Quantum Business Operations

Introduction

A career at Anderon provides the rare opportunity to help define a new industry. We’re a wafer foundry that’s commercializing semiconductor manufacturing for quantum chips. You’ll partner with innovative clients and leading researchers to develop the technology needed to build the coming quantum economy.

*Please note: Anderon uses IBM's recruitment platform for candidate applications and hiring workflows. While this role is with Anderon, all applications will be submitted and processed through IBM's careers system.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Senior Quantum Business Operations Manager to serve as a trusted operating partner on our Business Operations & Programs team. This role sits at the center of our commercial, contractual, and financial operating system — the connective layer between customer demand, program delivery, and the obligations the company takes on through customer and government contracts. You will own procurement coordination, budget and forecast cycles, and day-to-day business operations, working closely with Finance, Contracts/Legal, and Program Management to keep a fast-growing organization running on a single, trusted set of numbers.

This is a hands-on role for someone who has run program finance, procurement, and operations inside a government-contracting or regulated technology environment, and who is comfortable building structure where none exists yet. You will work with embedded/seconded finance and legal functions, so strong cross-functional influence — without direct authority — is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Procurement & Capital Equipment Tracking

• Lead procurement coordination across the business, including purchase order issuance, vendor/OEM lead-time monitoring, and delivery milestone tracking for capital equipment and operational purchases.

• Maintain end-to-end visibility into every open purchase order — status, expected delivery, and qualification milestones — and flag slippage before it affects downstream commitments.

• Partner with Operations and Engineering to reconcile procurement and install schedules against the capacity and revenue plan.

• Support vendor negotiations and manage subcontractor/vendor agreements, pricing, and terms.

Budget, Forecasting & Financial Operations

• Own and administer the annual budget and quarterly re-forecast cycles in partnership with the Finance team, including capital expenditure approvals.

• Build and maintain financial models, tracking tools, and dashboards (e.g., Excel, Smartsheet, Tableau) that improve forecasting accuracy and financial visibility.

• Serve as the business-side point of contact for finance deliverables performed by an embedded/seconded finance function, including prioritization and escalation of requests.

• Analyze variances between plan and actual spend and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.

Business Operations & Reporting

• Define and maintain KPIs that give leadership a reliable, real-time view of commercial, financial, and operational performance.

• Maintain the company's delegation of authority and approval matrix, and support policy and governance documentation.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Act as a key liaison between program management, finance, and contracts/legal functions to keep commitments, budgets, and deliverables aligned.

• Support audit readiness by maintaining clean, well-organized financial and procurement documentation.

• Represent business operations in planning and leadership meetings as needed, independently resolving cross-functional issues and balancing strategic and hands-on priorities.

Required technical and professional expertise

• 10+ years of progressive experience in business operations, program finance, procurement, or financial management, ideally within a government contracting, technology, or regulated manufacturing environment.

• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting for a multi-million-dollar portfolio or program.

• Hands-on experience with procurement processes, purchase orders, and vendor/OEM coordination.

• Strong working knowledge of government contracting fundamentals (e.g., FAR/DFARS/2 CFR 200, cost and pricing, OTAs) with experience applying these to complex programs.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience building tracking tools or dashboards (Smartsheet, Tableau, or similar).

• Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to translate financial and operational data into clear insights for executives.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field; MBA preferred.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience operating in an environment with embedded, seconded, or shared-services finance and legal functions.

• Familiarity with capital equipment tracking, OEM lead times, and installation/qualification schedules in a manufacturing or fab environment.

• Experience supporting internal or external audits (customer, government, or corporate).

• Exposure to CRM selection and implementation.

• Six Sigma or similar process-improvement certification.

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