Technical Program Manager
Job description
Technical Program Manager in QuantWare's new Project Management Office, owning day-to-day program management for one to two development programs and keeping schedules, responsibilities and risks visible across development and production departments.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Netherlands
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Own top level execution and delivery of assigned programs.
- Partner with project and discipline leads on cross-department programs to ensure execution on schedule and within budget.
- Manage the day-to-day execution of the assigned programs including handoffs across departments.
- Lead the program-management activities for your assigned programs: schedule build, baselining, gate reviews, etc.
- Identify risks and bottlenecks early.
- Plan for potential failure modes and contingencies.
- Escalate risks and blockers to the relevant stakeholders promptly.
- Mentor junior program managers in program execution and collaborative leadership.
- Support the PMO Lead in rolling out common language, product lifecycle, team rhythms for programs.
- Support general program management training across the organization.
What we're looking for
- Over 6 years of experience, including more than 4 years managing the delivery of complex, research-intensive chip hardware projects in a program management role.
- Lead programs coordinating across functions and departments.
- Proven ability to work with highly specialised technical experts.
- Learn quickly in a highly technical, low-maturity field, without needing a deep technical background in quantum computing on day one.
- Translate a long-term strategy into an execution plan for your program teams.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to make pragmatic, informed decisions under uncertainty.
- Bring together world-class technical experts and project leads to execute on highly complex programs.
- MSc, PhD, or equivalent experience in physics, electrical engineering, microwave/RF engineering, semiconductor technology, or a related field.
- Understanding of the development lifecycle for chip-level technologies.
- Excellent communicator who can motivate teams, facilitate alignment, adept at communicating program management ideas to highly technical people.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and colleagues across the organization - Product, Research and Development, Operations, Management team, etc.
- Communicate fluently in English.
Nice to have
- Experience working in a fast-moving start-up or scale-up environment balancing hands-on technical leadership with growing a team.
- Experience with superconducting qubits or cryogenic systems.
Your team
Project Management Office (PMO)
New Project Management Office; the role reports to the PMO Lead.
Benefits
Personal growth: L&D budget available to each team member, dependent on their individual ambitions, development needs, and performance.
- Competitive salary that reflects the impact and importance of the role (and of course 8% holiday allowance)
- Generous and future-proof pension plan that includes partner and dependent coverage.
- Flexibility built on trust: work flexibly, in a hybrid setup, with an open vacation policy.
- Team events, offsites, and spontaneous moments that bring us closer.
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About QuantWare
Building the world's most powerful quantum processors to solve humanity's greatest challenges
QuantWare is building quantum processors with its unique VIO™ technology, the only QPU architecture that breaks the hardware barriers that have held quantum computing back, unlocking the path to MegaQubit quantum processors.
Mission
Building the world's most powerful quantum processors to solve humanity's greatest challenges, paving the way for hyper-scale quantum computers.
Key facts
- Quantum computing hardware
- Unique VIO™ technology, the only QPU architecture that breaks the hardware barriers that have held quantum computing back
- Unlocking the path to MegaQubit quantum processors
What they value
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Hire for trajectory, not perfection
- Focus on outcomes