You will have significant experience running technical programmes across several software teams, ideally in systems, embedded, compiler or platform software. You can discuss scope and trade-offs directly with engineering leads, read and reason about code, and re-plan when a timeline is no longer realistic. You will have a track record of leading teams through genuine ambiguity, writing the first version of the plan when there isn't one, not just executing a defined one.
You can break broad problems down into specific, assignable actions, and you have designed a team's operating cadence before. No quantum background is needed. Experience of software that works closely with hardware, for example in labs, robotics, aerospace or scientific instruments, would be beneficial.
You’d be a great fit with
- A habit of turning diffuse problems into specific, minimal, assignable asks.
- Technical fluency to engage engineering leads directly on scope and trade-offs, and comfort reading and reasoning about code.
- Willingness to re-baseline against reality rather than defend dates that have stopped being true, and the judgement to tell a target that motivates from one that just generates fiction.
- Experience with software that works closely with hardware: labs, robotics, aerospace, scientific instruments or similar.
- A chase-without-nagging, escalate-without-drama style, and a clear sense of the difference between a risk and a noise.
- AI as a core part of how you work, for example agent-driven tracking, reconciliation or reporting.
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication with both technical and senior stakeholders.
Additional desirable skills include capacity and staffing modelling, designing operating cadences and experience leading work across sites and time zones. Experience working with programmes and systems such as Jira, Confluence and GitHub, with a preference for lightweight processes, is also helpful.
Compensation will vary based on individual factors such as education, qualifications, and experience of the final candidate(s), specific office location, and calibration against relevant market data and internal team equity. Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. Our benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401(k), unlimited PTO and paid holidays, parental/adoption leave, legal insurance, and a home technology stipend. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment.
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