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Xanadu is seeking a Director of Product Management to own the roadmap and execution for PennyLane, an industry-leading open-source software framework for quantum machine learning and quantum computing. This role sits at the intersection of quantum software, developer experience, and business strategy, reporting directly to the VP overseeing PennyLane.
Key responsibilities include:
**Roadmap & Strategy**: Partner with engineering, research, and product leadership to translate product vision into a sequenced, measurable roadmap aligned with developer and market needs. Decompose strategy into workstreams, specs, and milestones, and run weekly execution cadence to keep teams shipping.
**Developer Experience & Adoption**: Own the full developer lifecycle from onboarding and activation through retention and growth. Define and track adoption metrics that demonstrate product-market fit and community health.
**Technical Architecture**: Drive technical direction of the framework alongside engineering, shaping APIs, developer ergonomics, and integrations across the quantum stack.
**Go-To-Market & Community**: Lead launches, positioning, documentation, tutorials, and community releases to attract developers, students, and industry scientists globally.
**Phased Rollouts**: Plan and manage controlled, phased rollouts—betas, staged releases, feature-gated launches—to de-risk delivery and gather user feedback.
**Metrics & Reporting**: Measure and report on adoption, developer engagement, and roadmap progress to leadership on a regular cadence.
**Team Leadership**: Hire, coach, and lead a growing product management team as scope expands.
Required: 8+ years in technical product management, developer product management, or related technical roles in open-source, cloud, AI/ML, or deep tech. Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience. Demonstrated ability to operationalize product vision, own go-to-market for technical products, and drive measurable adoption. Experience partnering with software engineering on roadmap and technical strategy. Comfort operating in both large organizations and fast-moving growth-stage companies.
Preferred: Experience launching and scaling open-source developer tooling, SDKs, or enterprise deep-tech platforms. People-management experience leading product teams. Background or familiarity with quantum computing, PennyLane, or classical ML frameworks.
