Chief Product Officer (CPO)

Company Overview

QNu Labs is India's first and only quantum cryptography company, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Bengaluru. Incubated at IIT-Madras, QNu has evolved into a globally recognized deep-tech product company, pioneering commercially viable quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions at a time when quantum computing threatens the foundations of classical encryption. QNu's flagship QShield platform spans Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Quantum Random Number Generation (QRNG), Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Quantum-Safe VPN (QVPN), and Quantum Key Management Systems (QKMS). These products protect critical infrastructure across defence, finance, telecom, and healthcare — with deployments including India's first 500 km+ quantum-secure network for the Indian Army and Navy.

Key highlights include:

• Raised $22.3M across 13 rounds, including a Series A led by the National Quantum Mission (Government of India).
• Ranked #1 among 64 active global competitors in the quantum cryptography space.
• Subsidiary in Massachusetts, USA, driving international expansion.
• Targeting ~$1B valuation; IPO-bound within 2–3 years.
• ~100 patents targeted by year-end, expanding into AI, secure communications, and hardware security.

Clients include the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and marquee enterprises, while partners include VIAVI Solutions, BISAG-N, and leading academic institutions.

Job Summary

The Chief Product Officer (CPO) will be responsible for defining and owning the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the company's portfolio. This leadership role will contribute to aligning business objectives with product execution and innovations to propel QNu Labs' offerings in the quantum cryptography market.

Responsibilities

• Product Vision & Strategy:

  • Define and own the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap across the company's portfolio.
  • Identify new product opportunities, adjacent markets, and emerging technology trends.
  • Drive product-market fit across existing and future product lines.
  • Build a scalable product organization capable of supporting global expansion.

• Product Leadership:

  • Lead product management, product strategy, and cross-functional product execution teams.
  • Establish product development frameworks, operating rhythms, and success metrics.
  • Ensure alignment between business objectives, engineering execution, customer needs, and market opportunities.
  • Partner closely with founders and leadership teams on strategic priorities.

• Technology & Innovation:

  • Drive roadmap decisions across hardware, software, platform, infrastructure, and security products.
  • Work closely with engineering, architecture, and research teams to translate deep-tech innovations into commercial products.
  • Evaluate opportunities across emerging domains such as quantum security, secure communications, semiconductors, edge computing, drones, and critical infrastructure.

• Team Building:

  • Build and mentor high-performing product leaders and teams.
  • Create a culture of ownership, innovation, speed, and customer-centric decision-making.
  • Develop future product leadership within the organization.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of product leadership experience with significant exposure to complex technology products.
• Strong track record of building and scaling products from concept to commercialization.
• Prior ownership of platform, infrastructure, networking, robotics, drones, cyber security, or hardware-software products.

Preferred Skills

• Fast learner with strong intellectual curiosity.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and rapidly evolving environments.
• High-energy builder mindset.
• Strong product intuition combined with commercial thinking.
• Hands-on, execution-oriented leadership style.
• Able to balance innovation with business outcomes.

Experience

• A minimum of 10-12 years of experience in product leadership, particularly in technology sectors.

Environment

• Information regarding the work setting, location, and physical conditions is not specified.

Salary

• Details about the salary range are not specified.

Growth Opportunities

• Potential for significant career advancement aligned with the company’s expansion and innovation initiatives.

Benefits

• Information regarding offered benefits is not specified.