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# Director of Applications

- **Company:** QuantWare
- **Location:** Delft, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Applications, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.nl/details/5849702642

## About the Role

Business Case & Value Creation: Proven track record of building quantified business cases for complex technology adoption, ideally within compute-intensive domains (e.g. HPC, AI, advanced software). Prior experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm or technology solution consulting practice is a strong plus.

 * 5+ years of leadership experience building, managing and developing high-performing technical teams in fast-moving, outcome-driven environments.
 * Executive Communication: Exceptional cross-functional communicator capable of bridging deep technical topics with high-level strategy and commercial audiences.
 * Education: Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Mathematics, or an MBA paired with a technical undergraduate degree.
 * Mindset: Strategic leader with high ownership and a strong outcome focus.

Don't tick every box? Apply anyway. We know great candidates don't always follow a straight path, and we value diverse experience, perspectives, and ways of thinking. If this role excites you and you believe you can make an impact, we'd love to hear from you!

## Description

* End-User Partnership Ownership: Own end-to-end execution and delivery of strategic, quantitative, quantum application discovery projects with enterprise partners.
 * Quantified Business Cases: Collaborate with partner teams to build and present robust business cases that quantify the ROI of quantum applications within their organizations.
 * Lead & Scale Application Teams: Recruit, manage, and lead a small team of Senior Quantum Algorithm Experts, Applications Engineers, and Solutions Engineers in developing quantum applications and resource estimation tools.
 * Executive Technical Relations: Build, maintain, and manage high-trust relationships with strategic and technical leadership at enterprise partner organizations.
 * Framework Development: Establish, mature, and scale repeatable frameworks for business case development, project execution, results reporting. Partner with technical leadership to develop frameworks for quantum application development, and computational resource estimation.
 * Cross-Functional Feedback Loop: Drive the feedback loop by translating enterprise application requirements and hardware performance targets back to our internal Product, Systems, and Business Development teams.


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