Senior Product Manager in London

About The Role and Team

Since 2021 our team has been listed every year in the "Top 100 Startups worth watching" in the EE Times, and our technology breakthroughs have been featured in The Telegraph, BBC and the New Statesman. Our founders are internationally renowned researchers from UCL and Oxford University who have pioneered the development of qubits and quantum computing architectures. Our chairman is the co-founder of Cadence and Synopsys, the two leading companies in the area of Electronic Design Automation. We’re backed by a team of top-tier investors including Bosch Ventures, Porsche SE, Sony Innovation Fund, Oxford Sciences Innovations, INKEF Capital and Octopus Ventures, and we have so far raised over £62 million in equity and grant funding. We bring together the brightest quantum engineers, integrated circuit (IC) engineers, quantum computing theoreticians and software engineers to create a rare, deeply interdisciplinary environment where software directly accelerates breakthrough physics. Our team of 80+ is based in Oxford and London, with a centre of mass in our Islington lab.

As Senior Product Manager, you will lead product management of Quantum Motion's full stack quantum computers. You will define the product roadmap for future system generations in close collaboration with Quantum Motion's executive leadership and engineering teams. You will work with marketing, business development and the system deployments team to deliver our products to end users. This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone who understands the broad context of the technology as well as the emerging quantum computing market to inform a product vision and translate it into day-to-day product development. This Senior Product Manager position will be part of the Product team, which defines Quantum Motion's product strategy and roadmap in the evolving quantum computing industry and manages research programs and partnerships.

Functions of the Role

• Define and drive execution of the product roadmap for Quantum Motion's full stack quantum computing systems.
• Bridge internal innovation and customer adoption by using customer insights, market trends, and data analytics to guide product direction, continuously iterate based on user feedback and KPIs.
• Communicate product vision effectively to external audiences, such as partners, customers, investors, or at conferences and industry events.
• Partner with executive leadership to align product initiatives with company goals.
• Work closely with the technical teams to align product goals with the R&D roadmap.
• Coordinate across Engineering, Programme Management, and Commercial to align roadmap priorities, dependencies, and delivery milestones, maintaining clear ownership and timely escalation of delivery risks.
• Define and own product metrics and features across quantum hardware, software stack and algorithms.
• Support the Deployments Team to deliver high-quality product experiences on time and within scope.
• Lead bid-to-delivery product piece for new R&D proposals and opportunities: shape product requirements and deliverables with technical leads, shape external partnerships, supporting the commercial case, and translate funded commitments into an executable delivery plan with measurable outcomes.

Experience - Essentials

• 3+ years work experience in the quantum computing industry.
• Demonstrated experience making product prioritisation and trade-off decisions in environments with significant technical and market uncertainty.
• Clear understanding of the components and parameters of a full stack computer and common user requirements.
• Understanding of the broader quantum computing industry and user landscape.
• Proven track record of successfully developing and scaling products in the quantum computing industry or 3+ years of product management experience.
• Business development orientation with experience supporting R&D proposals and/or tenders and successfully transitioning funded bids into delivery execution that drives user adoption and revenue outcomes.
• Strong leadership and communication skills; ability to influence horizontally across different functions.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and high-growth environment.
• MSc or PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.

Experience - Desirable

• Experience working across multiple layers of the quantum stack, e.g. hardware platforms, control systems, firmware, compilers, runtimes, or quantum applications.
• Prior exposure to system-level product ownership for complex scientific or deep-tech products (e.g. semiconductors, cryogenics, advanced electronics, photonics, or HPC).
• Familiarity with performance benchmarking, QEC parameters and how these translate into user-relevant product metrics.
• Experience engaging directly with early enterprise, government, or academic customers, including translating exploratory use cases into product requirements.
• Track record of contributing to or leading industry collaborations, consortia, or standards efforts in quantum or adjacent technologies.

Benefits

• Be part of a creative, world-leading team
• Competitive salary and share options scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Flexible working
• Central London location

EEO Statement

Quantum Motion is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, colour, religion, disability status, marital status, pregnancy, gender reassignment, religion or any other protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010.