Workplace Operations Manager

Hadrian, a rapidly growing aerospace and defense manufacturing company, as a Workplace Operations Manager. In this critical role, you will design, build, and scale the workplace services function that supports our teams across multiple locations. You will manage vendor relationships, oversee service performance, and ensure a seamless workplace experience for employees and visitors. Additionally, you will partner cross-functionally, represent Workplace Services in design and construction meetings, and manage purchase orders.

About Hadrian

This position offers a competitive benefits package, including 100% coverage of platinum medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans, a 401k, a relocation stipend, and a flexible vacation policy.

You've built from zero, not just maintained: You've stood up workplace or vendor programs from scratch and scaled them across a fast-growing or multi-site footprint — comfortable with ambiguity and a rapidly moving environment

You bridge the shop floor and the front of house: You can deliver a white-glove experience for executives and VIP guests while being equally at home on an active manufacturing floor — fluent in PPE, safety, and production cadence

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the workplace services function at Hadrian, responsible for setting strategy and overseeing programs and vendors.
• Manage vendor relationships, ensuring day-to-day performance of outsourced service partners and holding them accountable to service-level expectations.
• Oversee the catering, pantry stocking, and food & beverage offerings, balancing employee experience against cost, and ensuring a professional, welcoming reception and visitor experience.
• Operations experience: 5+ years in workplace services, facilities, hospitality, or operations, including day-to-day oversight of outsourced services
• Fitouts & FF&E: Comfort in design/construction meetings and coordinating furniture, fixtures & equipment through installation; ability to read construction drawings a plus
• Financial ownership: Experience with service budgets, PO creation and reconciliation, and invoice review against contract pricing

Requirements

• People & partner leadership: 2+ years leading teams and/or managing vendor performance
• Systems: Proficiency with MS 365 (Excel) and a work-order/CMMS or ticketing platform
• Service mindset: Strong communication, organization, and the ability to juggle competing priorities
• Vendor management: Proven track record holding service providers (janitorial, F&B, reception, waste, or similar) accountable to scopes of work and SLAs

Pay

USD 140,000 - 165,000

You operate with mission and discretion: You're energized by Hadrian's mission to reindustrialize American aerospace and defense manufacturing, and you bring the confidentiality and visitor-security awareness that a defense-adjacent facility demands