Quantum Safety & Crypto Strategy Lead

EY; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 199,000 - 358,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Paid time off

Flexible vacation policy

EY Paid Holidays

Job summary

EY’s Next Frontier Quantum team is shaping enterprise cryptography and quantum-safety strategy for major clients across industries. You will lead multi-disciplinary engagements, drive PQC readiness and crypto modernization, and guide executives on risk, governance and implementation.

You will mentor teams, shape market offerings and translate research into executable programs with measurable business impact, in a globally distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in cybersecurity, cryptography, quantum technologies, enterprise architecture or advanced computing.
• Delivery in PQC readiness, cryptographic discovery, PKI or key-management modernization.
• Experience creating architecture blueprints, standards, policies, roadmaps, proposals or patents.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-workstream engagements from opportunity shaping to delivery and executive readout.
• Own scope, quality, financial performance, staffing, risks and governance across global teams.
• Build trusted relationships with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs and data-protection leaders.
• Shape go-to-market strategy and offerings for quantum-risk assessment, crypto discovery and PQC migration.
• Translate research, prototypes and vendor capabilities into repeatable services and accelerators.
• Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams of cryptographers, architects, engineers and consultants.
• Produce executive-ready proposals, roadmaps and whitepapers; represent EY in industry forums.

Skills

Executive comms

Consulting leadership

Cryptography

Quantum tech

Enterprise arch

Python

Education

Master's or PhD in cryptography / related field

Tools

Qiskit

PennyLane

Amazon Braket

CUDA-Q

Job description

EY’s Next Frontier Quantum team is shaping enterprise cryptography and quantum-safety strategy for major clients across industries. You will lead multi-disciplinary engagements, drive PQC readiness and crypto modernization, and guide executives on risk, governance and implementation.

You will mentor teams, shape market offerings and translate research into executable programs with measurable business impact, in a globally distributed environment.