Senior Technical Project Manager - 550
Quantinuum.com
Office
US Broomfield, CO
Full Time
We are seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager in our Broomfield, CO, Location. At Quantinuum, our mission is to positively change the world through the power of quantum computing while bringing comprehensive solutions to a wide range of customers. To help with this bold endeavor we are looking for a Sr. Technical Project Engineer to work with technical teams and collaborators on the development of next generation quantum systems. A successful candidate will have prior technical background in a related field, and experience in technical program management and applying program management principles to the ambiguity of cutting-edge research.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage detailed schedules, budgets, resource needs, and work plans for technical deliverables on complex, multi-faceted R&D and Product Engineering programs
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with technical teams on commercial development projects. Serve as “connective tissue” to organize and coordinate with multiple technical teams
- Lead regular project reviews and status meetings to determine progress and address any questions, challenges, or risks regarding projects
- Ensure timely and effective communication of strategy, scope changes, risks, and progress between technical teams, partners, product management, and leadership
- Manage execution of annual plan through the year by working with technical teams, asset management, materials management, and finance.
- Identify opportunities to accelerate schedules or develop needed technologies. Coordinate gathering requirements, drafting statements of work, and evaluation of potential new projects.
- Lead meetings for large technical trades, critical decisions, and end-of-task retrospectives
- Improve on program management process for budgeting, planning, milestone and schedule tracking, risk management, change tracking, and lessons learned
- Drive execution of complex development programs for on-schedule completion to maintain technology and product roadmaps while managing a sustainable workflow pace
You Must Have:
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in milestone driven technical program management and coordination for delivery of research and development hardware to internal technical customers
- 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 a Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.
We Value:
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field
- Prior experience delivery of first-of-a-kind projects and products
- Comfortable applying project management practices to the ambiguity of R&D projects
- Strong bias to action, attention to detail, and continuous improvement mindset
- Strong familiarity with project management, development, and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Slack, MS365 suite, Smartsheets, and Microsoft Project.
- Prior experience using waterfall, lean, agile or Kanban program management methodologies and tailoring practices to get the best results.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working with micro-device technologies for quantum computing systems
- Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
- Experience working with remote teams
