Project Manager

#Quantum Sensing

Nomad Atomics is a leader in development of quantum sensors, developing and deploying field-ready quantum technologies to enable real-world applications. We believe the time for commercial quantum sensing has come, and we are determined to make it happen.

We are a high performing and ambitious team, driven by the desire to see our sensors used to solve the hardest sensing problems in some of the world’s largest industries. We are growing - FAST - and we are searching for people to join us on the journey of taking cutting edge technology to the market.

We are looking for an ambitious and passionate project manager to drive operational excellence across the company by building scalable processes, coordinating cross-functional activities, and ensuring day-to-day execution.

Who you are:

You are a curious and self-motivated, with a keen interest in emerging technologies. You are looking for a role a fast-paced environment, where you have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to building something new. You love a challenge and can apply your skills and creativity to solve anything that comes your way.

Your role:

Reporting to the COO, you'll sit at the intersection of science, engineering, and commercial execution. Woking closely with the engineering, physics, manufacturing, and commercial teams you will:

· Develop and maintain integrated project plans for key technical and product development initiatives.

· Implement and iterate on project delivery practices, processes, tools, and reporting standards appropriate for a fast-moving, research-intensive environment.

· Run sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and cross-team syncs.

· Drive execution and accountability across project stakeholders.

· Proactively identify blockers, dependencies, and scope creep, and escalate with proposed solutions.

· Coordinate activities across teams.

· Work with technical leads to translate complex development activities into executable plans.

· Maintain accurate project dashboards/gantts and status reporting.

· Manage partner-facing deliverable timelines in coordination with leadership.

· Produce and coordinate project deliverable reporting to external stakeholders, in alignment with leadership.

· Manage vendor delivery performance for active projects and coordinate timelines

· Manage procurement workflows and operational contracts

Requirements

Your Skills:

· 7+ years of project or program management experience in a technology, engineering, scientific, or product development environment.

· Technical background in engineering or science.

· Demonstrable ability to manage projects with high technical ambiguity and long lead times.

· Experience managing cross-functional technical projects.

· Experience with both agile tooling (Jira) and structured program tracking.

· Ideally, experience in deep-tech, quantum, robotics, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, or other R&D-intensive industries.

Benefits

The role is full-time and based in Melbourne, Australia.

We have the flexibility to work from home from time to time, but the in-person interaction with our tech team will be critical.

Must have full working rights in Australia.

We offer a competitive salary, employee share option package and opportunities for professional growth and advancement.