Quantinuum

Full-stack quantum hardware and software solutions

Director, IT Business Management

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBroomfield, CO, USA

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree is required.
At least 12 years of progressive experience across IT management, portfolio or program management, business operations, strategy, finance, or related disciplines is required.
At least 7 years of people leadership experience, including leading managers or multiple professional disciplines, is required.
Candidates must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or worker granted asylum or refugee status.
Experience building or maturing an Office of the CIO, Office of IT Management, Enterprise PMO, IT business management, or similar function is preferred.
Broad understanding of IT operating models, service management, enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and digital employee experience is preferred.
Experience with ITIL, BRM, portfolio management, business analysis, performance management, and organizational change practices is preferred.
PMP, PgMP, CBAP, BRMP, ITIL, Prosci, TBM, Six Sigma, or comparable certifications are preferred.
Strong financial, analytical, facilitation, executive communication, and organizational-design skills are preferred.
Experience operating in a fast-moving, scaling, and geographically distributed organization is preferred.
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex technology and operating topics into business decisions and outcomes is preferred.
Demonstrated experience leading complex IT portfolios, governance, planning, performance reporting, financial management, or organizational change is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and integrate the management disciplines that enable a scalable, business-aligned, high-performing IT organization, including Project and Program Management, Business Analysis, Business Relationship Management, IT Operations Management, IT Performance Management, IT Financial Management, IT Strategy, and Organizational Change Management.
Translate IT strategy into operational plans, governance, financial discipline, measurable performance, and effective business engagement; establish standards and operating rhythms across IT; and oversee delivery of priority initiatives and maturity improvements.
Lead managers and practitioners across multiple management disciplines, partner with IT leaders and business stakeholders, and provide the VP of Information Technology integrated visibility into priorities, performance, financials, risks, capacity, and organizational change.
Own end-to-end oversight of the IT program and project portfolio, ensuring alignment with business priorities, IT strategy, capacity, dependencies, and expected value.
Establish and continuously improve portfolio, program, project, and business analysis methods, governance, tools, and quality standards.
Ensure initiatives have clear scope, business outcomes, success measures, resourcing, schedules, risks, and change plans.
Directly oversee or lead selected high-impact initiatives and escalations while developing program managers, project managers, and business analysts.
Establish the Business Relationship Management discipline and a consistent engagement model between IT and business functions.
Partner with business leaders to understand strategies, capabilities, pain points, demand, and opportunities, and translate these into qualified and prioritized IT needs.
Improve business transparency into IT priorities, decisions, service performance, and delivery commitments.
Monitor stakeholder feedback and relationship health, and coordinate actions that improve trust, alignment, and realized value.
Lead IT financial management processes, including annual planning, forecasting, budget performance, investment tracking, cost transparency, and financial reporting.
Partner with Finance, Procurement, and IT leaders on business cases, vendor economics, CAPEX and OPEX decisions, and financial risks.
Connect financial and workforce plans to portfolio priorities, service needs, capacity, and expected outcomes.
Identify opportunities to optimize spend, improve forecast accuracy, and strengthen benefits realization.
Own the organizational change management framework for IT initiatives and operating-model changes.
Ensure priority initiatives include stakeholder analysis, communications, readiness, training, adoption measures, reinforcement, and clear change ownership.
Partner with business and IT leaders to address change impacts, improve adoption, and sustain expected outcomes.
Build change capability across project teams, business analysts, managers, and sponsors.
Build and operate an integrated Office of IT Management connecting strategy, portfolio delivery, business demand, operations, performance, finance, and organizational change.
Define roles, services, decision rights, handoffs, standards, and operating cadences across IT disciplines.
Develop and execute a practical maturity roadmap for the function, prioritizing improvements that increase transparency, predictability, accountability, and business value.
Advise IT leadership on priorities, operating effectiveness, resource tradeoffs, and management practices.
Coordinate development, refresh, and execution tracking of the IT strategy, multi-year roadmap, annual operating plan, and functional objectives.
Translate strategic objectives into initiatives, outcomes, measures, ownership, investment needs, and execution plans.
Establish management forums and governance processes for prioritization, decision-making, accountability, risk escalation, and progress review.
Prepare concise, outcome-focused strategy and performance updates for IT and executive leadership.
Establish an integrated management approach for IT operations, including operating rhythms, cross-functional reviews, key risks, dependencies, actions, and service improvement.
Define and maintain an IT performance framework with KPIs, targets, scorecards, data ownership, reporting standards, and corrective-action processes.
Partner with service owners and IT leaders to improve service accountability, operational discipline, decision quality, and continuous improvement.
Provide integrated reporting across delivery, operations, financials, workforce, risk, and business outcomes.
Lead, coach, and develop managers and practitioners across the Office of IT Management disciplines.
Set clear accountabilities, performance expectations, career paths, and capability-development plans.
Hire and retain strong talent and create a collaborative culture focused on ownership, service, evidence-based decisions, and continuous improvement.
Develop succession and workforce plans aligned to the evolving needs of IT and the business.
Travel up to 25%.

Desired Qualifications

A master's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Organizational Development, or a related field.

Salary Range: 163000 to 219000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

We are seeking a Director, IT Business Management in our Broomfield, CO, Location.

The Director, IT Business Management, will lead and integrate the management disciplines that enable a scalable, business-aligned, and high-performing IT organization. The scope includes Project and Program Management, Business Analysis, Business Relationship Management, IT Operations Management, IT Performance Management, IT Financial Management, IT Strategy, and Organizational Change Management.

This leader will be responsible for translating IT strategy into operational plans, governance, financial discipline, measurable performance, and effective business engagement. The role will own establishing practical standards and operating rhythms across the IT function, whilst directly overseeing delivery of priority initiatives and maturity improvements.

The Director will lead managers and practitioners across multiple management disciplines, partner closely with IT leaders and business stakeholders, and provide the VP of Information Technology with integrated visibility into priorities, performance, financials, risks, capacity, and organizational change.

Key Responsibilities:

Program, Portfolio & Business Analysis

Own end-to-end oversight of the IT program and project portfolio, ensuring alignment to business priorities, IT strategy, capacity, dependencies, and expected value.

Establish and continuously improve portfolio, program, project, and business analysis methods, governance, tools, and quality standards.

Ensure initiatives have clear scope, business outcomes, success measures, resourcing, schedules, risks, and change plans.

Directly oversee or lead select high-impact initiatives and escalations while developing program managers, project managers, and business analysts.

Business Relationship & Demand Management

Establish the Business Relationship Management discipline and a consistent engagement model between IT and business functions.

Partner with business leaders to understand strategies, capabilities, pain points, demand, and opportunities; translate these into qualified and prioritized IT needs.

Improve business transparency into IT priorities, decisions, service performance, and delivery commitments.

Monitor stakeholder feedback and relationship health and coordinate actions that improve trust, alignment, and realized value.

IT Financial & Resource Management

Lead IT financial management processes, including annual planning, forecasting, budget performance, investment tracking, cost transparency, and financial reporting.

Partner with Finance, Procurement, and IT leaders on business cases, vendor economics, CAPEX and OPEX decisions, and financial risks.

Connect financial and workforce plans to portfolio priorities, service needs, capacity, and expected outcomes.

Identify opportunities to optimize spend, improve forecast accuracy, and strengthen benefits realization.

Organizational Change Management

Own the organizational change management framework for IT initiatives and operating-model changes.

Ensure priority initiatives include stakeholder analysis, communications, readiness, training, adoption measures, reinforcement, and clear change ownership.

Partner with business and IT leaders to address change impacts, improve adoption, and sustain expected outcomes.

Build change capability across project teams, business analysts, managers, and sponsors.

Office of IT Management Leadership & Integration

Build and operate an integrated Office of IT Management that connects strategy, portfolio delivery, business demand, operations, performance, finance, and organizational change.

Define clear roles, services, decision rights, handoffs, standards, and operating cadences across the IT disciplines.

Develop and execute a practical maturity roadmap for the function, prioritizing improvements that increase transparency, predictability, accountability, and business value.

Serve as a trusted advisor to IT leadership on priorities, operating effectiveness, resource tradeoffs, and management practices.

IT Strategy, Governance & Integrated Planning

Coordinate development, refresh, and execution tracking of the IT strategy, multi-year roadmap, annual operating plan, and functional objectives.

Translate strategic objectives into initiatives, outcomes, measures, ownership, investment needs, and execution plans.

Establish management forums and governance processes for prioritization, decision-making, accountability, risk escalation, and progress review.

Prepare concise, outcome-focused strategy and performance updates for IT and executive leadership.

IT Operations & Performance Management

Establish an integrated management approach for IT operations, including operating rhythms, cross-functional reviews, key risks, dependencies, actions, and service improvement.

Define and maintain an IT performance framework with KPIs, targets, scorecards, data ownership, reporting standards, and corrective-action processes.

Partner with service owners and IT leaders to improve service accountability, operational discipline, decision quality, and continuous improvement.

Provide integrated reporting across delivery, operations, financials, workforce, risk, and business outcomes.

People & Capability Leadership

Lead, coach, and develop managers and practitioners across the Office of IT Management disciplines.

Set clear accountabilities, performance expectations, career paths, and capability-development plans.

Hire and retain strong talent and create a collaborative culture focused on ownership, service, evidence-based decisions, and continuous improvement.

Develop succession and workforce plans aligned to the evolving needs of IT and the business.

Travel up to 25%

YOU MUST HAVE:

Bachelor’s degree minimum
12+ years of progressive experience across IT management, portfolio or program management, business operations, strategy, finance, or related disciplines.
7+ years of people leadership experience, including leading managers or multiple professional disciplines.
Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status

WE VALUE:

Master’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Organizational Development, or a related field.

Experience building or maturing an Office of the CIO, Office of IT Management, Enterprise PMO, IT business management, or similar functions.

Broad understanding of IT operating models, service management, enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and digital employee experience.

Experience with ITIL, BRM, portfolio management, business analysis, performance management, and organizational change practices.

PMP, PgMP, CBAP, BRMP, ITIL, Prosci, TBM, Six Sigma, or comparable certifications.

Strong financial, analytical, facilitation, executive communication, and organizational-design skills.

Experience operating in a fast-moving, scaling, and geographically distributed organization.

Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex technology and operating topics into business decisions and outcomes.

Demonstrated experience leading complex IT portfolios, governance, planning, performance reporting, financial management, or organizational change.

Quantinuum is a leading quantum computing company delivering a full stack platform designed to make quantum computing deployable in real-world environments. With active engagements spanning pharmaceuticals, material science, financial services, government, industrial sectors, and leading academic and research institutions worldwide, we are helping organizations unlock the transformative potential of quantum computing.

Our global team of more than 800 employees includes many of the world's leading scientists, engineers, and researchers, with more than 70% of our technology team holding advanced degrees at the Master's or PhD level. Headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, Quantinuum operatesacross the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Singapore.

By joining Quantinuum, you’ll help shape the future of quantum computing, pushing the limits of technology, and making the impossible possible.

What’s in it for you?

We believe our people are our greatest strength and offer a comprehensive rewards package that supports your professional growth, well-being, and long-term success.

Competitive compensation and the opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology
Flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance
Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) retirement savings plan with company match and student loan repayment benefit
Equity opportunities
Generous paid time off, sick leave, and 12 paid holidays annually
Paid parental leave
Employee discount programs

Equal Employment Opportunity

Quantinuum is an equal opportunity employer. We make employment decisions based on job-related qualifications and business needs, without regard to race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, age, physical or mental disability, serious medical condition, genetic information, marital status, spousal affiliation, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Consideration of citizenship or immigration status is limited to cases where a law, regulation, executive order, or government contract requires it.

Quantinuum is a federal contractor and provides equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

We provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities, serious medical conditions, pregnancy-related needs, and sincerely held religious beliefs. To request an accommodation at any stage of the application or interview process, contact [email/link].

Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal. [https://www.eeoc.gov/poster]

Export Control Notice (U.S. Positions)

Some Quantinuum positions involve access to technology or software subject to U.S. export control laws, including the Export Administration Regulations. For these positions, Quantinuum may need to obtain U.S. government authorization, such as an export license, before a candidate who is not a “U.S. person” can access controlled technology. “U.S. persons” include U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, and individuals granted asylum or refugee status. Quantinuum may ask candidates for information needed to determine whether authorization is required. Any hiring decision on this basis will turn on whether required authorization can be obtained. Quantinuum does not otherwise consider citizenship, immigration status, or national origin.

We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know use the Lets talk contact form.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis, there is no application deadline for this position.

About the Company

Quantinuum

Full-stack quantum hardware and software solutions

Quantinuum provides both quantum hardware and software. Its H1-1 processor runs quantum circuits, while TKET is an open-access, architecture-independent software stack that lets developers design circuits that work across different quantum devices. It differs from competitors by delivering quantum-hardened encryption keys at the device level and offering a complete hardware-software package, plus it has demonstrated strong performance by passing the Quantum Volume 32,768 benchmark. Its goal is to help solve real-world problems like drug discovery, new materials design, and supply-chain optimization while keeping data secure against evolving quantum threats.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Broomfield, CO
Founded: 2021

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