People Systems Product Manager

At Hadrian, we're not just building autonomous factories — we're building the teams, systems, and culture that will power the future of aerospace and defense manufacturing. As our People Systems Product Manager, you'll be the architect of our People technology stack - setting the roadmap, shaping how our platforms evolve, and making the configuration and integration decisions that determine how effectively our organization runs. You'll work closely with People, Finance, and IT leadership, translating business strategy into scalable systems and turning our people data into a reliable source of truth the business can act on.

Responsibilities

Own People systems end-to-end - serve as the internal product owner across all People systems and modules across our HRIS (Rippling), managing the roadmap, driving configuration decisions, and ensuring platforms scale with the business; Audit where we're under-leveraging native capabilities, surface quick wins, and build out the automation workflows that eliminate manual People processes across onboarding, offboarding, approvals, and compliance; Own our People data integrity - Build the processes and governance structures that keep our people data clean over time with repeatable standards that scale with the business; Identify where native system capabilities end and integrations are needed, scope those requirements clearly, and manage any consultants or vendors brought in to execute; Partner cross-functionally with People Operations, Recruiting, Finance, IT, and department heads to align on priorities, manage competing demands, and communicate tradeoffs in plain language; Build and maintain foundational people reporting - establish the recurring reports and dashboards that give People and leadership a reliable, accurate view of the workforce; Own and actively manage all people system vendor relationships - pushing forward our internal roadmap through platform enhancements and enablement

Requirements

6+ years owning or deeply administering an HRIS - Rippling experience strongly preferred; comparable platforms (Workday, BambooHR, HiBob) considered; Hands-on experience building workflow automations within an HRIS - not just configuring fields, but designing logic, testing edge cases, and maintaining rules at scale; A track record of owning data quality in a fast-moving environment - you've cleaned up a messy system and built processes to keep it clean; Translate business requirements - you translate complex People and business needs into clear system configuration and custom solutions; Process analysis and design - you map, document, and optimize People workflows (onboarding, payroll, performance management, etc.) and create supporting SOPs; Experience scoping integration requirements - you know enough to write a clear brief, manage a vendor, and QA the output, even if you didn't build the pipelines yourself; Strong analytical instincts - you define what a dashboard needs to answer before you build it, and you catch data problems before they become leadership problems; A bias toward action and ownership - comfortable operating independently in a hyper-growth startup environment; 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.

Nice to have

Direct Rippling implementation or re-implementation experience at a scaling company; Exposure to people analytics tools (ChartHop, Visier) or BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI); Familiarity with APIs or data pipelines to scope engineering work and validate delivery; Experience building a people systems function during a high-growth period; Experience supporting both exempt and non-exempt populations in manufacturing, defense, or similarly complex environments

Benefits

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