Executive Assistant, PsiQuantum
$100-145k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Quantum computer builder
Be an early applicant
Quantum computer builder
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$100-145k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create the world’s first useful fault tolerant, error corrected quantum computer that will solve otherwise impossible problems.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 5 or more years related experience supporting EVP/SVP-level executives in a fast-paced environment
- Must have startup experience or have worked for a high growth, very fast-paced, exciting and dynamic company
- Highly organized, analytical, flexible with shifting priorities and able to always exercise good judgement
- Positive attitude and supportive, collaborative team player
What the job involves
- As a member of the CBO organization, you will join a team that encompasses all the company's functions and resources outside of the engineers building the actual quantum computer and our back-office G&A functions
- This includes application engineering and software tools development, technical product and program management, internally driven solutions development, marketing communications and all our strategic go-to-market and commercialization resources globally
- This Executive Assistant will report to and partner with the CBO Office, taking his/her/their lead from the Sr Executive Assistant to the CBO and the Chief of Staff to the CBO
- This role primarily involves supporting executives within the CBO department, and the candidate will act as a counterpart to the Sr. Executive Assistant to the CBO
- He/she/they will ensure consistent and timely communications with internal and external stakeholders in a competent manner - always ensuring confidentiality, good judgment, discretion and professionalism
- Professional, competent and timely execution of all responsibilities (including but not limited to calendaring, travel, expenses, action items, as well as organizational support of meetings, offsites, events etc)
- Support senior CBO team (CBO office + VPs and above) in managing calendars, meetings and conference calls, make appointments, book conference rooms and organize meetings
- Ensure timely prioritization and tracking of executives’ action items to completion and ensure meeting materials are prepared ahead of meetings
- Arrange complex and detailed domestic and international travel plans, itineraries and trip agendas in ways that allow the executives to spend the most time on high-impact activity during trips
- Complete, review and process expense reports
- Communications + Oversight of priorities and outstanding actions
- Works closely and effectively with the executives to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibility, flagging any gaps in preparation and following up as appropriate on outstanding actions arising
- Identify issues or gaps in communication and proactively flag issues that need to be escalated
- Monitor email, Slack and meetings for actions arising. Follow up as appropriate
- Attends assigned meetings, takes and transcribes minutes and action items
- Willingness to flexibly support overall EA team, CBO team and CBO Org
- Prioritize responsibilities in a thoughtful manner, based on company priorities. Successfully completes deliverables with a hands-on approach. Knows when to ask for and offer help
- Work alongside Sr. Executive Assistant to organize and attend team offsites/onsites and other team related events/meetings
- Partner closely with other EAs to coordinate executive schedules and deliverables
- Provide backup to other Executive Assistant team members as needed
- Additional duties as assigned
Our take
Quantum computing will change the world more than any other imminent technological development, and PsiQuantum sits at the forefront of the charge to build the first quantum computer that will actually work.
The company is unique for the scale of their ambitions. Rather than focusing on what they term “intermediate milestones” like building smaller proof of concept systems, PsiQuantum builds the first large-scale, error-corrected computer, using photonics to deliver over 1,000,000 qubits (current quantum machines have yet to cross the 1,000 qubit mark).
There are plenty of companies building quantum computers, including the likes of IBM, Google and Honeywell, but these prototypical machines lack the size to correct errors, making them exponentially less useful than what PsiQuantum aims for. While other companies operate in the same sphere, PsiQuantum is unequivocally a leader in its field, founded by world-class academics and raising hundreds of millions in funding to reach unicorn status.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2024
$125m
CONVERTIBLE
Apr 2024
$611.9m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $1.6bn
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Jeremy O'Brien
(CEO)Prior to founding PsiQuantum, researched and taught at universities across the world, including Bristol, Stanford, Osaka, Sydney and Queensland.
Mark Thompson
(Chief Technologist)Previously worked as an R&D Engineer at Toshiba and was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. Is currently a Professor of Quantum Photonics at Bristol University as well as Chief Technologist at PsiQuantum.
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