity financing
- Background in sectors requiring innovative capital formation to scale quickly (data centers, energy, industrial automation, advanced manufacturing, infrastructure platforms, or capital-intensive fintech)
- Track record of building new financing and deal models rather than operating solely within established, legacy institutions
- Exceptional ability to synthesize complex deal mechanics into clear, strategic narratives for the Board and CEO
- Comfortable personally operating in the details of underwriting, modeling, and contractual mechanics
- Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple live transactions across capital markets, M&A, and partnerships simultaneously while maintaining precision and forward momentum
- Experience building and developing high-performing deal teams, establishing process discipline without unnecessary bureaucracy
- Mission-driven, motivated by strengthening U.S. industrial capacity and national security
- Ability to work directly with C-suite leaders, institutional investors, and government stakeholders
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, or eligible to obtain required ITAR authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
