Senior Cryogenic Business Development & Program Manager

PSI Quantum

Palo Alto (CA)

On-site

USD 168,000 - 197,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health coverage

401(k) with company match

Equity grants

Wellness benefits

Family support programs

Life and disability insurance

Paid leave programs

Company holidays

Discretionary time off

End-of-year shutdown

Job summary

PsiQuantum is seeking a senior leader for the Cryogenic Interconnect program to turn our data-center-grade cryogenics into customer-specific programs. You will work directly with customers to identify problems, shape opportunities into formal programs, and drive them from early hardware concept through qualification into production.

You will coordinate with engineering, suppliers, and partners to ensure scope, schedule, and budget are aligned, with a focus on cryogenic interconnect reach,

Qualifications

Ten-plus years in business development and program management for datacenter, networking or complex hardware systems.
3+ years leading customer-funded co-development or NPI programs through qualification into production.
Fluency in commercial co-development structures: SOWs, phased POs and acceptance gates.

Responsibilities

Identify and develop opportunities where cryogenic capabilities solve AI data center problems across interconnect, cooling and future rack architectures.
Convert opportunities into programs: scope, phase structure, statements of work, acceptance criteria and pricing.
Manage programs end to end with customer and internal teams.
Coordinate joint demonstrations and qualification gates across internal engineering, customer deliverables and external suppliers.

Skills

Business development

Program management

Co-development deals

SOWs & POs

Production frameworks

Job description

PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers: machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised. Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.

Quantum computers harness the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that even the most advanced supercomputers or AI systems will never reach. Their impact will span energy, pharmaceuticals, finance, agriculture, transportation, materials, and other foundational industries.

Our architectureand approachisbased on silicon photonics. Byleveragingthe advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry, including partners like GlobalFoundries, we use the same high-volume processes that already produce billions of chips for telecom and consumer electronics. Photonics offers natural advantages for scale: photonsdon'tfeel heat, are immune to electromagnetic interference, and integrate with existing cryogenic cooling and standard fiber-optic infrastructure.

That approach has since been tested at the highest level of scrutiny the U.S. government applies to emerging technology, and it has held up. In 2025,PsiQuantumclosed a$1 billionfunding round that valued the company at$7 billion. In 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a $100 million Letter of Intent under the CHIPS and Science Act, followed by a $125 million agreement with DARPA under Stage C of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative,PsiQuantum'smost valuable U.S. government agreement to date. This year, we also broke ground on our utility-scale quantum computer in Brisbane, Australia, and continued building out our Chicago site. Victor Peng, our CEO, and co-founder Jeremy O'Brien, now ExecutiveChairman, lead a team and board that reflects how seriously the world is taking this build, joined this year by Intel's Lip-Bu Tan and Atomico's NiklasZennstrom.

PsiQuantumalso develops the algorithms and software needed to make these systems commercially valuable. Our application, software, and industry teams work directly with leading Fortune 500 companies, includingAirbus,LockheedMartin, Mercedes-Benz, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Mitsubishi Chemical, to prepare quantum solutions for real-world impact.

Quantum computing is not an extension of classical computing. Itrepresentsa fundamental shift, and a path to mastering challenges that cannot besolvedany other way. The potential is enormous, and we now havethe funding,the governmentvalidation, andthe sitesunder construction to make it real.

Job Summary:

PsiQuantum's Photonics & Technologies group turns the company's core platforms into commercial products. The Cryogenic Interconnect business line brings our data-center-grade cryogenics to AI rack-scale interconnect.

Turns PsiQuantum's cryogenic capabilities into customer programs - and delivers them.

PsiQuantum is the only company bringing data-center-grade cryogenics to AI infrastructure. This role works directly with customers to find where cryogenic operation solves their problems in interconnect reach, cooling density and next-generation architecture; shapes those opportunities into programs; and then manages those programs from first hardware through qualification into production.

Responsibilities:

Identify and develop opportunities where PsiQuantum's cryogenic capabilities - data-center-grade cryostats, thermal containment, warm-to-cold interfaces - solve AI data center problems, across interconnect, cooling and future rack architectures.
Convert opportunities into programs: scope, phase structure, statements of work, acceptance criteria and pricing.
Manage those programs end to end with customer and internal teams.
Coordinate joint demonstrations and qualification gates across internal engineering, customer deliverables and external suppliers.

Experience/Qualifications:

10+ years spanning business development and program management for datacenter, networking or complex hardware systems, with 3+ years running customer-funded co-development or NPI programs through qualification into production.
Commercial fluency in co-development structures: SOWs, phased POs, acceptance gates, production frameworks, take-or-pay and capacity reservation terms.
Technically credible: can hold a room on thermal budgets, qualification criteria and schedule risk without an interpreter.
Experience coordinating across a customer, contract fabricators and long-lead suppliers simultaneously.
Comfort developing programs for a product that is still being defined, where the specification and the schedule move together.

PsiQuantum provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. PsiQuantum does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable laws.

Base pay is one part of the total compensation package. Full-time roles are eligible for equity and benefits.Our compensation ranges reflect the cost of labor across multiple U.S. geographicmarkets, and we pay based on defined geographic zones. This position may be filled withinone of the followingU.S. geographic zones, each with its own salary range.

Actual compensation may vary outside of these ranges and is dependent onvarious factorsincluding, but not limited to, a candidate's qualifications, relevant education and training, competencies, experience, geographic location, business needs, and internal equity. Your recruiter can share more details about the salary range applicable to your location during the hiring process.

Zone 1- Bay Area and NYC
Zone 2-Examples include LosAngelesandWashington DC
Zone 3-Examples include Austin, Chicago,and Sacramento
Zone 4-Examples include Nashville and Phoenix/Tempe and manyremote locations

This position includes the following benefits: competitive health coverage for you and your dependents, 401(k) with company match, equity grants, access to financial wellness tools and planning resources, wellness benefits, family support programs, life and disability insurance, paid leave programs, company-designated paid holidays, discretionary time off (DTO), and an end-of-year company shutdown. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements and may vary based on location, role, or employment status. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

The estimated annual base salary rangefor this role is: