SVP, Development and Engineering

Jaide Health; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Extended health

Dental

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Employee assistance program

Parental leave top-ups

Flexible spending account

Job summary

Photonic Inc. is seeking an SVP of Engineering to own end-to-end performance across hardware, integrated photonics, software, and related science work.

You will align highly technical domains into a coherent execution model, set operating rhythms, and drive milestone delivery at company scale. This executive role requires judgment, urgency, and the ability to impose clarity without constraining innovation.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading large, cross-domain engineering teams.
• Experience scaling R&D into product-driven delivery and milestones.
• Strong leadership of VP-level teams and executives.
• Ability to navigate high-ambiguity environments with clarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a multidisciplinary engineering org across hardware, software and science.
• Establish operating rhythms, planning frameworks, cadence, and accountability.
• Drive end-to-end execution from research to milestone delivery.
• Own company-wide delivery outcomes and staffing to meet milestones.
• Build a high-performing leadership bench and develop senior leaders.
• Introduce execution discipline without slowing innovation.
• Identify cross-functional risks early and resolve architecture constraints.
• Partner with the CEO/executive team to align priorities with strategy.

Skills

Leadership of large teams across tech

Cross-functional alignment

AI/LLM analytics experience

Executive communication

Strategy-to-execution

Job description

Photonic is entering a defining phase: advancing from breakthrough research toward disciplined, milestone-driven execution. This requires more than strong individual domains - it requires an engineering organization that can staff, support, and coordinate critical engineering and science work as one execution-focused team. As SVP, Engineering, you will own the end-to-end performance of engineering across Hardware, Integrated Photonics, Software, and related scientific work. You will align deeply technical domains into a coherent execution model, establish the operating rhythm for engineering (cadence, decision-making, accountability), and drive delivery at company scale. This is a high-impact, high-accountability role where success is measured by milestone achievement, coordinated execution, and tangible technical progress - not activity, not progress in isolation. You will lead through VPs, scale leadership rapidly, and partner directly with the CEO and executive team to translate strategy into execution. The environment is fast-moving, ambiguous, and unforgiving—this role requires judgment, urgency, and the ability to impose clarity without constraining innovation, simplify and scale.

Department: Development and Engineering. Employment Type: Full Time. Location: British Columbia, Canada (Hybrid). Workplace type: Hybrid.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Lead and scale a multi-disciplinary engineering organization through VP-level leaders across hardware, chips, software, and related scientific work
• Establish the operating rhythm for engineering, including planning frameworks, execution cadence, decision-making processes, and clear accountability models
• Drive alignment across engineering and science domains to ensure end-to-end execution from research through critical milestone delivery
• Own delivery outcomes at the company level, ensuring that engineering is staffed, supported, and organized to deliver defined technical milestones on clear timelines
• Build and continuously strengthen a high-performing leadership bench, including hiring, structuring, and developing senior technical leaders
• Introduce execution discipline, program rigour, and quality standards without slowing innovation or technical momentum
• Identify and resolve cross-functional risks early, particularly in integration, architecture evolution, and scaling constraints
• Act as a core partner to the executive team, shaping priorities, sequencing work, and ensuring engineering is aligned with company strategy

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience leading large, complex engineering organizations across multiple technical domains through senior leaders
• Track record of scaling organizations from advanced R&D environments into disciplined product-oriented delivery and milestone execution
• Strong leadership of leaders, with demonstrated ability to align, challenge, and elevate VP-level teams
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional programs where integration-not individual components-determined success
• Ability to operate effectively in high-ambiguity, high-stakes environments while imposing clarity, structure, and pace
• Deep operational mindset with a focus on outcomes, execution discipline, and organizational effectiveness
• Experience using AI/LLM-assisted analytics features (e.g., Copilot, natural-language querying, AI-supported narrative summaries) with an understanding of limitations, validation steps, and data governance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting insights to both technical teams and executives.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple requests with competing deadlines.

AN EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATE WILL BRING

• Experience in quantum computing, semiconductors, photonics, or other similarly complex deep-tech environments
• History of building engineering organizations from early stage through scale, including defining structure, cadence, and governance
• Strong instinct for when to impose structure versus when to preserve flexibility in highly innovative environments

WHY YOU SHOULD WORK WITH US

• Work closely with some of the brightest innovators in quantum technologies to drive breakthroughs that redefine computing
• Enjoy a fast-paced and fun environment where you can try new things while solving innovative challenges every day
• Inclusive company culture that values collaboration
• Regular social events and fun activities keep our global team connected
• Competitive compensation package including base salary, stock options, and relocation assistance for global talent
• Comprehensive benefits including extended health, dental, life, long term disability, an employee assistance program, parental leave top-ups, and a flexible spending account

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences, knowing that these very differences inspire innovation and build better teams.

If there are any accommodations our team can make throughout our hiring process, please let us know.

About Photonic

Photonic Inc. is a leading quantum technology company developing commercial-scale quantum computers and quantum networks to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges in materials science, drug discovery, climate change, and security. The company’s approach unlocks performance at scale through unmatched distributed quantum computing capabilities. Photonic’s high-connectivity Entanglement First™ architecture leverages a unique qubit modality—optically linked silicon spin qubits—to enable powerful computation, efficient error correction, and seamless integration with existing data center and telecom environments. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with operations in the United States and United Kingdom, Photonic’s team is advancing quantum technologies alongside leading investors, partners, and customers worldwide.