Solutions Architect, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences or Financial Services – 771

Entangled Future; Broomfield (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantinuum is seeking a senior customer-facing Solutions Architect to lead technical engagements with strategic pharma, life sciences, and financial services customers. You will translate business needs into quantum-enabled solutions, define project scopes, and help shape roadmaps with our research teams.

The role requires 6+ years in industrial R&D, strong executive communication, and proven stakeholder management to influence across functions in a remote US setting.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computational life sciences, physics, computer science, or related field.
• 6+ years working in industrial research programs in pharma, life sciences or financial services.
• U.S. Person status required by contract.
• National security rules restrict nationals from certain countries unless U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical engagements for strategic accounts with Account Executives.
• Identify high-value quantum applications in pharma/life sciences R&D workflows.
• Maintain a catalogue of industry use cases and support technical/ proposal materials.
• Define project scopes with customers in collaboration with internal teams.
• Provide market feedback to research leaders to align roadmaps with industry needs.
• Stay current on quantum technology and financial industry trends.

Skills

Customer relationship management

Executive communication

Business-to-technical translation

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Education

Master’s degree in computational life sciences/physics/computer science

Job description

Solutions Architect, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences or Financial Services – 771 at Quantinuum, US Remote (remote). A mid-level full time position in the Quantum Algorithms and Machine Learning team, listed under quantum applications.

Quantinuum is seeking a senior customer-facing Solutions Architect / technical leader to help shape and deliver quantum computing solutions for strategic customers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector.

In this role you will leverage your deep experience with computational R&D approaches in pharmaceutical or Financial services industries such as:

advanced analytics and AI;

computational biology and omics;

• Finance pptimisation ;

computational chemistry;

computer aided drug design; and

model-informed clinical development.

This knowledge will guide you as you help customers identify challenges that are well suited to near-term quantum approaches and work with them to shape a project scope aligned with our research strengths.

In addition, you will provide valuable market feedback to our research team leaders to help keep our research roadmaps aligned with industry needs. You will also be responsible for maintaining a clear, up-to-date catalogue of industry-appropriate use cases that guides both customer engagement and internal research planning.

WE VALUE

Education: PhD in a life sciences, physics, mathematics, or a related STEM field.

Experience working with or exposure to quantum technologies.

Significant experience managing customer relationships, with a track record of delivering successful and technically complex projects.

Comfortable partnering with sales leaders while maintaining independent technical judgement.

Strong ability to translate between business objectives and technical execution.

Executive-level communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence without formal authority.

Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.

Quantinuum is a leading quantum computing company delivering a full stack platform designed to make quantum computing deployable in real-world environments.

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 pharmaceutical and life sciences R&D workflows, 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.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in computational life sciences, physics, computer science, or related field.
• 6+ years working in industrial research programs in the pharmaceutical, life-sciences sector or financial services sector.
• Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status.
• Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.