Technical Program Manager

QuantCo builds robust and scalable machine learning products that impact billions of dollars and reach millions of people. As a technical program manager, you will sit at the intersection of our teams, technology and clients.

Partnering with interdisciplinary teams, you will steer complex projects through their lifecycle, coordinating the allocation of resources to overcome technical challenges. As we continue to scale, you will establish and uphold new work processes, ensuring our clients receive the highest quality products that help them make critical business decisions, with significant financial impact.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate & monitor technical projects in B2B environments; prioritise deliverables and allocate resources
• Design and uphold new work processes, serving as the foundation for increasingly scaling and complex projects 
• Lead and document client interaction, ensuring internal teams can effectively translate commercial objectives into technical solutions
• Manage expectations, assess whether objectives are feasible, and ensure teams deliver meaningful value in line with project goals
• Write and maintain technical and process documentation, improving the operational efficiency of the multidisciplinary teams within QuantCo

What we are looking for

• Excellent business or technical (STEM) related Bachelors or Masters degree
• Track record, showing exceptional organizational, communication and social skills, managing teams and client relationships
• An understanding of how interdisciplinary teams function with an ability to ideate approaches that go beyond Scrum/Kanban models
• A good level of programming skills and technical knowledge is required to understand and manage the tasks that our software engineers and data scientists face
• Familiarity with relevant program management tools (Asana, Google Workspace, Confluence, Notion, GitHub, etc)
• Fluent German and English language skills
• Familiarity with software development and technical knowledge (Git, Python, Linux) will be useful to understand and manage the tasks of Software Engineers and Data Scientists

What we offer

You will be part of a smart, supportive, and diverse team that revels in finding novel solutions for challenging problems. You will learn from and collaborate with highly skilled colleagues who respect each other and their contributions. Before joining QuantCo, our colleagues developed groundbreaking products for Amazon, BMW, Google, and Tesla; graduated at the top of their classes from Cambridge, ETH, KIT, Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Stanford, and TUM; and won international competitions in mathematics, informatics, and physics. You will have a unique opportunity to work at a company where outsized impact and influence are still possible.

We offer a generous compensation package that includes a base salary, bonus, stock options, and relocation support, along with additional location-based benefits. Remote work is possible, contingent on occasional business travel to meet with teams and clients onsite.

About QuantCo

At QuantCo, we leverage expertise in data science, engineering, and economics to help organizations turn data into decisions. Started by 4 PhDs from Harvard and Stanford, we are now more than 180 professionals with extensive quantitative, engineering, and business experience. We are globally distributed with offices in Berlin, Boston, Cologne, Karlsruhe, London, Munich, San Francisco, and Zurich.

Our solutions include algorithmic pricing, data-driven claims management, and high-dimensional forecasting systems. Our customers include some of the largest financial, retail, and healthcare organizations in the US and Europe. We impact core business processes and decisions by combining advanced data-driven insights with scalable engineering solutions.

We are excited about writing mission-critical code that affects millions of people and impacts billions of dollars. If you feel the same way, we look forward to hearing from you.

QuantCo does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.