Hadrian · 1 day ago
Business Operations Analyst, Special Projects
Los Angeles
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expHadrian is an innovative company focused on building autonomous factories for the aerospace and defense sectors. The Business Operations Analyst for Special Projects will collaborate with leaders and cross-functional teams to analyze data, create dashboards, and support decision-making processes.
AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machinery ManufacturingManufacturingSupply Chain Management
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Collaborate with Special Projects leaders and cross-functional partners to identify the decisions we need to make and what data/tools will support them
Write and iterate SQL to retrieve and combine data across the Hadrian stack for analysis/reporting (joins, aggregation, sanity checks); document assumptions; coordinate resolution of data quality issues or new requirements with Data Engineering
Build and iterate dashboards that enable leaders to understand program health and act quickly
Lead/assist investigations with ambiguous or messy data; validate with stakeholders; summarize findings crisply
Develop Retool/BI solutions that start scrappy but are built to be maintainable (clear owners, versioning, access controls, documentation, testing/sanity checks, monitoring where applicable) and can be handed off or scaled
Flags anomalies, hypothesizes root causes, coordinates resolution with Data Eng + stakeholders, and documents the fix/assumption
Communicate conclusions and recommendations clearly to non-technical and technical audiences; drive next steps
Qualification
Required
U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Preferred
2+ years of professional industry experience
Ability to self-serve most questions in SQL and knows when to ask for help
Experience building dashboards/tools that stakeholders actually use; optimizes for decision-making
Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders; strong culture fit and learns domain context quickly; above-average retention and synthesis
Validates data; checks for errors; avoids sloppy deliverables
Owns mistakes and fixes them; escalates issues early
Proactively identifies and executes high-leverage work
Understands how real-world ops/program execution maps to data and metrics
Can move from scrappy v1 to stable v2/v3 with hygiene (docs, checks, owners)
Demonstrates genuine curiosity, motivation for the mission, and ability to learn fast
Benefits
100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
401k
Relocation stipend if you’re moving from outside of LA
Flexible vacation policy
Company
Hadrian
Hadrian builds AI-powered automated factories that manufacture precision parts for defense, aerospace, and space industries.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$607.81MKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceMorgan Stanley
2026-01-09Series Unknown· $131.31M
2025-07-17Series C· $110M
2025-07-17Debt Financing· $150M
Leadership Team
Chris Power
Founder & CEO
West Owens
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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