Senior Project Manager

Salary: £65,000 to £75,000 per annum (DOE) 

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Cambridge, UK (flexible working options available)

Closing date for applications: 10th January 2025 for interviews from 20th January 2025

Join Nu Quantum - Shaping the Future of Technology

Nu Quantum is at the forefront of quantum computing and advanced technology, driven by innovation, diversity, and a commitment to excellence. We’re creating an environment where brilliant minds from all backgrounds collaborate to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Founded to commercialise research generated over the last decade at the Cavendish Laboratory, Nu Quantum is on a mission to shape the future of quantum information systems.

We’re working on exciting technology that will improve the utility and accelerate the time-to-market of quantum computing systems. We integrate novel quantum photonic technology to form an efficient and scalable quantum networking infrastructure in partnership with world-leading companies and academic groups.

The Role

Nu Quantum is leading several research and development projects with key academic, government and industrial partners that are aimed at de-risking and accelerating the path to distributed quantum computing systems. The person in this role will be directly involved in managing the successful delivery of these projects and our internal projects.

Responsibilities:

• Working with a mixture of engineers and research scientists from industrial and academic backgrounds to establish and maintain project scope, timeline and budget requirements for projects in a challenging R&D feasibility setting.
• Tracking progress and reporting upwards to the Programme Manager and Head of Operations, to support communications with external stakeholders; the Nu Quantum Board of Directors, customers and investors.
• Attending internal and external project meetings, capturing and tracking project actions.
• Pioneering and championing PMO process development in a start-up environment.
• Working closely with the Nu Quantum Finance and Procurement teams on budget estimation, reporting, procurement processes and documentation, ensuring these are as streamlined as possible for the project engineers.
• Contributing to project management thought leadership; participating in the Nu Quantum “Lunch and Learns”, leading by example and informally coaching and mentoring engineers on PMO processes and tools.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with a range of engineers and stakeholders.
• Promoting psychological safety and championing conflict resolution in project teams.