Product Manager - Quantum Applications (F/M)

Pasqal; Palaiseau; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

International team

Job summary

Pasqal is seeking a Product Manager for Quantum Applications to own the direction of optimization products that turn advanced problems into practical quantum solutions. You will work at the interface of customers, commercial teams, and development groups, ensuring customer problems are translated into valuable, scalable applications.

You will lead discovery with users, map workflows, and validate concepts to de-risk feasibility, usability, and viability before engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management, solutions, or applied research with ownership of products that solved real customer problems.
• Strong grounding in optimization and mapping to real industry use cases.
• Operational knowledge of quantum computing capabilities or the ability to become expert quickly.
• Data and analytics fluency: own your data and metrics.
• Evidence of real discovery craft: prototypes, experiments, artefacts.
• Excellent written communication; you write regularly.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for Pasqal's optimization applications, prioritizing high-impact use cases.
• Run discovery with customers and partners; map workflows, prototype, and test value before engineering effort.
• Translate optimization problems into well-scoped application requirements for the Algo and Solutions teams.
• Define how to quantify value and articulate ROI; fit a commercial model to customer needs.
• Collaborate with Solutions, Algorithms, Software, and Cloud teams to integrate apps into workflows.
• Work with Business Development, Sales, and Marketing to expand customers and create references.
• Define metrics to measure application success and adapt strategy based on data.
• Maintain tech and competitive watch in quantum and classical optimization; feed insights into strategy.
• Contribute to Pasqal's IP portfolio where relevant.

Skills

Product management

Optimization

Quantum computing

Data analytics

Discovery craft

Written communication

English fluency

Education

MSc/PhD in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, CS, Physics, or Quantum Computing

Job description

About Pasqal

PASQAL designs and develops Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) and associated software tools.

Our innovative technology enables us to address use cases that are currently beyond the reach of the most powerful supercomputers; these cases can concern industrial application challenges as well as fundamental science needs.

In addition to the exceptional computing power they provide, QPUs are highly energy efficient and will contribute to a significant reduction in the carbon footprint of the HPC industry.

Job description

As Product Manager for Quantum Applications, you own the product direction for how Pasqal turns hard optimization problems into quantum applications that deliver measurable value to customers. You sit at the interface between Customers, our Commercial organization, and the Applications’ development teams, working backwards from real customer problems to define what we build, for whom, and when.

You are the person who makes sure optimization use cases address genuine customer problems, provide quantified value and a credible path from proof of concept to production.

Your missions and responsibilities will include:

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for Pasqal's optimization applications, prioritizing use cases where our neutral-atom technology can genuinely move the needle over classical and other quantum approaches.
• Run real discovery with customers and partners: talk to users frequently, map their workflows, and test more ideas than you build. Prototype and experiment to de-risk value, usability, feasibility, and viability before committing engineering effort.
• Translate concrete optimization problems (routing, scheduling, portfolio, network, energy, logistics, etc.) into well-scoped application requirements the Algo and Solutions teams can deliver against.
• Own viability: define how Pasqal quantifies the value delivered by an optimization use case, how we articulate ROI to the customer, and what commercial model fits.
• Partner closely with the Solutions, Algorithms, Software, and Cloud teams to integrate optimization applications into end-to-end customer workflows and the Pasqal Quantum Software Stack.
• Work with Business Development, Sales, and Marketing to expand the customer base and turn successful engagements into repeatable references and go-to-market assets.
• Own the data: define the metrics that tell you whether an application is working, and use them to decide what to double down on, rebuild, or kill.
• Maintain a rigorous technology and competitive watch on quantum and classical optimization, and feed it back into strategy.
• Contribute to Pasqal's IP portfolio in quantum applications where relevant.

About you

• MSc or PhD in a relevant field: Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or Quantum Computing / Information.
• 5+ years in product management, solutions, or applied research, with direct ownership of products or applications that solved real customer problems, not just features shipped.
• Strong grounding in optimization: you understand combinatorial and continuous optimization problems and how they map to real industry use cases.
• Operational knowledge of quantum computing capabilities, or a demonstrated ability to become expert quickly — curiosity over dogma.
• Data and analytics fluency: you own your data and metrics yourself rather than receiving them pre-chewed.
• Evidence of real discovery craft: prototypes built, experiments run, ideas killed by data. You can show artefacts, not just frameworks.
• Excellent written communication — clear writing reflects clear thinking, and you will write constantly.
• Fluent in English.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering quantum, HPC, AI/ML, or advanced-computing applications to enterprise customers.
• Domain expertise in an optimization-heavy vertical (finance, energy, logistics, mobility, manufacturing).
• Experience with consultative, low-TRL customer engagements.
• French language skills.
• Experience in international and multicultural environments.

What we offer

• A key product role in a global leading deep-tech start-up as it scales toward public-company operations.
• Type of contract: permanent.
• A dynamic, close-knit, international team.
• The opportunity to shape how quantum optimization reaches real-world impact.

Recruitment process

• Talent Acquisition screening (30 min) & Hiring Manager screening (45 to 60 min)
• Take-home / live exercise on a real optimization problem, presented to the team (45 min)
• Team fit interview: peer PM, senior engineer, and Solutions lead & Chief Product Officer screening (30 min)
• Offer

PASQAL is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, as inclusion and diversity are essential to achieving our mission. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, religion or sexual orientation.