Product Manager - Quantum Applications (H/F)

As Product Manager for Quantum Applications, you own the product direction for how Pasqal turns hard optimization problems into quantum applications that deliver measurable value to customers. You sit at the interface between Customers, our Commercial organization, and the Applications’ development teams, working backwards from real customer problems to define what we build, for whom, and when.

You are the person who makes sure optimization use cases address genuine customer problems, provide quantified value and a credible path from proof of concept to production.

Your missions and responsibilities will include:

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for Pasqal's optimization applications, prioritizing use cases where our neutral-atom technology can genuinely move the needle over classical and other quantum approaches.

• Run real discovery with customers and partners: talk to users frequently, map their workflows, and test more ideas than you build. Prototype and experiment to de-risk value, usability, feasibility, and viability before committing engineering effort.

• Translate concrete optimization problems (routing, scheduling, portfolio, network, energy, logistics, etc.) into well-scoped application requirements the Algo and Solutions teams can deliver against.

• Own viability: define how Pasqal quantifies the value delivered by an optimization use case, how we articulate ROI to the customer, and what commercial model fits.

• Partner closely with the Solutions, Algorithms, Software, and Cloud teams to integrate optimization applications into end-to-end customer workflows and the Pasqal Quantum Software Stack.

• Work with Business Development, Sales, and Marketing to expand the customer base and turn successful engagements into repeatable references and go-to-market assets.

• Own the data: define the metrics that tell you whether an application is working, and use them to decide what to double down on, rebuild, or kill.

• Maintain a rigorous technology and competitive watch on quantum and classical optimization, and feed it back into strategy.

• Strong grounding in optimization: you understand combinatorial and continuous optimization problems and how they map to real industry use cases.

• Operational knowledge of quantum computing capabilities, or a demonstrated ability to become expert quickly — curiosity over dogma.

• Data and analytics fluency: you own your data and metrics yourself rather than receiving them pre-chewed.

• Evidence of real discovery craft: prototypes built, experiments run, ideas killed by data. You can show artefacts, not just frameworks.

• Excellent written communication — clear writing reflects clear thinking, and you will write constantly.

• Fluent in English.

• Experience delivering quantum, HPC, AI/ML, or advanced-computing applications to enterprise customers.

• Domain expertise in an optimization-heavy vertical (finance, energy, logistics, mobility, manufacturing).

• Experience with consultative, low-TRL customer engagements.

• French language skills.

• Experience in international and multicultural environments.

• A key product role in a global leading deep-tech start-up as it scales toward public-company operations.

• Type of contract: permanent.

• A dynamic, close-knit, international team.

• Talent Acquisition screening (30 min) & Hiring Manager screening (45 to 60 min)

• Take-home / live exercise on a real optimization problem, presented to the team (45 min)

• Team fit interview: peer PM, senior engineer, and Solutions lead & Chief Product Officer screening (30 min)

• Offer