Engineering Strategy & Planning Manager

About The Role and Team

The Technology Roadmap Manager supports the VP Product and Engineering leadership by structuring, consolidating, and communicating the company’s technology and R&D roadmap. The role focuses on long-term planning, R&D initiatives, and cross-team alignment, translating engineering inputs into clear roadmaps, planning artifacts, and internal as well as external-facing reports. We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Expert with deep expertise in quantum computing who can collaborate closely with Quantum Motion’s multidisciplinary technical teams and has strong synthesis, planning, and communication skills.

This role is focused on long-term quantum technology and R&D road mapping, not product management or technical delivery execution. It is an individual contributor role that offers high visibility across quantum R&D, engineering and company leadership, and directly feeds into Quantum Motion’s technology strategy.

Since 2021 our team has been listed every year in the “Top 100 Startups worth watching” in the EE Times, and our technology breakthroughs have been featured in The Telegraph, BBC and the New Statesman. Our founders are internationally renowned researchers from UCL and Oxford University who have pioneered the development of qubits and quantum computing architectures. Our chairman is the co‑founder of Cadence and Synopsys, the two leading companies in the area of Electronic Design Automation.

We’re backed by a team of top‑tier investors including Bosch Ventures, Porsche SE, Sony Innovation Fund, Oxford Sciences Innovations, INKEF Capital and Octopus Ventures, and we have so far raised over £62 million in equity and grant funding.

We bring together the brightest quantum engineers, integrated circuit (IC) engineers, quantum computing theoreticians and software engineers to create a rare, deeply interdisciplinary environment where software directly accelerates breakthrough physics.

Our team of 80+ is based in Oxford and London, with a centre of mass in our Islington lab.

• Synthesize, structure, and maintain the company’s technology and R&D roadmap

• Translate technical inputs from quantum researchers and engineers into clear, decision‑ready documents (roadmaps, R&D planning documents, summaries, reports)

• Identify and highlight critical development paths, dependencies, risks, and trade‑offs across technical initiatives

• Structure and facilitate roadmap and planning discussions with engineering teams to support long‑term planning cycles and R&D prioritization

• Prepare and effectively communicate roadmap materials for executive review and external stakeholders

• Continuously improve roadmap clarity, structure, and communication

• Strong background in quantum computing, with understanding of both quantum hardware and software

• Proven experience in quantum R&D or advanced research environments, with the ability to engage credibly across scientific and engineering teams

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise written and verbal communication

• Comfortable working across disciplines and levels of seniority

• Proven ability to structure ambiguous, research‑heavy inputs into clear plans

• PhD in quantum computing, physics, or a closely related field

• Familiarity with both academic and industrial quantum research and development environments

• Experience working with spin qubit‑based quantum systems

• Experience with roadmap, planning, or strategy artifacts

• Exposure to quantum road mapping and research portfolios

• Experience with external research programs, grants, or partnerships and associated reporting

• Prior experience in roles such as Technical Program Manager, Engineering Program Manager, Systems/Architecture‑adjacent roles, Strategy or planning roles in technical organisations

• Be part of a creative, world‑leading team

• Competitive salary and share options scheme

• Contributory pension scheme

• Life Assurance

• Cycle‑to‑work Scheme

• Flexible working

• Central London location

Quantum Motion is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, colour, religion, disability status, marital status, pregnancy, gender reassignment, religion or any other protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010.