Scientific Project Manager

1 week ago

Singapore Quantinuum Full time $120,000 - $240,000 per year

As a Scientific Project Manager for Quantum Initiatives at Quantinuum, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of multiple integrated scientific projects. Your leadership will bridge the gap between our clients and internal teams, ensuring that all efforts align with project goals and deliverables. You will foster collaboration, streamline processes, and execute effective project management strategies to facilitate groundbreaking research in quantum computing.

This position is embedded in a team of world-class academics focusing on quantum algorithms and solutions for near term application, working in partnership with our clients who are some of the global leaders across various industries, institutions and governments organisations.

You will report to the Scientific Leader for the region, taking responsibility for project managing and executing various hardware, software and commercial quantum initiatives. You will shape and drive projects through their full lifecycle, often supporting the business development team from pre-sales stage through to delivery with client interaction.

What you will be doing:
  • Lead Scientific Projects: Participate in and take the lead on delivering multiple scientific projects, acting as the primary project manager and client contact for integrated initiatives.
  • Client Interface: Serve as the main point of contact between clients and internal scientific teams, ensuring alignment on project objectives and activities, and effectively communicating updates and progress.
  • Project Tracking and Management: Develop and implement efficient tools for tracking project tasks, activities, and milestones, ensuring optimal resource utilization and timely delivery.
  • Define Project Scope: Collaborate with clients and relevant operational and scientific teams to create comprehensive statements of work (SOW) that detail project scope, resource requirements, goals, and deliverables.
  • Facilitate Meetings: Attend, lead, and provide inputs to teleconferences and in-person client meetings, ensuring that meetings are productive with clear agendas and actionable outcomes.
  • Monitor Milestones: Capture, track, and monitor key milestones from project plans, communicating any changes or movements to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
  • Project Execution: Plan, control, and execute projects while managing risks, implementing change control processes, and maintaining thorough documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Collaborative Process Development: Work with other project managers to define and refine tools, processes, and methodologies that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of project management across the organization.
  • Information Organization: Organize and gather information from various departments within the business, providing well-informed recommendations to the scientific team to guide project direction.
Must Have:
  • Ph.D. in Data Science, Machine Learning , Physics, Mathematics, quantum computing, or a related discipline
  • Previous experience in a scientific project management environment, this could also be part of Ph.D. research
We value:
  • Project management certification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMI or APM)
  • Experience in software development e.g C++ or Python. This could be from Ph.D. research or MSc level education
  • Previous experience in a client facing/liaison role
  • Experience of writing proposals and project plans
  • Excellent communicator in written and verbal form, both technical and non-technical
  • Problem solver / get things done attitude

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