Director of Federal Programs, Additive Manufacturing at Hadrian Automation

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. This role reports to the VP of Additive Manufacturing, who leads the AM group reporting directly to the CEO. You will serve as a strategic partner to AM leadership in setting federal strategy and building durable relationships across DoD, prime contractors, and the broader federal acquisition community, working hand in hand with the Hadrian Federal team, who own Hadrian's federal customer relationships and program delivery. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Federal AM Strategy and Growth: Define federal growth strategy in partnership with AM leadership and the Hadrian Federal team, including target customer identification, pursuit prioritization, capture sequencing, and multi-year revenue planning aligned with AM equipment investments, capability roadmaps, and delivery capacity. • Hadrian Federal Team Partnership: Operate as the dedicated AM partner inside the Hadrian Federal team's customer motion, jointly planning account strategy, sharing customer intelligence, coordinating on pursuits, and aligning on capture priorities. Represent the AM business across all stages of federal engagement, from early customer shaping through proposal, award, SOW finalization, program kickoff, and ongoing program execution. • Customer Engagement and Relationship Development: Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior decision-makers across the DoD AM customer landscape, including Air Force (AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFLCMC Rapid Sustainment Office and Advanced Manufacturing Program Office), Navy (NAVSEA technical warrant holders, Navy AM Center of Excellence, NAVAIR, ONR), Army (DEVCOM ARL, DEVCOM GVSC, Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center Advanced and Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Army Futures Command), Space Force, SOCOM, MDA, and defense agencies (DIU, DARPA, OSD ManTech, DLA). Represent Hadrian AM at customer engagements, industry events, executive briefings, and congressional engagements. • Prime Contractor Capture: Develop and lead capture campaigns with defense primes (Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, GE Aerospace, Pratt and Whitney) where federal programs flow through prime contracts. Position Hadrian's AM capabilities into prime pursuits, teaming arrangements, and supplier qualification pathways. • AM-Specific Program Capture: Identify, shape, and win federal programs across the full set of available acquisition vehicles, including Title III, DPA investments, SBIR/STTR Phase III, and traditional FAR-based contracts. Drive shaping activity early in the acquisition cycle to influence requirements, evaluation criteria, and competitive positioning. • AM Project Call and OTA Response Ownership: Own Hadrian AM's response to AM-focused project calls and RFPs issued by America Makes and other Manufacturing USA institutes, as well as AM-specific OTA soli