Quantum Systems Project Manager: Delivery & Collaboration

Jobtailor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Chicago, IL seeks an experienced project management professional to own and maintain the integrated project plan for complex hardware and R&D initiatives, aligning engineering with contractual requirements.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while coordinating site readiness and commissioning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Typically 4+ years leading technical or complex R&D projects.
• Experience owning schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding complex technical work to identify dependencies.
• PMP certification or comparable project-management training.
• Willingness to travel periodically.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated project plan with milestones, schedules, and budgets.
• Translate business requirements into actionable tasks with owners and deadlines.
• Identify critical paths and help deliver on time and budget.
• Coordinate execution across multiple internal and external teams.
• Lead communications, provide status reports, and escalate issues.
• Coordinate site readiness, procurement, installation, and commissioning.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, work, and evidence of completion.
• Identify process gaps and drive practical improvements.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder communication

Facilitation

Multidisciplinary coordination

Risk management

Schedule management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in physics, engineering, or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

Jobtailor in Chicago, IL seeks an experienced project management professional to own and maintain the integrated project plan for complex hardware and R&D initiatives, aligning engineering with contractual requirements.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while coordinating site readiness and commissioning.