Commercial PQC Director: Strategy & Growth

Phase2 Technology; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 303,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Commercial Post Quantum Cryptography Director to establish and grow our PQC practice. You will define the team's direction, lead cryptographic assessments, and ensure architectures consider PQC best practices across enterprise systems.

You will communicate with executive stakeholders, hire and inspire PQC experts, and drive large-scale deployments while traveling up to 50% of the time. A Bachelor's degree is required for this leadership role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading technical teams across Post-Quantum Cryptography, Classical Cryptography, or Secure Communications.
• 5+ years of experience with infrastructure component management or design with hardware or software, including interoperability of cryptographic protocols.
• Experience presenting recommendations and roadmaps to executive stakeholders.
• Experience developing and testing interoperability of quantum resistant algorithms.
• Experience leading teams in the implementation of large-scale software or hardware deployments.
• Knowledge of quantum-safe technologies, timelines, and standards, including NIST publications.
• Knowledge of EU cyber regulations and PQC recommendations.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow Booz Allen's Commercial PQC practice and define team direction, standards and requirements.
• Educate and influence client executives and engineering teams on PQC best practices.
• Design, implement, and support PQC solutions across enterprise architectures.
• Lead delivery of assessments of cryptographic environments and remediation plans.
• Oversee pilots, migrations and transitions to quantum-resistant tools and technology.
• Collaborate with product, IT, networking and infrastructure teams to ensure PQC considerations are embedded in architectures and designs.

Skills

Post-Quantum Cryptography

Cryptography

Executive stakeholder communication

Leadership of technical teams

Secure deployments

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Commercial Post Quantum Cryptography Director to establish and grow our PQC practice. You will define the team's direction, lead cryptographic assessments, and ensure architectures consider PQC best practices across enterprise systems.

You will communicate with executive stakeholders, hire and inspire PQC experts, and drive large-scale deployments while traveling up to 50% of the time. A Bachelor's degree is required for this leadership role.