Technical Program Manager – Manufacturing Readiness - 817

Quantinuum; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) match

Equity and holidays

Job summary

Quantinuum in Colorado is seeking a Sr. Technical Program Manager for Manufacturing Readiness to lead cross‑functional teams on next‑gen quantum systems.

The role focuses on developing schedules, budgets, risk management, and collaboration with product, engineering, and operations. Travel up to 25% is required and a strong background in hardware RD is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years milestone-driven technical program management for hardware RD.
• 5+ years MRL experience and manufacturing risk assessments.
• 5+ years experience with manufacturing and quality metrics (yield, capacity, throughput).

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage detailed schedules, budgets, resource needs, and work plans for technical deliverables on complex, multi-faceted R&D and Product Engineering programs.
• Work shoulder-to-shoulder with technical teams on commercial development projects and organize coordination across teams.
• Lead regular project reviews and status meetings to determine progress and address risks.
• Communicate strategy, scope changes, risks, and progress between technical teams, partners, product management, and leadership.
• Manage execution of the annual plan with technical teams, asset management, materials management, and finance.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate schedule or develop needed technologies; draft statements of work and evaluate new projects.
• Lead meetings for large technical trades, critical decisions, and end-of-task retrospectives.
• Improve program management processes for budgeting, planning, milestones, risk, changes, and lessons learned.
• Drive execution of complex development programs for on-schedule completion and sustainable workflow pace.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Skills

Technical program management

Milestone-driven planning

MRL experience

Manufacturing risk assessments

Manufacturing metrics

Communication skills

Remote teamwork

PM methodologies

Attention to detail

Bias to action

Micro-device technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Slack

MS365

Smartsheets

Microsoft Project

Job description

Technical Program Manager – Manufacturing Readiness (ID 817)

Location: Broomfield, CO.

Quantinuum’s mission is to positively change the world through the power of quantum computing while bringing comprehensive solutions to a wide range of customers. We are looking for a Sr. Technical Project Engineer to work with technical teams and collaborators on the development of next‑generation quantum systems. A successful candidate will have a prior technical background in a related field and experience in technical program management, applying program management principles to cutting‑edge research.

All applicants for placement in safety‑sensitive positions will be required to submit to a pre‑employment drug test.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage detailed schedules, budgets, resource needs, and work plans for technical deliverables on complex, multi‑faceted R&D and Product Engineering programs.
• Work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with technical teams on commercial development projects. Serve as connective tissue to organize and coordinate with multiple technical teams.
• Lead regular project reviews and status meetings to determine progress and address any questions, challenges, or risks regarding projects.
• Ensure timely and effective communication of strategy, scope changes, risks, and progress between technical teams, partners, product management, and leadership.
• Manage execution of the annual plan throughout the year by working with technical teams, asset management, materials management, and finance.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate schedule or develop needed technologies. Coordinate gathering requirements, drafting statements of work, and evaluation of potential new projects.
• Lead meetings for large technical trades, critical decisions, and end‑of‑task retrospectives.
• Improve program management process for budgeting, planning, milestone and schedule tracking, risk management, change tracking, and lessons learned.
• Drive execution of complex development programs for on‑schedule completion to maintain technology and product roadmaps while managing a sustainable workflow pace.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree minimum.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in milestone‑driven technical program management and coordination for delivery of research and development hardware to internal technical customers.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL) and manufacturing risk assessments.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with manufacturing and quality metrics (yield, capacity, throughput, etc.).
• Due to contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status).
• Due to national security requirements, candidates who are People's Republic of China nationals or Russian nationals are not eligible unless also U.S. citizens.

Desired Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
• Understanding of configuration management.
• Prior experience delivering first‑of‑a‑kind projects and products.
• Comfortable applying project management practices to the ambiguity of R&D projects.
• Prior experience with tooling, equipment, workforce, facility, materials planning, lead times and MRP.
• Capital project management experience.
• Supplier management experience.
• Strong bias to action, attention to detail, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong familiarity with project management, development, and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Slack, MS365 suite, Smartsheets, and Microsoft Project.
• Prior experience using waterfall, lean, agile, or Kanban program management methodologies and tailoring practices to get the best results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with micro‑device technologies for quantum computing systems.
• Experience working in a high‑level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality.
• Experience working with remote teams.

Compensation & Benefits

The pay range for this role is $130,000 – $150,000 annually. Actual compensation within this range may vary based on the candidate’s skills, educational background, professional experience, and unique qualifications for the role.

• A competitive salary and innovative, game‑changing work.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Employer‑subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) match for student loan repayment benefit.
• Equity, 401(k) retirement savings plan, 12 paid holidays, and generous vacation and sick time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee discounts.

Quantinuum is the world leader in quantum computing. The company’s quantum systems deliver the highest performance across all industry benchmarks. Quantinuum’s over 650 employees, including 400+ scientists and engineers, across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, are driving the quantum computing revolution.

By uniting best‑in‑class software with high‑fidelity hardware, our integrated full‑stack approach is accelerating the path to practical quantum computing and scaling its impact across multiple industries.

By joining Quantinuum, you will be at the forefront of this transformative revolution, shaping the future of quantum computing, pushing the limits of technology, and making the impossible possible.

Quantinuum is an equal‑opportunity employer. You will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.