Director, Investor Relations

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.

What You’ll Do

• 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.
• Partner with capital-markets activities (equity & debt financing), tracking investor outreach, lead generation, and fundraising readiness.
• Maintain IR infrastructure including CRM of investor interactions, disclosure calendar, investor targeting, benchmarking, and investor website updates.
• Advise senior leadership and the board on investor-facing matters, equity story, valuation drivers, and positioning for future liquidity events.

What We’re Looking For

• 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.
• Deep understanding of capital markets, investor behavior, and public or private company IR best-practices.

BENEFITS FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

ITAR Requirements

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)