Director of Applications

Rotterdam Innovation City; Delft; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension that’s built to last

Flexibility built on trust (hybrid)

Job summary

QuantWare in the Netherlands seeks a Director of Applications to translate enterprise computational bottlenecks into quantified quantum business cases that drive hardware demand. You will own end-user partnerships and lead a senior team of Quantum Algorithm Experts, Applications Engineers, and Solutions Engineers, interfacing with strategic leadership.

You will build scalable frameworks for business case development and resource estimation, while bridging technical topics with strategy and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience building and guiding high-performing technical teams.
• Executive communication across technical and commercial audiences at senior levels.
• Education: Master’s or PhD in a technical field or MBA with a related undergrad.
• Mindset: Strategic thinker with strong ownership and outcomes focus.

Responsibilities

• End-User Partnership Ownership: lead end-to-end quantum application discovery projects with enterprise partners.
• Quantified Business Cases: build robust business cases that quantify ROI of quantum applications.
• Lead & Scale Application Teams: recruit and manage a small senior team of experts and engineers.
• Executive Technical Relations: maintain high-trust relationships with leadership at partner organizations.
• Framework Development: develop repeatable frameworks for business case development and project execution.
• Cross-Functional Feedback Loop: translate requirements back to product, systems and business development.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Strategic mindset

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in CS/EE/Applied Physics/Math, or MBA with technical undergrad

Job description

About Us

QuantWare is building the world’s most powerful quantum processors to solve humanity's greatest challenges. We do this with our unique VIO™ technology, the only QPU architecture that breaks the hardware barriers that have held quantum computing back, unlocking the path to MegaQubit quantum processors.

With VIO, we are paving the way for the hyper-scale quantum computers that will change the world. And delivering on that vision demands people who don’t shy away from tackling the hardest challenges of our time. That’s where you come in!

We are seeking a Director of Applications to translate complex enterprise computational bottlenecks into quantified quantum business cases that drive hardware demand. In this role, you will lead, build, and scale the team responsible for demonstrating utility-scale quantum value to global enterprise partners. You will take ownership of our End-User Partnerships across target industries, leading a small senior team of Quantum Algorithm Experts, Applications Engineers, and Solutions Engineers, while serving as the executive interface to strategic and technical leadership at top-tier partner organizations.

What you’ll be doing

• End-User Partnership Ownership: Own end-to-end execution and delivery of strategic, quantitative, quantum application discovery projects with enterprise partners.

• Quantified Business Cases: Collaborate with partner teams to build and present robust business cases that quantify the ROI of quantum applications within their organizations.

• Lead & Scale Application Teams: Recruit, manage, and lead a small team of Senior Quantum Algorithm Experts, Applications Engineers, and Solutions Engineers in developing quantum applications and resource estimation tools.

• Executive Technical Relations: Build, maintain, and manage high-trust relationships with strategic and technical leadership at enterprise partner organizations.

• Framework Development: Establish, mature, and scale repeatable frameworks for business case development, project execution, results reporting. Partner with technical leadership to develop frameworks for quantum application development, and computational resource estimation.

• Cross-Functional Feedback Loop: Drive the feedback loop by translating enterprise application requirements and hardware performance targets back to our internal Product, Systems, and Business Development teams.

Your Profile

Business Case & Value Creation:

Proven track record of building quantified business cases for complex technology adoption, ideally within compute-intensive domains (e.g. HPC, AI, advanced software). Prior experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm or technology solution consulting practice is a strong plus.

• 5+ years of leadership experience building, managing and developing high-performing technical teams in fast-moving, outcome-driven environments.

• Executive Communication: Exceptional cross-functional communicator capable of bridging deep technical topics with high-level strategy and commercial audiences.

• Education: Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Mathematics, or an MBA paired with a technical undergraduate degree.

• Mindset: Strategic leader with high ownership and a strong outcome focus.

We know great candidates don't always follow a straight path, and we value diverse experience, perspectives, and ways of thinking.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary - A salary that reflects the impact and importance of the role (and of course 8% holiday allowance)
• Pension that’s built to last - A generous and future-proof pension plan that includes partner and dependent coverage.
• Flexibility built on trust - We focus on outcomes. Work flexibly, in a hybrid setup, with an open vacation policy that lets you manage your time
• Personal growth - We invest in your L&D, with a budget available to each team member, dependent on their individual ambitions, development needs, and performance
• A connected team - We make space to celebrate wins together, with team events, offsites, and spontaneous moments that bring us closer

Diversity & Inclusion at QuantWare

We’re an ambitious company, not only for our goals but also to become an even more diverse and inclusive team. We know this helps us with better decisions, more innovation, and strengthens our culture. In particular, we’d love to see more women in the quantum industry!

As part of our recruitment process, candidates may be required to undergo pre-employment screening.