D-Wave

Human Resources

• Define and execute the global HR Operations strategy aligned with business priorities
• Evolve the HR operating model, governance, and service delivery for a growing global workforce
• Lead operational readiness for global expansion, acquisitions, reorganizations, and strategic initiatives
• Drive continuous improvement, standardization, and operational excellence across HR
• Own the roadmap for the HR technology ecosystem, including HRIS and supporting platforms
• Drive automation, AI adoption, self-service, and process improvements
• Partner with IT, Finance, and Payroll to deliver integrated systems, reliable people data, and actionable analytics
• Ensure governance of HR systems, employee data, reporting, security, and compliance
• Lead global employee lifecycle operations, including onboarding, internal mobility, immigration, leaves, relocations, and offboarding
• Standardize global processes while ensuring compliance with local employment requirements
• Improve HR service delivery for employees and managers
• Maintain audit readiness, operational controls, and oversight of HR data and transactions
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve organizational effectiveness and champion responsible AI use across HR
• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing global HR Operations team
• Establish priorities, service standards, metrics, and accountability
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on execution to deliver measurable business outcomes

VP, Global HR Operations

General

• Characterize and calibrate superconducting quantum processors
• Model, assess, and improve real-world quantum processor performance
• Characterize, understand, and reduce noise in superconducting circuits
• Design novel devices and device enhancements parametrically
• Assess processor-environment impacts, including packaging, IO, electronics, and cryogenic elements
• Develop and execute experimental procedures for superconducting devices
• Develop theoretical models and simulations for experimental results
• Develop analysis routines to fit models to data and detect outlier behavior
• Document experimental results for the processor development team
• Create and contribute to LISP software infrastructure for modeling, calibrating, and operating processors
• Collaborate with processor development scientists, device designers, engineers, cryogenic experts, applications developers, marketing, intellectual property, applications development, and engineering teams

Experimental Physicist II – Quantum Annealing, Qubit Coherence

• Contribute to the conceptualization and design of scalable multi-qubit superconducting quantum processors
• Develop and run experiments, analysis routines, and quantitative models to characterize as-fabricated superconducting quantum processors
• Perform coherence measurements including T1, T2, Ramsey, echo, and noise spectroscopy
• Identify decoherence mechanisms and use data to guide improvements in device design, control, fabrication, and cryogenic infrastructure
• Develop, calibrate, and validate high-fidelity single-qubit and two-qubit gates, reset, and readout using standard benchmarking protocols
• Diagnose scaling limitations in control, calibration, readout, and noise and develop improvement methods
• Collaborate with designers on device parameter studies and simulations
• Help define measurement primitives and requirements for improved processor performance
• Share results and ideas with the Processor Development team through regular documentation
• Create and contribute to software infrastructure for modeling, calibrating, and operating qubits and processors
• Collaborate with superconducting circuit designers, fabrication engineers, software developers, physicists, and engineers

Experimental Physicist II – Scalable Gate Model Processors

Executive Assistant

• Provide executive support to the Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, Vice-President, Legal, and Senior Director, Intellectual Property
• Manage calendars, travel arrangements, expenses, and correspondence
• Prepare meeting materials, agendas, and supporting documentation
• Coordinate meetings, communications, and follow-up activities across internal stakeholders
• Manage department budget, expenses, and vendors
• Anticipate executive needs, prioritize work, and streamline workflow and decision making
• Support department projects, operational initiatives, and day-to-day Legal team activities
• Manage legal workflows, intake processes, and request tracking
• Liaise between internal stakeholders and the Legal team
• Maintain legal documents, records, systems, shared resources, and the contract management system
• Coordinate agreement execution and signature processes
• Track contract completion and ensure documentation is accurate, complete, and up to date

Legal Coordinator – Executive Assistant

Administrative Assistant

• Provide day-to-day administrative and coordination support to the SVP of Marketing and broader Marketing & Communications team
• Manage calendars, scheduling, correspondence, presentations, reports, expenses and other administrative needs
• Anticipate needs, coordinate priorities and help ensure the team operates efficiently
• Coordinate internal and external meetings, including scheduling, agendas, materials, action items and follow-up
• Manage executive travel arrangements, itineraries and related logistics
• Reconcile corporate credit card expenses and maintain complete and timely documentation
• Coordinate vendors supporting Marketing & Communications activities, including research, quotes, scheduling and day-to-day communication
• Support event logistics, including production of printed event collateral, vendor coordination, proofs, approvals and delivery timelines
• Support preparation, routing and tracking of NDAs, contracts and other documents through internal review and approval processes
• Maintain organized team files, SharePoint sites, templates and other shared resources
• Help improve administrative processes, tools and ways of working
• Provide research, coordination and administrative support for Marketing & Communications projects and initiatives
• Take on special projects and other responsibilities that help the team operate effectively

VP, Global HR Operations

Experimental Physicist II – Quantum Annealing, Qubit Coherence

Experimental Physicist II – Scalable Gate Model Processors

Legal Coordinator – Executive Assistant

Administrative Assistant, Marketing