Director, Investor Relations at Hadrian automation

Role Overview

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.

About Hadrian automation

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.

Key Responsibilities

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.

Requirements & Eligibility

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.