Engineering Program Management Lead (827)

Join Quantinuum, a leading company in quantum computing, as an Engineering Program Management Lead. In this role, you will be responsible for managing complex hardware R&D programs, coordinating with multiple technical and operational teams, and ensuring effective communication of strategy, scope changes, risks, and progress. You will also have the opportunity to identify opportunities to accelerate schedules and develop needed technologies. This is a full-time position based in Malta, NY, with a range of benefits including health insurance, commuting allowance, enhanced holidays, incentive schemes, and equity.

• Lead the development and management of detailed schedules, budgets, resource needs, and work plans for complex hardware R&D programs.
• Organize and coordinate with multiple technical and operational teams, leading regular status meetings, project reviews, and end-of-task retrospectives.
• Ensure timely and effective communication of strategy, scope changes, risks, and progress between technical teams, partners, product and program management, and leadership.

• Minimum 8+ years’ experience in technical program management
• Bachelor’s degree minimum
• Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status
• Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen
• Master’s degree in a STEM field
• A background in quantum computing, optics and photonics, or experimental physics
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Experience in product development
• Experience seeing technology-based projects through the full life cycle including managing schedule, risk, and budget
• Prior experience on first-of-its-kind, early technology-based products or projects
• Resourcefulness and the ability to predict challenges to proactively head-off obstacles
• Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
• Thorough understanding of risk and opportunity analysis and management processes related to program planning
• Ability to adapt tactics and strategies to meet diverse, early phase, and strongly technical projects
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality