Vice President of Partnerships & Capital Markets, Hadrian
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Autonomous factories for aerospace components
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Autonomous factories for aerospace components
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the planet's most efficient factory to accelerate a democratic, abundant, spacefaring future.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years across 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
- U.S. citizenship required (ITAR/export control) and eligible to obtain/maintain security clearances. Willingness to travel as needed
- 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 - a true player-coach
- Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple live transactions across capital markets, M&A, and partnerships simultaneously while maintaining precision and forward momentum
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here
What the job involves
- Hadrian is seeking a Vice President of Partnerships & Capital Markets
- 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 partnerships and government-scale contract structures, (2) debt capital markets, and (3) M&A, in close partnership with the CFO and CEO
- 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 near-term plans to raise large amounts of debt to fund capacity buildout and accelerate growth
- Understand and 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 that support Hadrian's manufacturing footprint and capability expansion
- Run financial modeling, valuation, and diligence for acquisition targets, working alongside the CEO and CFO from initial thesis through close
- Build the corporate development function's process discipline — decision frameworks, deal templates, and a repeatable playbook for high-velocity execution
- Build and run financial and economic planning and negotiation for Hadrian's largest, most complex partnerships, including government-adjacent programs and prime-enabled structures, with accountability for contract terms, economics, risk allocation, and execution path alongside the CEO, CFO, and Federal sales teams
- Architect and negotiate multi-year commercial partnerships, balancing technical specifications, IP protections, and delivery milestones with sophisticated financial incentives
- Operate as a hands-on deal player-coach, able to move 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 and outcomes matter
Our take
Hadrian is an industrial automation company that creates autonomous factories for aerospace components. The inspiration for Hadrian was the notion that throughout history, empires begin to fall when they outsource their core industries to lower-cost countries, resulting in internal stagnation and mass unemployment.
To counter this historic trend, Hadrian was founded, which uses machine learning to automate the processes of component factories. It targets aerospace and defence, which are areas in which the USA relies on boutique experts who lack the manpower to build at scale. Its solution addresses bottlenecks in manufacturing that slow down progress, improving efficiency and capacity.
With strong investment, Hadrian is setting a precedent for a new era of machine work innovation. Its main challenge remains to convince smaller manufacturers to embrace the precision and time-saving benefits of automation. It is investing in team and product growth, including the launch of an additive manufacturing division that will deliver scalable and production-ready capacity for the US defense sector and allied partners.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2025
$260m
SERIES C
Feb 2024
$93.6m
SERIES B
Total funding: $490.6m
Company benefits
- 100% coverage of platinum medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees 401k
- Relocation stipend if you’re moving from outside of LA
- Flexible vacation policy
Company HQ
Hermosa Beach, CA
Leadership
Chris Power
(CEO & CPO)Previously Managing Partner at ADSC, Contributor and Advisor at Open Lunar Foundation and Head of Growth at Ento.com.
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