Strategic Partnerships Lead

Here at TreQ, we are accelerating the path to useful quantum computing by designing, deploying, and operating open-architecture quantum computing infrastructure that evolves as quantum technologies advance.

TreQ is growing and we're looking for a seasoned Strategic Partnerships
Lead to join our team. Based in Milton Park, Abingdon, your primary responsibility will be to develop and advance TreQ’s most important relationships across the quantum and advanced computing ecosystem. As Strategic Partnerships
Lead you will work with the Business Development leader and CEO to understand partners’ priorities, develop compelling partnership models, and turn strategic relationships into valuable outcomes. You will collaborate across Business Development, Engineering, and partner teams to align stakeholders and identify opportunities to pursue together.

In your role as Strategic Partnerships Lead, your day will include:

• Developing priority relationships across TreQ’s technology partners, supply chain, prospective customers, government, national laboratories, and broader ecosystem
• Developing partnership propositions that create the case for partners to commit technology, engineering effort, funding, access, or other resources
• Working with partners’ business development and technical teams to identify and develop opportunities to pursue jointly
• Navigating complex relationships by aligning stakeholders and coordinating activity across organisations

You will be a success in this role if:

You know about:

• How technology companies decide where to invest resources
• How technical, commercial, and organisational priorities interact
• How deep-tech ecosystems develop and operate

You can:

• Build trusted relationships with technical, commercial, and senior leaders
• Understand what matters to a partner and develop compelling partnership propositions
• Communicate comfortably with engineers and executives, including in deep technical conversations
• Influence and align stakeholders, turning conversations into decisions and coordinated action
• Write concise, high-quality briefs, emails, and proposals

You’ve had experiences like these:

• Developing strategic relationships across a complex technology ecosystem
• Turning relationships into substantive collaborations and resource commitments
• Working across technical and business teams on joint initiatives
• Supporting senior leaders in consequential external relationships

You like:

• Building relationships that become more valuable over time
• Finding creative ways for organisations to work together
• Moving between technical, commercial, and strategic conversations
• Navigating emerging markets where the path is not yet defined

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in the quantum computing ecosystem, with knowledge of its key companies, technologies, and institutions
• Technical or business background relevant to technology partnerships
• Experience with high-performance computing or adjacent advanced computing infrastructure

  For this role you need not:

  • Fit a conventional business development profile
  • Have followed a traditional or linear career path

  We value practical engineering experience as much as formal academic credentials. People join TreQ from industry, national laboratories, startups, academia, and military service.

  TreQ is a veteran-owned, woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on capability, character, and the ability to contribute to our mission. If TreQ’s mission excites you but your experience doesn’t match every qualification listed, we still encourage you to apply.

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