Our portfolio company is hiring an EVP Corporate Development! Check out the job description below:
About the Role
Planqc is seeking an Executive Vice President (EVP) of Corporate Development to drive our strategic growth through investment and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), partnerships, and other corporate initiatives. This senior executive role will work closely with the CEO, executive leadership, and key stakeholders to identify and execute growth opportunities that align with planqc’s long-term vision of advancing quantum computing.
Your Responsibilities:
- Strategic Capital Initiatives: Own the end-to-end fundraising process for our upcoming financing rounds, including investor identification, outreach, and relationship management.
- M&A and Strategic Partnerships: Identify, evaluate, and execute potential mergers, acquisitions, investments, and joint ventures that align with planqc’s long-term growth strategy.
- Corporate Strategy Alignment: Work closely with the C-level team and Board to shape and refine planqc’s overall corporate development strategy, ensuring each initiative supports our quantum computing innovation goals.
- Investor Relations & Stakeholder Management: Serve as a primary liaison with current and prospective investors, fostering clear communication, trust, and alignment on growth objectives.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Sales teams to assess new market opportunities and ensure corporate development activities align with technology and business roadmaps.
- Due Diligence & Negotiations: Lead financial modeling, valuations, and term sheet negotiations, coordinating internal and external resources to ensure smooth execution of deals and investments.
- Reporting & Compliance: Oversee all corporate development reporting, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and best practices.
Your Profile:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field; an MBA or equivalent advanced degree is preferred.
- Extensive Fundraising & Deal Experience: Proven track record of leading successful later-stage funding rounds, as well as structuring and executing M&A deals.
- Quantum Computing or Deep Tech Exposure: Familiarity with the complexities of frontier technology domains, ideally with experience in quantum computing or related fields.
- Robust Network: Existing relationships with venture capitalists, private equity firms, and strategic corporate investors in tech and deep tech.
- Analytical & Financial Acumen: Strong quantitative skills and expertise in financial modeling, valuation, and due diligence.
- Strategic Mindset: Ability to envision and articulate a high-level growth strategy while staying grounded in day-to-day execution.
- Leadership & Team Building: Experience growing and managing a high-performing corporate development or M&A team, with a knack for mentoring emerging talent.
- Communication Skills: Excellent communication and negotiation skills in German & English; able to interface effectively with Board members, investors, and internal teams.
Why Us? planqc, founded in 2022 by scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), is a pioneering quantum computing startup based in Garching near Munich. We specialize in developing highly scalable neutral-atom quantum computers, utilizing individual atoms as qubits.
Here’s why you’ll love being part of our journey:
- Cutting-Edge Innovation: At planqc, you’ll work with state-of-the-art technology, using individual atoms as qubits to build highly scalable quantum computers. Our unique approach combines precision from the world’s best atomic clocks, quantum gas microscopes, and high-speed Rydberg gates. Together, we’re creating the fastest path to industry-relevant quantum advantage.
- Impactful Projects: Join us as we develop groundbreaking quantum systems and software, including a 1,000-qubit computer for the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ), a bespoke quantum computer for the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and quantum algorithms for several DLR projects.
- Empowered by Excellence: With notable advisors and board members like Hermann Hauser (founder of ARM) and Professor Ann-Kristin Achleitner, we’re guided by exceptional leadership. Our Series A funding of €50 million allows us to push boundaries and explore new horizons.
- Dynamic Work Culture: We value innovation, collaboration, and growth. Our team of around 50 brilliant minds works from locations in Garching, Ulm, and Innsbruck, fostering an environment where creativity meets ambition.
- Recognition and Growth: planqc’s achievements are celebrated globally. From winning the German Startup Award in 2023 to being named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in 2024, you’ll be part of a company that’s making history.
- Work-Life Synergy: Whether it’s through team events and after-work socials, you’ll find a supportive community that values both your professional and personal growth.
About Us At planqc, we harness the laws of quantum mechanics to build revolutionary computing systems. Our quantum computers store information in individual atoms—nature’s perfect qubits—and process it through scalable arrays manipulated by precisely controlled laser pulses. This groundbreaking technology is not only redefining the future of computation but also enabling transformative applications across industries.
Our roots lie in decades of international research on neutral-atom quantum technologies. Building on the technology used in the world’s best atomic clocks combined with advanced quantum gas microscopes and high-speed Rydberg gates, we’ve built a foundation for innovation that’s unmatched.
At the heart of planqc is a commitment to excellence, collaboration, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Whether you’re a quantum physicist, software engineer, or operations expert, you’ll find a place here to grow, contribute, and thrive.
Together, we’re not just imagining the future—we’re building it.