VP, Partnerships & Capital Markets

Job description

HADRIAN - MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for. THE ROLE 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 commercial partnerships and deal structures, (2) debt capital markets, and (3) M&A, in close partnership with the CFO and CEO. WHY NOW Hadrian is entering a phase where Capital Markets, M&A, and large-scale commercial partnerships are the primary engines of the Company's growth. This role sits at the nexus of high-stakes contract structuring, large-scale debt execution, and corporate development. Hadrian is standing up this function to manage an accelerating pipeline of multi-billion dollar partnership, capital markets, and M&A transaction opportunities. Within a unique macroeconomic tailwind, as billions in capital are reallocated into this sector, this is a rare opportunity to occupy a high-impact, externally facing seat at a Company reaching a massive inflection point. The deal complexity is high, the transaction sizes are generational, and the outcomes of this role will fundamentally redefine the trajectory of the modern industrial base. You'll report directly to the CFO and work in lockstep with the CEO on the Company's most strategic transactions. WHAT YOU’LL DO - 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 analysis and support negotiation for Hadrian's largest, most complex commercial partnerships with strategic partners. - 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. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR - 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 cen