Hadrian
Workforce Programs Manager
Los Angeles, CA · Contract
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About the role
- As we win new programs and stand up new factories, the workforce question gets decided early, usually before a contract is signed and almost always before anyone has validated whether the labor assumptions hold.
- Getting it right is a prerequisite for every program we take on.
Responsibilities
- Identify the labor, training, and certification obligations a program creates, and surface the risks and gaps while there is still time to address them
- Build labor models and headcount plans for new programs and capability expansions, covering Factory Technician, Weld Technician, and NDT Technician roles as well as the indirect and support headcount programs require
- Validate that labor assumptions in deal and operational models are internally consistent and flow through to real headcount outputs
- Own the workforce-cost view of a program and defend it to finance, operations, and program leadership
- Design the training and certification strategy for capabilities Hadrian has not run before, including regulated programs such as NAVSEA welder workmanship and new NDT method tracks
- Define cohort timing, trainer ratios, and lead times from hire to certified, working backward from program readiness dates
- Build-versus-Partner Strategy and Partnerships
- Own the framework for determining whether a workforce need is best met by building internally or sourcing through an external partner, with a default toward insourcing
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Strong cross-functional communication, with the ability to represent workforce realities to program and factory leadership and translate them back to institutional partners
Requirements
- 7+ years in workforce planning, labor modeling, program management, or business development, with demonstrated experience translating program or contract requirements into operational workforce plans
- Experience in customer-facing or federal program work, including interpreting a government SOW and presenting a workforce plan to a customer
- A business and commercial mindset: you understand what Hadrian is signing up for when a deal closes, and you can quantify it
- Comfort operating where the playbook is still being written
- Defense business development or proposal development experience with a workforce or labor component
- Familiarity with NAVSEA, SUBSAFE, or similar regulated certification and audit frameworks
- Experience standing up training programs in regulated manufacturing environments
- Experience with workforce development grants, government funding programs, or public-private partnerships
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Workforce Development, Public Policy, or a related field; advanced degree a plus; equivalent experience considered
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Workforce Development, Public Policy, or a related field
- advanced degree a plus
- equivalent experience considered
Skills
- Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future
- Hadrian is backed by leading investors including T.
- Getting that wrong means delayed milestones, unmet contractual obligations, and a workforce that cannot ramp to meet production.
- It is a new function.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- Flexible vacation policy
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U
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