IT Manager

Quandela stands as a global leader in quantum computing, driven by groundbreaking technology and a strategic vision for scaling quantum solutions. The company’s unique ability to offer both hardware and software solutions, along with its commitment to build energy efficient quantum processing units that scale, positions it to play a key role in the next wave of innovation, and in many strategic and sovereign industrial sectors.

With a team of more than 140 people, we develop our own hardware and software stack, from semiconductor quantum emitters and photonic processors to quantum control systems and quantum algorithms.

Our ambition is to build large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of solving problems beyond the reach of classical computation using Quandela's cutting-edge quantum dot technology.

Achieving this vision requires not only advances in photonic quantum computing, but also the development of scalable spin-photon interfaces, distributed entanglement capabilities and future SPOQC (Spin-Optical Quantum Computing) architectures that will enable modular and fault-tolerant quantum systems.

Join Us at the Forefront of Quantum Computing Innovation 🚀

About this position:

You will be leading the team (4 people) in charge of Quandela's foundational IT systems (identities, devices, network, common applications) across the Group.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Support people across the company, including directly supported foreign subsidiaries, on their everyday IT issues and requests;
• Ensure consistent IT service delivery across HQ and international subsidiaries, adapting support models, processes, tools, and governance to local needs while maintaining group-wide standards;
• Deploy and manage hardware and virtual foundational solutions, including user devices, identity, network, domain services, monitoring, cloud-hosted software, and collaboration tools, while continuously improving reliability and security;
• Select, develop, integrate, deploy, and maintain cross-company and domain-specific applications, acting as a digital and information systems expert partner to business owners and company management;
• Support the structuring of IT operations for new or growing subsidiaries, including onboarding, equipment, access management, local infrastructure needs, vendor coordination, and alignment with HQ IT and security policies;
• Contribute to the adoption of AI tools and practices across the company, in partnership with the different teams, by identifying relevant use cases, supporting tool selection and deployment, ensuring secure and compliant usage, and helping each function integrate AI into its ways of working.

As to strategic improvements, the team currently focuses on:

• Improving IT-business processes to manage the service catalog and associated epic-level efforts;
• Strengthening IT governance across HQ and subsidiaries, ensuring clear ownership, standardized processes, reliable reporting, and scalable support for international growth;
• Hardening user devices, network, and service configurations to match security standards: GHI, then NIS2 and ISO 27001. In particular, reframing traffic management following a zero-trust approach;
• Adding appropriate sensitive segments for regulated activities, with a creative surface-minimal approach to security;
• Industrializing business application deployment to sovereign cloud solutions;
• Improving infrastructure, application, and security monitoring;
• Structuring and migrating our legacy collection of collaboration applications to a consistent, sovereignty-conscious, open source-first suite;
• Defining and supporting a pragmatic AI adoption framework across functions such as HR, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Science, Sales, Marketing & Communication, ensuring that AI initiatives are useful, secure, compliant, and aligned with business priorities;
• Promoting responsible AI usage by helping teams understand opportunities, risks, data protection constraints, and best practices.

Requirements

• Experience in Microsoft infrastructure management cloud-based solutions (Intune, Entra, Defender, M365) and Windows OS security;
• Experience in network design & administration
• Experience in cloud resource management, container workload configuration and deployment pipeline management;
• Good knowledge and experience in cybersecurity (risk models and paths, security assessment methods, security monitoring solutions, user/device/application/data hardening principles and technologies).
• Ability to work in an international team, particularly French & English, English communication skills, both verbal and written;
• Willingness to combine technical insight leadership, field-level contribution, and business-oriented posture to improve both organization around IT interests including and cybersecurity, and business domain processes;
• On-site presence at least 3 days/week, with some regular inter-site travel.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, flexible based on your experience and expectations
• Profit-sharing & company savings plan
• 100% health coverage (Alan)
• 50% transport reimbursement or sustainable mobility bonus
• Meal vouchers (Swile), Gymlib fitness support
• Childcare assistance & referral bonuses (€1,000–€2,000)

What we offer:

• A meaningful role with real ownership, from day one
• A team eager to collaborate and grow with you
• Daily exposure to the entire quantum stack — from high-level APIs to low-level firmware, and everything in between.
  

Process

• Talent Acquisition Interview/ Headhunter interview (30' - 45')
• Hiring Manager Interview (45')
• Use Case (a live use case or one to be prepared at home and presented afterward)
• Meeting with the teams
• 2 reference check
• Offer

(This process is provided for guidance only and may evolve depending on the roles)At Quandela, we believe that the strength of our team is the plurality of experiences, perspectives, and journeys. We are committed to building a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming work environment. All applications are welcome.