Director of Quantum Applications & Enterprise Impact

QuantWare BV; Delft; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

8% holiday allowance

Pension plan

Flexible hybrid setup

Personal growth budget

Job summary

QuantWare seeks a Director of Applications to translate enterprise bottlenecks into quantified quantum business cases that drive hardware demand. You will lead a senior team of Quantum Algorithm Experts, Applications Engineers, and Solutions Engineers, interfacing with strategic partners at the executive level.

You’ll own end-to-end enterprise projects, build robust business cases, and scale application teams while guiding framework development and cross-functional collaboration across Product,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience building, managing and developing high-performing technical teams in fast-moving, outcome-driven environments.
• Executive communication: bridge deep technical topics with high-level strategy and commercial audiences.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Mathematics, or MBA paired with a technical undergraduate degree.
• Mindset: strategic leader with high ownership and strong outcomes focus.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Lead & Scale Application Teams: recruit, manage, and lead a small team of Senior Quantum Algorithm Experts, Applications Engineers, and Solutions Engineers.
• 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.
• Cross-Functional Feedback Loop: translate enterprise application requirements and hardware performance targets back to internal Product, Systems, and Business Development teams.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Education

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

Job description

QuantWare seeks a Director of Applications to translate enterprise bottlenecks into quantified quantum business cases that drive hardware demand. You will lead a senior team of Quantum Algorithm Experts, Applications Engineers, and Solutions Engineers, interfacing with strategic partners at the executive level.

You’ll own end-to-end enterprise projects, build robust business cases, and scale application teams while guiding framework development and cross-functional collaboration across Product,