Product Manager - Quantum Applications (F/M)

Location: Massy, France

Company

Deep-tech startup developing neutral-atom quantum processing units and associated software tools for industrial applications and fundamental science.

What you will do

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for quantum optimization applications, prioritizing use cases where neutral-atom technology can outperform classical and other quantum approaches.
• Conduct customer and partner discovery, map workflows, and prototype or experiment to validate value, usability, feasibility, and viability.
• Translate routing, scheduling, portfolio, network, energy, logistics, and other optimization problems into application requirements for Algorithms and Solutions teams.
• Define value metrics, ROI narratives, commercial models, and product decisions based on application data.
• Partner with Solutions, Algorithms, Software, Cloud, Business Development, Sales, and Marketing teams to integrate applications into customer workflows and create repeatable go-to-market references.
• Track quantum and classical optimization technology and competition, and contribute to the quantum applications IP portfolio.

Requirements

• MSc or PhD in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Quantum Computing, Quantum Information, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in product management, solutions, or applied research, with direct ownership of products or applications solving real customer problems.
• Strong understanding of combinatorial and continuous optimization and their mapping to industry use cases.
• Operational knowledge of quantum computing capabilities or the ability to become an expert quickly.
• Fluency with data and analytics, including independently owning product data and metrics.
• Demonstrated customer discovery experience through prototypes, experiments, and evidence-based decisions.
• Excellent written communication.
• Fluent English required.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering quantum, HPC, AI/ML, or advanced-computing applications to enterprise customers.
• Optimization-heavy domain expertise in finance, energy, logistics, mobility, or manufacturing.
• Experience with consultative, low-TRL customer engagements.
• French language skills.
• Experience in international and multicultural environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent contract.
• Key product role in a global deep-tech startup scaling toward public-company operations.
• International, close-knit team.
• Opportunity to shape the real-world impact of quantum optimization.

Hiring process

• Talent Acquisition screening for 30 minutes, followed by a Hiring Manager screening lasting 45–60 minutes.
• Take-home or live exercise on a real optimization problem, presented to the team for 45 minutes.
• Team-fit interview with a peer Product Manager, senior engineer, Solutions lead, and Chief Product Officer, followed by an offer.