Engineering Program Management

Job Description

Job Title: Engineering Program Management Lead. Location: Malta, NY, USA

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and management of detailed schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and work plans for technical deliverables across complex hardware R&D programs.
• Coordinate activities across multiple technical and operational teams.
• Lead regular status meetings, project reviews, and end-of-task retrospectives.
• Communicate strategy, scope changes, risks, and progress effectively between technical teams, partners, product and program management, and leadership.
• Prepare and maintain reports, dashboards, and presentations to communicate program status;
• Identify opportunities to accelerate schedules and develop technologies needed to achieve program objectives.
• Manage program risks and opportunities throughout the planning and execution lifecycle.
• Adapt program tactics and strategies to support diverse, early-stage, and highly technical projects.
• Promote collaboration and a strong teamwork mentality across multidisciplinary teams.
• Proactively identify potential challenges and develop solutions to prevent obstacles from affecting program goals.
• Travel up to 25% as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• At least 8 years of experience in technical program management.
• Experience managing schedules, risks, budgets, resources, and technical deliverables.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities;
• Experience working in highly collaborative, technical environments.
• Ability to work with diverse technical and operational teams.
• Resourcefulness and the ability to anticipate and address challenges proactively.
• Due to contractual requirements, candidates must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or worker granted asylum or refugee status.
• Due to U.S. Government national security requirements, candidates must not be a national of the People's Republic of China or Russia unless they are also a U.S. citizen.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in a STEM field.
• Background in quantum computing, optics and photonics, or experimental physics.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience in product development.
• Experience taking technology-based projects through the full lifecycle, including schedule, risk, and budget management.
• Experience working on first-of-its-kind or early-stage technology products and projects.
• Strong understanding of risk and opportunity analysis and management processes related to program planning.
• Experience establishing organizational and time-management guidelines for others.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Salary range of $164,000 to $205,000 per year.
• Competitive compensation and opportunities to work on advanced quantum computing technology.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Employer-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) match and student loan repayment benefit.
• Equity opportunities.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Generous vacation and sick time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee discounts.

Other Information:

• This is a full-time Quantinuum position working on a supplier site in Malta, New York.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis with no stated application deadline.
• Applicants placed in safety-sensitive positions must complete a pre-employment drug test.
• Quantinuum is an equal opportunity employer;
• Quantinuum may use AI tools during parts of the hiring process, including application and resume review and assessment. Final hiring decisions are made by humans.