Director of Business Development
Company: TreQ
Role summary
Director of Business Development is a full-time role at TreQ in Milton, England, United Kingdom (hybrid). Posted 2026-10-27. Experience level: 10+. No degree required.
- Job title
- Director of Business Development
- Company
- TreQ
- Location
- Milton, England, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- hybrid
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Sales
- Experience level
- 10+
- Degree required
- No
- Date posted
- 2026-10-27
You have a rare chance to join a pioneering team in the quantum computing space where your strategic vision can directly shape the future of deep tech. Since they aren't requiring a specific degree, they are clearly prioritizing real-world experience and your ability to open doors in a fast-moving, high-stakes industry.
Job description
TreQ accelerates the path to useful quantum computing by designing, deploying, and operating open-architecture quantum computing infrastructure that evolves as quantum technologies advance. Our team brings together engineers, operators, and builders who enjoy solving hard problems and working across disciplines.
We are shaping the future of quantum computing and as we expand, we are searching for a Director of Business Development to join our team. Based in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, this is a full time, permanent role. As TreQ’s Director of Business Development, your primary responsibility will be to turn our capabilities into revenue and durable commercial growth. You will own commercial strategy, market and customer development, partnerships, the commercial pipeline, and the customer-facing team, personally advancing priority opportunities while building the function.
You will directly report to the CEO and collaborate with our executive team.
As part of the working day, our Director of Business Development will:
Set commercial strategy and priorities, using market intelligence to focus customer, partner, and opportunity development
Own the customer pipeline from early engagement through qualification, solution development, proposal, negotiation, and close
Develop supplier, technology, and channel partnerships across the quantum and advanced computing ecosystem, alongside government relationships that expand TreQ’s opportunities
Build and lead sales engineering and the customer team, including customer success and forward engineering
Establish commercial processes, forecasts, and metrics that support sound decisions and coordinated delivery of customer commitments
You might be a fit if…
you know about:
Advanced computing architectures and their place in customers’ computing infrastructure
How complex and emerging technologies are evaluated, funded, purchased, and adopted
Enterprise and government procurement, including long sales cycles
Supplier and technology partnerships, channel models, and multiparty commercial arrangements
you have the skills and ability to:
Distinguish consequential opportunities from distractions
Engage customers and engineers with independent technical judgment
Build trusted relationships with executives, technical leaders, and government stakeholders
Shape viable commercial arrangements and negotiate complex agreements
Coordinate deals internally, aligning customer commitments with technical readiness and delivery capacity
you’ve had experiences like these:
Owning a broad commercial function in advanced computing or quantum technology
Finding and closing complex enterprise or government opportunities
Building markets and strategic partnerships around emerging technologies
Transitioning founder-led business development into an established function while remaining hands-on
you like:
Opening doors and discovering unmet customer needs
Going deep in technical conversations with customers and engineers
Doing the hands-on work while building a team
Working through difficult trade-offs with trusted colleagues
Preferred Qualifications:
You have a background in high-performance computing (HPC), quantum, or other advanced computing infrastructure
You have an Engineering, computing, physics, or a related technical degree, or equivalent experience
You have experience developing business across international markets
For this role you need not:
Have a PhD
Be the deepest technical specialist in the room
We value practical engineering experience as much as formal academic credentials. People join TreQ from industry, national laboratories, startups, academia, and military service.
TreQ is a veteran-owned, woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on capability, character, and the ability to contribute to our mission. If TreQ’s mission excites you but your experience doesn’t match every qualification listed, we still encourage you to apply.
Additional Information:
Work Location & Collaboration
TreQ is a hands-on engineering organisation tackling complex systems at the frontier of computing. This work requires close collaboration, trust, and rapid iteration, so most roles work primarily in person where our teams design, build, and operate systems together. Some hybrid flexibility may be available, though candidates should expect to spend the majority of their time on-site with teammates.
Export Control Work Authorisation Compliance
Some roles at TreQ involve access to technologies subject to export control laws in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions (including ITAR and EAR). Candidates for these roles must be eligible to access export-controlled technology without TreQ obtaining an export license. In accordance with applicable law, TreQ may also verify citizenship, immigration status, and the right to work where required. Certain roles may not be eligible for visa or export license sponsorship.
We believe that solving complex technical, scientific, and operational challenges requires a diversity of thought, background, and perspective. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive, barrier-free, and supportive workplace where every team member can thrive and perform at their best.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background. In full alignment with the UK Equality Act 2010, all hiring decisions are made strictly on merit, technical capability, and candidate potential. We want every applicant to have a positive, fair, and transparent recruitment experience. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout all stages of our application, assessment, and interview process for candidates with disabilities, physical or mental health condit