Drive the People Operations team's daily activities, improving processes for employee lifecycle management while supporting approximately 160 employees globally.
About us
Founded in 2017, Q-CTRL has grown to become the global leader in quantum. We’re using control to solve the hardest problems facing quantum technology, improving hardware performance and accelerating pathways to useful quantum computers and other technologies. As a product-led company, we bring together diverse teams such as product, design, engineering and research to help achieve our mission of making quantum technology useful. Join us to help shape the quantum future.
As one of the fastest growing companies in the quantum sector, we’ve had a number of key milestones:
- In November 2023, we announced an industry-first partnership with IBM Quantum Services, natively integrating our performance management software with all IBM quantum computers. Building off of this relationship, in September 2024 we started offering two services via IBM’s new Qiskit Functions Catalog as an inaugural partner.
- Designed and moved our Global HQ offices and lab space into the first purpose-built (and award winning) commercial and research facility for a quantum technology company in Australia.
- Continued to deliver real world outcomes across the quantum sectors, with our work with Australian Defence on software-ruggedized quantum sensing for navigation without GPS, as featured in the New York Times.
- In October 2024, we announced our record breaking expansion of our Series B funding round to USD $113M, with $59M USD of new capital.
- Grew our global presence to include Los Angeles, Berlin, and Oxford - as well as the recently announced office in San Francisco.
From educating the workforce on how quantum computing works, to building the next generation of quantum sensors, to delivering massive performance gains for end-users, it all starts with hiring the right talent. If you want to help us build the Quantum future, read on.
About the role
At Q-CTRL, our world-class workforce is the key to our success, and the People team is a global enabler focused on unblocking and unleashing growth. We approach the People function differently—we’re an operationally focused, commercially minded team that turns people strategy into operational firepower, helping the business move faster and smarter. Partnering across all teams and levels, we make work simpler and scale the company just ahead of our rapid growth.
Our team supports the rapidly growing global company across 4 different countries. You’ll report to the People Operations Manager based in Sydney, and work alongside an additional Senior People Specialist, based in the US.
You’ll own the delivery of most facets of the employee lifecycle within your functional groups, from onboarding all the way to separation. In addition to supporting your functional groups, you’ll be a key local point of contact for our Australian based employees.
You’ll also own the L&D strategy implementation and execution, aimed at building a highly capable and effective management group, who in turn create a highly engaged, impact driven team.
This role would be the perfect opportunity for a senior people advisor or business partner to continue to hone your generalist skills in a highly dynamic environment.
What you'll be doing:
- Improve overall people experience and staff retention in your client group, working closely with managers and employees to drive a culture of continuous feedback and improvement, focusing on the areas of highest impact.
- Provide support and guidance across the full employee lifecycle for your client group.
- Actively involved in managing staff performance for your functional group.
- Own Learning & Development activities, and assist with coaching and upskilling of people managers and collating resources.
- Act as the ‘on the ground’ People team liaison for your assigned jurisdiction, including benefits administration.
- Stay across employment legislation for your assigned jurisdiction, and assist to ensure people related processes are refined in line with changing laws.
- Assist People Operations Manager with cyclical activities such as annual and mid year performance review, compensation review, compensation benchmarking, eNPS (annual employee engagement survey), etc.
- Other duties within the Employee's skills and experience, or with reasonable training.
Ideally you'll have:
- 5+ years of progressive People experience.
- Solid experience with performance management and employee relations, particularly for Australia.
- Heavy commercial focus and a proven track record of developing and implementing People programs that support business objectives.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, and the ability to influence across all levels.
- The ability to decipher between what staff want and need, and shape solutions and an approach that strikes the best balance.
It would be fantastic if you have these skills/experience but not essential:
- Worked within a startup and/or scaleup business environment within the technology sector.
- Prior experience working with staff in multiple countries.
Why Q-CTRL?
Flexibility: We embrace workplace flexibility so you worry more about your impact vs a rigid work schedule.
Attractive salary: You’ll get to have the start-up impact without the start-up wages.
Equity: We want people to have a sense of ownership in what they do and offer the potential for equity share and annual bonuses.
Cash bonus: We recognize exceptional performance and impact by offering annual discretionary cash bonuses.
Resources: We are well funded by the world’s best technology investors, letting us chase our ambitions with minimal constraints.
Parental support: We offer paid parental leave to support you and your loved ones.
Diversity: We’re an equal opportunity employer and actively support initiatives like the ‘Global Women in Quantum’ program to help expand the quantum workforce.
Unique culture: You’ll be surrounded by some of the world’s leading physicists, engineers, product, marketing and design people (to name a few!) with a strong desire to learn and transfer knowledge.
Meaningful values: You’ll work with an incredibly supportive team who work consistently to deliver our core values to be real, be trusted, be just and to be revered.
Personal development: We provide you with a personal development and wellness budget.
Make a dent: Last but not least you’ll have the unique opportunity to help set the direction for this revolutionary technology and truly make an impact that matters!
Q-CTRL aims to bring together cross-functional teams from many different backgrounds to help achieve our goals - we strongly encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements mentioned in the job posting.
Please be advised that our communications will only come from the @q-ctrl.com domain. All our active job postings are available on our company website.
To recruitment agencies, we do not accept unsolicited branded profiles and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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