Technical Project Manager (FTC Until May 2026)

TN United Kingdom; Reading; On-site; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Quantum Computing is seeking a Technical Project Manager for a maternity cover role in Reading, UK. The successful candidate will manage various technical projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. Ideal candidates will have experience in project management within a technical environment, familiarity with multiple methodologies, and strong communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work in a cutting-edge field.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects in a technical and scientific environment.
• Managed budgets in the multi-millions.
• Implemented and delivered projects across multiple project frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Translating technical requirements into actionable project plans.
• Leading project meetings and managing project timelines.
• Ensuring projects are fully resourced and within budget.

Skills

Project management experience

Communication skills

Budget management

Agile methodologies

Scrum

Kanban

Lean

Waterfall

Education

Relevant degree or college level education

Prince2 or Agile certifications

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19.05.2025

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03.07.2025

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Job Description:

OQC are putting Quantum in the hands of Humanity and are offering an opportunity for a Technical Project Manager (Maternity cover) to be a part of that journey.

This is a great opportunity for a project manager to develop and demonstrate experience across a wide range of technical projects in the growing field of Quantum Computing.

Salary: £55k per annum

About you

You will have experience delivering projects in a technical and/or scientific environment, with the breadth of understanding necessary to choose the right methodology to best suit the needs of the project and the adaptability to keep things on track in an unstructured environment.

Your background in managing and coordinating the work of skilled teams of experts to deliver company milestones on time and on budget will be a testimony to your well developed communication skills and tenacious approach to your work.

About the role

We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to take on a 12 month maternity cover contract. Projects cover technical development and deployment projects as well as internal projects. The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring projects within OQC are fully resourced, running on-time and within budget to meet technical deliverable milestones across the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Translating technical requirements and turning these into actionable project plans from idea to completion.
• Leading initiation and kick-off meetings for a variety of projects implementing suitable project methodologies
• Creating project plans and executing these plans against agreed timelines
• Updating project management documentation tools with project plans/deliverables to ensure the availability of real-time project updates
• Leading and reporting on project meetings covering real-time project goals, updates, adjustments and resolving project conflicts.
• Managing budget resources and ensure spending is tracked in real-time
• Executing and implementing project plans against approved project framework
• Working on and delivering projects against agreed project methodology

Essential Skills and Experience

• Delivered projects in a technical and science based environment
• Managed budgets in the the multi-millions
• Implemented and delivered projects across multiple project frameworks/methodologies
• Project and budget tracking experience
• Familiar with a range of Project Management methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, waterfall
• Relevant degree or college level education
• Prince2 or Agile certifications

Desirable skills and experience

• Forecasted budgets
• Able to select appropriate project tracking tools
• Experience selecting project frameworks to be used across global projects
• Presented project reports up to exec level
• Experience of managing Microsoft migrations

Research has shown that women are less likely than men to apply for this role if they do not have solid experience in 100% of these areas. Please know that this list is indicative and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel you only are a 75% match. Skills can be learnt, diversity cannot.

At OQC, we see a brighter future for all, enabled by quantum, to find out more visit - https://oqc.tech/company/working-here/

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At OQC we are not just hoping you’ll fit in our culture. We aspire to thrive, as a company and as people, thanks to your diversity of thought and background. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing our team members with a work environment free from discrimination, where everyone is treated with respect. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, talent and merit and all our colleagues share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to diversity. We look forward to meeting you!