Technical Product Owner (Intelligent Automation)

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  "name": "Technical Product Owner (Intelligent Automation)",
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  "schedule": "full-time",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-12T13:18:48+00:00",
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  "department": "Intelligent Automation",
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  "subcompany": "QUANTUM MOTION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED",
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    {
      "name": "About The Role and Team",
      "value": "<p>Quantum Motion is a fast-growing quantum computing scale-up based in London. We are developing quantum processors based on industrial-grade silicon chips, with the potential to radically transform computing power in areas such as materials modelling, medicine, artificial intelligence and more.</p><p><strong>Our Company </strong></p><p>Since 2021 our team has been listed every year in the “Top 100 Startups worth watching”<a style=\"text-decoration:none;\" href=\"https://www.eetimes.com/product/silicon-100-startups-worth-watching-in-2021/\"> in the EE Times</a>, and our technology breakthroughs have been featured in<a style=\"text-decoration:none;\" href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/04/01/quantum-computing-breakthrough-speed-roll-decades/\"> The Telegraph</a>,<a style=\"text-decoration:none;\" href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56614278\"> BBC</a> and the<a style=\"text-decoration:none;\" href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/international/2021/04/risks-creating-arms-race-inside-europes-battle-over-future-quantum-computing\"> New Statesman</a>. 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, and we have recently closed our <a href=\"https://quantummotion.com/series-c-funding/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Series C funding of $160 million.</a></p><p>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.</p><div style=\"border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Inter, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width:866px;color:rgb(23,23,23);font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\"><div style=\"border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Inter, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:20px;color:rgb(66,66,66);\">Our team of 100+ is based across London, Oxford, San Sebastián and Sydney, with our primary hub in Islington (London).</div></div>"
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      "name": "Our Team",
      "value": "<p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\">We are looking for a pragmatic, organized Technical Product Owner to join the Intelligent Automation team. This team builds the mission critical software layer that allows our hardware experts and IC engineers to acquire data more efficiently, analyze experiments, and control quantum processors.</span></p><p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\">This role acts as the interface between the software engineering team and the internal end-users of the products they develop. You will identify needs, work with the various stakeholders to specify solutions and translate these into clearly defined tickets for engineers to work through. You will take ownership of priorities and impact how quickly and effectively our quantum hardware advances as well as providing a clear line of communication for the product team.</span></p><p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\">Please note that this is a hybrid role, typically requiring 60% on-site attendance at our Islington lab to collaborate directly with the hardware teams. This hands-on proximity to experimental work is key to the role.</span></p>"
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      "value": "<ul style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\"><li style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"><p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\">Backlog Curation:</span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"> Own the team’s project board. You will ensure the backlog is balanced between short-term needs and long-term scalability, tickets are clearly defined, and the team always knows what to work on next.</span></p></li><li style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"><p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\">Requirements Gathering:</span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"> Sit with internal end-users (researchers and hardware engineers) to understand their experimental needs and translate them into actionable technical user stories. You will develop deep domain context and become a trusted partner to world-class scientists. </span></p></li><li style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"><p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\">Triage & Protection:</span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"> Act as the first line of defense for the software team. You will triage incoming bug reports and feature requests, protecting engineers’ focus while ensuring critical lab workflows are never blocked.</span></p></li><li style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"><p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\">Process Facilitation:</span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"> Run light-touch Agile processes (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives) focused on efficiency and unblocking developers rather than rigid adherence to rules. You’ll help shape processes that actually work in a research-led environment.</span></p></li><li style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"><p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\">Release Management:</span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"> Coordinate with the team to ensure software updates are deployed smoothly to the lab environments without disrupting critical experiments. Reliability here directly affects experimental velocity and research outcomes.</span></p></li></ul>"
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