Senior Product Manager

Riverlane; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Medical insurance

Life insurance

Pension scheme

Equity

28 days leave

Family leave

Training budgets

Job summary

Riverlane, based in Cambridge, UK, is hiring for a full-time, permanent hybrid role with a salary of £58,000 - £98,000 DOE. We are the world leader in QEC technology, developing fault-tolerant quantum computing through R&D and partnerships with leading quantum hardware providers and government agencies.

The role sits at the heart of Deltakit, our open-source SDK for QEC, with opportunities to shape product direction, community engagement, launches and go-to-market activity.

Qualifications

• Experience in a B2B product role with ownership of direction and prioritisation.
• Experience operating in a deep tech environment with complex problems.
• A degree in engineering or science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Confidence going technically deep to understand product capabilities, limitations and usage.
• Ability to navigate complex trade-offs and shape product strategies balancing user value with feasibility.
• High emotional intelligence with active listening, critical thinking and creative problem-solving.
• The ability to work cross-functionally, influencing without authority and building trusted relationships.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and adapting direction in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Excitement for building a product in a new space within technology.
• Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills, with the ability to tailor your style to different audiences.
• Proactive mindset to identify opportunities and drive improvements.
• Experience working on open-source software products is a plus.
• Experience building software products that interface with hardware is a plus.
• Experience shipping developer tools (SDKs, libraries, APIs, or CLIs) is a plus.
• Some exposure to quantum computing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Engage with users, partners and the open-source community to gather insight and feedback.
• Analyse product usage, developer behaviour and the broader ecosystem to inform priorities.
• Define and communicate product vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Prioritise features and improvements to drive developer adoption and engagement.
• Align cross-functional teams and guide product and technical trade-offs.
• Support launches, user engagement and go-to-market activities.
• Develop product collateral, and ensure strong documentation and onboarding experiences.
• Monitor delivery progress and adapt plans as needed.
• Drive community engagement and identify opportunities for growth and new use cases.

Skills

B2B product

Deep tech experience

Strong communication

Cross-functional influence

Ambiguity handling

Open-source experience

Hardware-software products

SDKs/APIs/CLIs

Proactive mindset

Quantum exposure

Education

Engineering or science degree

Tools

Hardware

Support

LESS

Marketing

SDKs

Job description

Salary: £58,000 - 98,000 per year

Requirements

• Experience working in a B2B product role, or a closely related position with ownership of product direction and prioritisation.
• Experience operating in a deep tech environment with complex, evolving problems.
• A degree in engineering or science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Confidence going technically deep to understand product capabilities, limitations and real-world usage.
• The ability to navigate complex trade-offs and shape product strategies that balance user value with feasibility.
• High emotional intelligence, with strong active listening, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work cross-functionally, influencing without authority and building trusted relationships.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and adapting direction in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Excitement for building a product in a new space within technology.
• Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills, with the ability to tailor your style to different audiences.
• A proactive mindset, able to identify opportunities and take initiative to drive improvements.
• Experience working on open-source software products is a plus.
• Experience building software products that interface with hardware products is a plus.
• Experience shipping developer tools (SDKs, libraries, APIs, or CLIs) is a plus.
• Some exposure to quantum computing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Engage with users, partners and the open-source community to gather insight and feedback.
• Analyse product usage, developer behaviour and the broader ecosystem to inform priorities.
• Define and communicate product vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Prioritise features and improvements to drive developer adoption and engagement.
• Align cross-functional teams and guide product and technical trade-offs.
• Support launches, user engagement and go-to-market activities.
• Develop product collateral, and ensure strong documentation and onboarding experiences.
• Monitor delivery progress and adapt plans as needed.
• Drive community engagement and identify opportunities for growth and new use cases.

Technologies

• Hardware
• Support
• LESS
• Marketing

More

We are Riverlane, based in Cambridge, UK, and we are hiring for a full-time, permanent hybrid role with a salary of 68,000 to 84,000 DOE. We will also consider part-time applications for this role. Our mission is to master quantum error correction and unlock a new age of human progress. We are the world leader in QEC technology, working to make fault tolerant quantum computing a reality through cutting-edge R&D, partnerships with leading quantum hardware providers and government agencies, and a fast-growing, collaborative environment. The role sits at the heart of Deltakit, our open-source software development kit for QEC, with opportunities to shape product direction, community engagement, launches and go-to-market activity. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including an annual bonus plan, private medical insurance, life insurance, contributory pension scheme, equity, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, enhanced family leave, and a learning environment with training and conference budgets.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from eligible and suitably qualified candidates.

Our team brings together experts across software, hardware, quantum information theory, physics and maths, with more than 20 nationalities represented.

We will also consider part-time applications for this role.

• annual bonus plan
• private medical insurance
• life insurance
• contributory pension scheme
• equity
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• enhanced family leave
• learning environment with training and conference budgets