Hadrian · 16 hours ago
Business Operations Analyst, Special Projects
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expHadrian is building autonomous factories to revolutionize manufacturing for aerospace and defense industries. The Business Operations Analyst will collaborate with leaders on special projects, analyze data, develop dashboards, and communicate findings to 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
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
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), 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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