Director, Forward Deployed AI Programs

Hadrian; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life保险

Relocation support

Flexible vacation policy

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian, a leader in autonomous manufacturing, is seeking a Director for Forward Deployed programs to oversee technical outcomes on multi-billion-dollar efforts. You will own the technical roadmap, drive delivery from scoping to production, and partner with government and prime partners on highly visible initiatives.

You will build and lead engineers, product managers, and designers, stay hands-on when needed, and apply AI-first approaches to scale execution.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading engineering and product teams and scaling a product from zero to one.
• Experience managing senior customer relationships and commitments at executive level.
• Hands-on technical contributor with architecture and design review experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap and delivery from concept to production; decide scope and execution priorities.
• Bring program learnings to platform teams and determine which Forward Deployed products become part of Opus.
• Own executive technical relationships with customer program leadership, government stakeholders, and prime partners.
• Build and lead engineers, product managers, and designers on the program; set high standards.
• Stay hands-on early in a program and, later, ensure the software and systems meet quality bar.

Skills

Technical leadership

Product judgment

Executive relationship management

Hands-on architecture

AI-native mindset

Team building

Job description

Hadrian, a leader in autonomous manufacturing, is seeking a Director for Forward Deployed programs to oversee technical outcomes on multi-billion-dollar efforts. You will own the technical roadmap, drive delivery from scoping to production, and partner with government and prime partners on highly visible initiatives.

You will build and lead engineers, product managers, and designers, stay hands-on when needed, and apply AI-first approaches to scale execution.