VP, Product

IQM Finland Oy; Espoo; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IQM Finland Oy is seeking a VP of Product to translate technical milestones and R&D breakthroughs into a scalable, commercial product roadmap. You’ll lead our product team and collaborate with Technology and Commercial leadership to shape a practical path for cloud, HPC centers, and industry partners worldwide.

You’ll drive governance across on-prem hardware, software, and cloud offerings, build a high-performing team, and balance customer needs with technical feasibility and long-term strategy.

Qualifications

• A Master's or PhD in engineering, physics, computer science, business, or a related field.
• Significant senior leadership experience (10+ years) in product management.
• Experience in deep tech, R&D intensive, or scientific product environments.
• Track record translating company strategy and customer insights into product strategy.
• Experience translating technical innovation into scalable, commercially viable products.
• Experience configuring a product portfolio for maximum customer value and commercial results.
• Strong executive level communication skills and cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Translate IQM's milestones into a clear, scalable product roadmap with internal stakeholders.
• Own product governance across on-premises hardware, software, integration, and cloud offerings.
• Lead and build a high-performing Product team with strong growth.
• Guide the shift from research to industrial QEC/FTQC systems.
• Identify new market opportunities with Sales and Commercial teams.
• Partner with executive leadership on strategic prioritization and budgeting.
• Balance customer requirements, feasibility, and long-term strategy in decisions.
• Represent IQM at global summits and industry events.

Skills

Leadership

Product management

Deep tech

Strategy translation

Executive communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

At IQM, we build world-leading quantum computers for the well-being of humankind. We design systems to tackle computational challenges beyond the practical limits of classical machines. Our work sits at the edge of science and engineering. It's complex, demanding, and deeply collaborative. We turn deep research into reliable, full-stack systems that drive discoveries in fields like medicine, energy, and technology, reshaping how the world computes.

Join the team that gives quantum a heartbeat.

The work

Quantum computers are moving out of the lab and into real industrial use, and someone has to decide what we will build next. As VP of Product, that someone is you. You will turn IQM's technical milestones and R&D breakthroughs into a product roadmap that makes sense for cloud providers, HPC centers, system integrators, and sovereign cloud initiatives around the world. You will lead our product team and work closely with Technology and Commercial leadership. This is a role for someone who wants to shape how quantum computing becomes a practical, scalable industry, while it's still being defined.

We are looking for someone action oriented and hands-on where it counts, who puts IQM's success as the north start while still investing in the team around them.

What you’ll actually do

• Translate IQM's technical and R&D milestones into a clear, scalable product roadmap which is built together with internal stakeholders, including Technology teams

• Own product governance across our on-premises hardware, software, integration, and cloud offerings

• Lead and build high performing Product team, by developing individual growth

• Guide the shift from NISQ era research systems toward industrial QEC and FTQC systems

• Identify new market opportunities, industries and customer segments for our products in close partnership with Sales and Commercial teams, as the roadmap needs to be grounded in real customer demand

• Partner with executive leadership on strategic prioritization and budget planning

• Balance customer requirements, technical feasibility, and long-term strategy in every product decision

• Represent IQM at global summits, industry events, and executive level forums

What we’re looking for

• A Master's or PhD in engineering, physics, computer science, business, or a related field

• Significant senior leadership experience (10+ years) in product management, including running manager of managers structures

• Experience in deep tech, R&D intensive, or scientific product environments, bringing complex, research driven technology to market

• A track record of translating company strategy and customer insights into successful product strategy

• Experience translating technical innovation into scalable, commercially viable products

• Experience configuring a product portfolio for maximum customer value while optimizing commercial results

• Strong executive level communication skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders across functions and geographies

• Comfort working with ambiguity and evolving priorities in a fast-moving deep tech environment

Seen as an advantage

• Prior experience in quantum computing or an adjacent deep tech field

• Experience working with HPC centers, cloud providers, or sovereign cloud initiatives

• Prior experience with the important business models and their evolution over time in a computing industry

Why IQM?

• Full-stack quantum computing: From quantum hardware to software layers and beyond, we build across the full-stack.

• High-performance playground: We aim high, and we know sustainable performance only works when life outside work does too—hybrid setups, flexible hours.

• Never the smartest: You won’t always be the smartest person in the room. Neither will we. Expect to learn constantly - from each other and beyond with IQM’s Learning Hub, LinkedIn Learning, and a team-based L&D budget.

• Approachable leadership: Flat hierarchy, direct access. Feel free to approach any leaders. They're friendlier than they look!

• The sweet spot: Big enough to matter. Small enough to move fast. Growing between a startup and a corporation. We’re in the phase where top performers get noticed.

• Bigger than IQM: Our people build know-how for the entire quantum ecosystem. We publish papers, run hackathons, and help shape a market that's still being defined.

The future of computing won’t build itself. You might be one of the few who do.

• Meet our people and learn more about IQM on our stories page.

• Explore our scientific publications.

600M€+ Total Funding | 400+ Team Members | 30+ Quantum Computers Built | 300+ Patents Filed | 10 Location Globally