Senior Director, Forward-Deployed Eng & AI Manufacturing

Multicoin; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life-ins.

Relocation support

Flexible vacation policy

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is seeking a Senior Director to lead the Forward Deployed team across one or more government-facing programs. You will own the technical outcomes, interact with government representatives, customers, and Hadrian leadership, and scale multi‑billion‑dollar programs.

The role requires building and guiding engineers, PMs, and designers, owning the roadmap, and ensuring the team ships with excellence while remaining hands-on as programs evolve.

Qualifications

• Led engineering and product teams at scale with strategic impact.
• Built executive-level relationships and delivered commitments.
• Shaped product direction with strong technical judgement.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap and delivery end-to-end across programs.
• Hire and grow engineers, product managers, and designers for multiple programs.
• Lead technical reviews and drive decisions with government stakeholders and partners.
• Maintain hands-on technical leadership as programs mature and scale.
• Apply AI-driven approaches to accelerate discovery to execution.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Product sense

Hands-on architecture

AI-native

Team building

Ambiguity handling

Strategy roadmaps

Job description

Hadrian is seeking a Senior Director to lead the Forward Deployed team across one or more government-facing programs. You will own the technical outcomes, interact with government representatives, customers, and Hadrian leadership, and scale multi‑billion‑dollar programs.

The role requires building and guiding engineers, PMs, and designers, owning the roadmap, and ensuring the team ships with excellence while remaining hands-on as programs evolve.