PsiQuantum

Solution Business Development Lead

PsiQuantum$154K — $182K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in business development or technical sales within networking or datacenter hardware sectors.
  • Proven success with design-in wins from hyperscale, cloud, or large network OEM customers.
  • Understanding of fabric architecture including leaf-spine topology and cost/power considerations.
  • Experience in proactively shaping customer requirements instead of just responding to them.
  • Ability to sell products that are still in the development phase.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and nurture customer and partner relationships across hyperscale, AI infrastructure, and telecom sectors.
  • Lead early-stage co-design sessions with clients to influence product requirements.
  • Manage end-to-end process for RFI and RFP responses, including technical and commercial aspects.
  • Translate market insights and customer needs into actionable product specifications.
  • Represent the company in standards and consortium activities related to interface specifications.
  • Monitor competitive landscape to understand market dynamics and product offerings.

Benefits

  • Competitive health coverage for employees and dependents.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.
  • Equity grants as part of the compensation package.
  • Access to financial wellness tools and planning resources.
  • Comprehensive wellness benefits, including family support programs.
  • Life and disability insurance coverage.
  • Paid leave and company-designated paid holidays, with discretionary time off.
Full Job Description
Job Summary:

The Solution Business Development Lead will build and expand PsiQuantum's customer base, partner network, and broader ecosystem across hyperscale, AI infrastructure, networking, and telecommunications markets. This role will identify opportunities early in the design and planning process, influence customer requirements, and position PsiQuantum's solutions for future adoption. The Lead will oversee strategic customer engagements, manage RFI and RFP responses, translate market and customer needs into actionable product requirements, and represent the company in relevant industry standards and consortium activities. This individual will also maintain a competitive market perspective and own pipeline forecasting and the commercial narrative for business reviews.

Responsibilities:
  • Identify and develop customers, partners and ecosystem relationships across hyperscale, AI infrastructure, network OEMs and telecom.
  • Run early co-design engagements - our architects in front of theirs before requirements freeze.
  • Own RFI and RFP responses end to end, technical content and commercial positioning.
  • Bring customer requirements back into product definition with enough rigor to act on.
  • Represent us in the standards and consortium work where interface specs are being written.
  • Build and maintain the competitive picture - who ships what, at what radix, how substantiated.

Experience/Qualifications:
  • 8+ years in BD or technical sales of networking or datacenter hardware.
  • Design-in wins with hyperscale, cloud or large network OEM customers - not channel volume.
  • Working knowledge of fabric architecture: leaf-spine, scale-up vs scale-out, where cost and power sit.
  • Experience shaping a customer's requirements rather than responding to them.
  • Comfort selling a product that is still being defined.

We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.

Base pay is one part of the total compensation package. Full-time roles are eligible for equity and benefits. Our compensation ranges reflect the cost of labor across multiple U.S. geographic markets, and we pay based on defined geographic zones. This position may be filled within one of the following U.S. geographic zones, each with its own salary range.

Actual compensation may vary outside of these ranges and is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's qualifications, relevant education and training, competencies, experience, geographic location, business needs, and internal equity. Your recruiter can share more details about the salary range applicable to your location during the hiring process.
  • Zone 1 - Bay Area and NYC
  • Zone 2 - Examples include Los Angeles and Washington DC
  • Zone 3 - Examples include Austin, Chicago, and Sacramento
  • Zone 4 - Examples include Nashville and Phoenix/Tempe and many remote locations

This position includes the following benefits: competitive health coverage for you and your dependents, 401(k) with company match, equity grants, access to financial wellness tools and planning resources, wellness benefits, family support programs, life and disability insurance, paid leave programs, company-designated paid holidays, discretionary time off (DTO), and an end-of-year company shutdown. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements and may vary based on location, role, or employment status. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

The estimated annual base salary range for this role is:

Zone 1

$154,900-$182,000 USD

Zone 2

$139,400-$163,800 USD

Zone 3

$123,900-$145,600 USD

Zone 4

$108,400-$127,400 USD

About PsiQuantum

PsiQuantum is a California-based company that is developing a quantum computer using photonics technology. The company's goal is to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer with millions of qubits, which would be capable of solving problems that are currently intractable with classical computers. PsiQuantum was founded in 2016 by a team of experts in photonics, quantum computing, and computer science. The company has received funding from investors such as BlackRock, Founders Fund, and Atomico.
Learn more about PsiQuantum
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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