Commercial Post Quantum Cryptography Director (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Commercial Post Quantum Cryptography Director (Cybersecurity): Establish and grow the Commercial PQC practice, define direction, standards, and requirements for quantum-resistant services and solutions sold to commercial customers. Focus on educating client executives and engineers, designing enterprise-wide implementations, leading security reviews, cryptographic inventories, PQC pilots, and migrations to quantum-safe technologies.

Location: The Hague, Netherlands (primary); Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (additional). Remote Work: Yes. Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Company

Consulting firm delivering technology and security solutions to commercial customers.

What you will do

• Establish and grow the Commercial PQC practice and define team direction, standards, and service requirements.
• Educate and influence client executives and engineering teams on PQC best practices and risks.
• Design, implement, and support quantum-resistant solutions across products, IT, networking, and infrastructure.
• Lead, hire, and inspire teams of PQC experts for security reviews, inventories, pilots, and migrations.
• Deliver assessments of cryptographic environments with recommendations, remediation plans, and operational models.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience leading technical teams across PQC, classical cryptography, or secure communications.
• 5+ years of experience with infrastructure component management or design, including cryptographic protocols interoperability.
• Experience presenting recommendations and roadmaps to executive stakeholders.
• Experience developing and testing interoperability of quantum-resistant algorithms.
• Experience leading teams in large-scale software or hardware deployments.
• Knowledge of quantum-safe technologies, timelines, standards (including NIST), and EU cyber regulations.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Nice to have

• Experience presenting at industry events focused on PQC.
• Experience leading transitions to new cryptography protocols and standards.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale transformations at Fortune 500 companies.
• Experience hiring and growing technical teams.
• Knowledge of post-quantum algorithms.

Hiring process

• Complete identity verification using biometrics and AI; be on camera during interviews and assessments.
• No use of AI tools during interviews unless explicitly permitted.