Technical Delivery / Project Manager

Technical Project Manager- Direct Hire, Full Time, ONSITE: Amsterdam, the Netherlands or Paris, France

PASQAL is a major player in the global quantum race. We are a full-stack company and the leading manufacturer of neutral atom quantum computers. Our offerings include quantum computing hardware, cloud access and software solutions for industries related to energy, mobility, healthcare, high tech, aerospace and finance. By embracing the dual analog/digital nature of our quantum computers, we are pushing quantum neutral atom technology forward in the hope of delivering a practical quantum advantage within the next two years.

PASQAL is growing their team of talented individuals currently working on relevant, real-world, industrial quantum computing applications. Partnering with our external clients and collaborators, you will develop applications to solve challenging problems in a wide variety of industries.This team is based in Amsterdam, a vibrant and livable city with international allure, and an active deep tech community. Remote from our Paris location is also an option.

As our Technical Client Project Manager, you will work among top scientists and developers in the quantum industry. You will also work with our full-stack quantum team in France coordinating projects to run on the reality of quantum hardware.

Your tasks:

• Supporting your quantum algorithm developers working on client projects includes: ensuring alignment of project directions with contractual obligations, timelines in meeting and managing deliverables; alignment of project with PASQAL's strategy and budget throughout its lifetime; managing client expectations; client satisfaction management; administrative tasks; billing notifications; and more.
• Manage several concurrent client projects, investigating the potential of quantum computing for their business use cases.
• Project supervision for quantum algorithm developers at various levels in their career (Junior, Mid, & Senior level), who deliver on the technical goals of the project
• The projects are primarily long-term R&D projects with clients and collaborators
• Your focus will be on systematic project management, rather than scientific supervision. You will work alongside scientific research leads who supervise the projects from quantum computing technical perspective.

• Project topics include primarily algorithm R&D in the domains of differential equation solving, graph machine learning, optimization and simulation
• You will coordinate appropriate resources among algorithm and hardware teams, to develop quantum algorithmic applications suitable particularly for neutral atom quantum processors.
• Work closely together with PASQAL’s use case teams to understand which application domains could potentially benefit from industrially relevant quantum advantage
• Support business development efforts by participating in technical presentations and preparatory discussions for new client project leads, including matters of IP and workload

We'll provide training and provide technical experts as you get introduced to the company, algorithm portfolio and hardware specifics. Having a thorough understanding and experience in quantum computing will not be required, but it is essential you have prior experience with technical project management in IT or industrial scientific/R&D sectors.

This position will report directly to our Senior Vice President R&D: Algorithms & Use cases. There will be no direct reports in this role. This is a project management role versus people manager role. The work will be based on site in our Amsterdam or Paris offices (hybrid option negotiable under exceptional circumstance).

Requirements

What you will need to be successful in this role coming in:

• 2+ years of work experience (academic or private sector) in IT, industrial research, technology, (applied mathematics, computational physics, computational research, machine learning, etc.)
• MSc or MEng in a technical field (physics, engineering, computer science, applied mathematics etc.)

• Demonstrable experience in technical project management
• Experience speaking in front of technical and non-technical audiences (ideally in an external, customer facing role).
• Team spirit, ambitious, organized, pro-active, sense of urgency… a true pioneer!
• Proven professional experience as a leader
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Professional experience with project supervision in a team setting with 1-5 members per project

• English: a good professional capability is essential (writte