Senior Product Manager – Open Source Software

Company: Riverlane
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Location: Cambridge
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will lead the strategy and roadmap for Riverlane’s Deltakit open-source QEC SDK, guiding product direction across engineering, research, business development and marketing. You will translate user feedback and market context into focused priorities, balancing long-term ambitions with near-term deliverables. You will engage with the open-source community and partners to shape how the product is perceived and adopted. This is an opportunity to influence a flagship tech in quantum computation and drive developer engagement at scale.

Pay / Benefits

  • annual bonus plan
  • private medical insurance
  • life insurance
  • contributory pension scheme
  • equity
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave

Responsibilities

  • Engage with users, partners and the open-source community to gather insight
  • Analyze product usage and ecosystem to inform priorities
  • Define and communicate product vision, strategy and roadmap
  • Prioritize features to drive developer adoption and engagement
  • Align cross-functional teams and trade-offs
  • Support launches, user engagement and go-to-market activities
  • Develop product collateral with strong documentation and onboarding
  • Monitor delivery progress and adapt plans
  • Drive community engagement and identify growth opportunities

Key requirements

  • Experience in a B2B product role or similar ownership of product direction
  • Experience in a deep tech environment with complex problems
  • Degree in engineering or science, or equivalent practical experience
  • Ability to understand product capabilities, limitations and real-world usage
  • Ability to navigate trade-offs and balance user value with feasibility
  • High emotional intelligence with active listening and creative problem-solving
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing without authority
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills
  • Proactive mindset with initiative to drive improvements
  • emotional intelligence
  • active listening
  • critical thinking
  • product strategy and roadmap development
  • stakeholder alignment across engineering, research, and marketing
  • documentation and onboarding material creation

Posted: September 19th, 2026