About the role
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. Hadrian is seeking a Director, Investor Relations to lead our narrative, investor engagement, and capital-markets interface as we scale. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will craft and deliver a best-in-class investor relations program, shaping how the market understands our vision, metrics, growth story, and defense-industrial transformation. What You’ll Do Develop and execute Hadrian’s investor relations strategy, aligning messaging, metrics, and story with business growth and manufacturing scale-up. Lead communication with current shareholders, prospective investors, analysts, and the broader financial community, articulating operational progress, strategic milestones, and financial outlook. Prepare and deliver key investor materials including quarterly and annual investor letters, earnings presentations, roadshow decks, and conference participation. Collaborate with Finance, Strategy, Communications, and Business Development to ensure consistent, accurate, and compelling investor narratives. Monitor market trends, analyst commentary, comparable company dynamics, and investor sentiment; translate insights into action for leadership. Partner with capital-markets activities (equity & debt financing), tracking investor outreach, lead generation, and fundraising readiness. Maintain IR infrastructure including CRM of investor interactions, disclosure calendar, investor targeting, benchmarking, and investor website updates. Advise senior leadership and the board on investor-facing matters, equity story, valuation drivers, and positioning for future liquidity events. What We’re Looking For Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field; MBA or CFA preferred. 8+ years of experience in investor relations, investment banking, equity research, private equity / venture capital, or related finance roles—ideally in high-growth/manufacturing or defense-adjacent companies. Strong financial modeling and valuation skills; sharp analytic ability to derive actionable insights from data. Exceptional written and verbal communication, comfortable briefing senior executives and presenting to large audiences. Self-driven, highly proactive, with ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments. Deep understanding of capital markets, investor behavior, and public or private company IR best-practices.