QuantWare
Tech / AI / Software
ChiefofStaff
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“Chief of Staff at QuantWare. Skills: Runs the LT operating cadence, Translates CEO intent into execution, Prepares the Board, Helps the CEO focus, Supports investor-readiness and strategic comms. Runs the LT operating cadence. Translates CEO intent into execution”
What You'll Achieve.
make the CEO and the wider management team operate as effectively as possible; help run the leadership team’s operating cadence; translate the CEO’s intent into execution across the company; prepare the work that supports the Board; Makes meetings produce real decisions; Tracks commitments; Cascades objectives; Turns the things the CEO is most focused on into scoped projects with clear ownership and carries them through; Owns the operating side of Board prep; Helps the CEO focus; multiplying the CEO’s leverage
Industry & Context.
High agency; Comfortable starting work without being told exactly how; Sees the unowned thing and picks it up
EU work authorisation, or willingness and eligibility to relocate to Delft, Delft, four or more days per week on-site, pre-employment screening
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years of experience, Fluent English, EU work authorisation, or willingness and eligibility to relocate to Delft, Delft, four or more days per week on-site
Nice to Have
foundation at a top-tier strategy consultancy or investment bank, Operating experience inside a high-growth company
What You'll Do.
Runs the LT operating cadence
Translates CEO intent into execution
Supports investor-readiness and strategic comms
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Keeps the team aligned; Partners with the CFO and the rest of the LT on the substance; Partners with the CFO on investor-readiness operating work; Partners with the VP Marketing on strategic comms
Communication Scope
Sharp written and verbal communicator; Pre-reads; decision memos; planning documents; strategic comms
Process & Methodology
scoped projects with clear ownership, shape and follow-through, running a senior hiring sprint
Full Job Description
ABOUT US QuantWare is building the world’s most powerful quantum processors to solve humanity's greatest challenges. We do this with our unique VIO™ technology, the only QPU architecture that breaks the hardware barriers that have held quantum computing back, unlocking the path to MegaQubit quantum processors. With VIO, we are paving the way for the hyper-scale quantum computers that will change the world. And delivering on that vision demands people who don’t shy away from tackling the hardest challenges of our time. That’s where you come in! As our Chief of Staff, you will make the CEO and the wider management team operate as effectively as possible. You will help run the leadership team’s operating cadence, translate the CEO’s intent into execution across the company, and prepare the work that supports the Board. This is a fixer role: practical, hands-on, often demanding long days. The work ranges from sharpening the LT cadence and a quarterly Board pack to picking up a defined CEO project (e.g. standing up a QuantWare presence in a new market) and seeing it through. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING Runs the LT operating cadence Designs and runs the rhythm the leadership team operates by. Makes meetings produce real decisions. Tracks commitments. Cascades objectives. Keeps the team aligned. Translates CEO intent into execution Turns the things the CEO is most focused on into scoped projects with clear ownership and carries them through. The CoS owns shape and follow-through; the substance lives with the function. A few examples of what a CoS project looks like: standing up a presence in a new market, scoping a major customer programme, running a senior hiring sprint. Prepares the Board Owns the operating side of Board prep — agenda, materials, pre-reads, follow-ups. Partners with the CFO and the rest of the LT on the substance. Helps the CEO focus Triages incoming asks. Pre-reads what the CEO is walking into. Helps structure the CEO’s time and attention against what matter
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