Quantum Finance Solutions Architect (Principal/Director)

Quantinuum; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Equity

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Quantinuum seeks a senior customer-facing technical leader to shape and deliver quantum computing solutions for strategic financial services customers. The role may be hired at Principal or Director level, depending on experience and leadership scope.

You will apply deep optimization and quantitative methods to identify near-term quantum use cases, guide project scope, and keep industry use-case catalogues aligned with research roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mathematics, quantitative finance, computer science, or related field.
• 10+ years working in quantitative, computational, or advanced analytics programs within the financial services sector.
• Director level only: Experience leading technical teams or managing direct reports in a customer-facing or applied research environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical leader for assigned strategic accounts, partnering with Strategic Account Executives on account planning, technical discovery, and solution development.
• Help customers identify high-value applications for quantum computing within financial services workflows and optimization challenges, informed by a strong understanding of current quantum algorithm capabilities and limitations.
• Maintain a catalogue of industry-relevant use cases and support the development of customer-facing technical and proposal materials.
• Define project scopes with customers in collaboration with internal research teams, ensuring alignment with our technical roadmap, research strengths, and the practical prospects of near-term quantum approaches.
• Provide market and customer feedback to internal research leaders to keep roadmaps aligned with industry needs.
• Stay current on advances in quantum technology and financial industry trends, developing deep expertise in relevant quantum algorithms, use cases, technical limitations, and roadmap developments.
• (Director level only) Lead and develop the Solutions Architecture team, including coaching, performance management, resource allocation, and establishing technical best practices across the organization.
• (Director level only) Oversee technical quality, portfolio visibility, and prioritization across the broader Solutions Architecture function while continuing to contribute directly to strategic customer engagements.

Skills

Optimization

Quantitative methods

Computational problem-solving

Leadership

Education

Master’s degree in mathematics/quantitative finance/computer science

Job description

Quantinuum seeks a senior customer-facing technical leader to shape and deliver quantum computing solutions for strategic financial services customers. The role may be hired at Principal or Director level, depending on experience and leadership scope.

You will apply deep optimization and quantitative methods to identify near-term quantum use cases, guide project scope, and keep industry use-case catalogues aligned with research roadmaps.