Director of Applications

Graduate Ventures; Delft; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension plan

Flexible hybrid setup

Personal growth budget

Team events & offsites

Job summary

QuantWare, based in the Netherlands, seeks a seasoned leader to own end-to-end execution of strategic, enterprise quantum projects, and to build robust business cases that quantify ROI of quantum applications.

The role involves building and guiding a small team of experts, managing executive relationships, maturing repeatable development frameworks, and driving cross-functional collaboration with product, systems, and BD teams, in a hybrid setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience building and developing high-performing technical teams.
• Executive-level communication bridging deep technical topics with strategy and business goals.
• Master’s or PhD in CS, EE, Applied Physics, Mathematics, or MBA with a technical undergrad.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of strategic, quantitative quantum application discovery projects.
• Collaborate with partners to build robust business cases quantifying ROI of quantum applications.
• Recruit, manage and lead a small team of quantum experts and solutions engineers.
• Build and maintain high-trust relationships with enterprise partner leadership.
• Develop repeatable frameworks for business case development and project execution.
• Translate enterprise requirements and hardware targets back to product, systems, and BD teams.

Skills

Leadership experience

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Advanced degree in CS/EE/Physics/Math or MBA with tech 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.

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.

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.

What We Offer

At QuantWare, you’ll be part of a high-performing team of world‑class experts in an ambitious, fast-moving environment. From day one, you’ll have the trust, tools, and support to do your best work. Here’s what you can expect:

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!

So if you’re a female talent, excited about this opportunity but don’t meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

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