--- title: 'Product Marketing Director at PQShield' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/product-marketing-director-pqshield-united-kingdom-france-netherlands-belgium-g6jn1qjzs9vb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-16' --- # Product Marketing Director at PQShield - **Company:** PQShield - **Location:** United Kingdom / France / Netherlands / Belgium / Germany / Austria / Spain / Finland / United States - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-07 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16 - **Apply:** https://pqshield.com/careers/apply/4999528101?gh_jid=4999528101 ## Job description Product Marketing Director Reports to: Chief Commercial Officer Location: UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, Finland, USA. Some travel to our offices will be required from time-to-time You must have the right to work in one the above countries in order to be considered for the role. 💼 About the role PQShield is looking for a Product Marketing Director who can turn complex technology into stories that people understand, remember, and act on. You will own how PQShield's products, technology, and vision are positioned, communicated, and brought to market worldwide. You'll sit at the intersection of product, engineering, sales, customers, and the broader security market — translating breakthrough cryptography and security technology into compelling narratives for executives, engineers, partners, and buyers. This role is for a strategic product marketer and exceptional storyteller who can identify the market shift, understand the customer problem, and turn complex technology into differentiated positioning that creates urgency, preference and demand. Since NIST published its first post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, which the PQShield team co-authored, organizations across semiconductors, automotive, defense, and enterprise face significant challenges in preparing for the post-quantum transition. This role will help define the market narrative around that transition, position PQShield's portfolio within it and give customers a clear reason to act. ⚒️ What you’ll be doing - Own the story: Develop the narrative, positioning, messaging, and value propositions that explain what is changing in the market, why customers need to act, the problem PQShield solves, and why our approach is differentiated. - Turn technical capability into customer value: Work with cryptographers, engineers and product leaders to understand sophisticated technology, identify what matters to the buyer and translate technical capabilities into clear business and security value without sacrificing technical credibility. - Position the portfolio: Own positioning and messaging for our hardware IP and software portfolio, including PQPlatform, PQPerform, PQCryptoLib, and PQMicroLib. Build a clear messaging architecture that connects the portfolio while preserving the differentiated value of each offering. - Understand the customer: Develop deep insight into customer problems, buying journeys, security requirements, regulatory pressures, barriers to adoption, buying dynamics, and the forces driving post-quantum adoption. Turn those insights into sharper products, messaging, and go-to-market strategies. - Shape category and market narrative: Help define how PQShield talks about post-quantum security, cryptographic agility, and the transition to quantum-safe systems — and how we differentiate our approach in a rapidly evolving market. - Lead product launches: Create and execute compelling go-to-market strategies for new products, certifications, partnerships, and major releases. - Equip the sales team: Build compelling presentations, stories, solution briefs, case studies, battlecards, and other tools that help sales teams communicate value and win complex deals. - Build buyer and segment-specific stories: Develop differentiated narratives for semiconductors, automotive, military and aerospace, industrial IoT, networking, and enterprise, adapting the value story for different buyers, use cases and business priorities. - Own competitive storytelling: Understand the competitive landscape and turn technical and commercial differences into clear, credible differentiation. - Create exceptional content: Lead the development of white papers, thought leadership, application notes, customer stories, executive content, web experiences, and other material that establishes PQShield as a category leader. - Bring customer stories to life: Find and develop the stories that demonstrate why customers are making the transition to post-quantum security and why they choose PQShield. - Work across the company: Partner closely with product, engineering, sales, partnerships, and leadership to ensure the market sees one clear, compelling PQShield story. 🎯 Required Skills And Qualifications We're looking for an experienced product marketing leader who is exceptionally strong in positioning, messaging and strategic storytelling. You can take an emerging market, complicated buyer problem or deeply technical product and find the clear narrative inside it. - 8+ years of marketing experience, with significant experience in product marketing, technology marketing, B2B marketing, or a closely related discipline. - A proven ability to develop positioning and stories that change how markets understand a product, technology, or company. - Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. You can take something highly technical and make it understandable, interesting, and compelling without dumbing it down. - Strong storytelling instincts and the ability to find the human, business, and strategic narrative inside complex technology. - Experience marketing technical B2B products, ideally in cybersecurity, semiconductors, infrastructure, embedded systems, software, or another sophisticated technology market. - Strong understanding of security and technology buyers, and the ability to communicate credibly with CISOs, CTOs, engineers, architects, product leaders, and business executives. - Demonstrated ability to work closely with technical experts and quickly develop enough subject-matter expertise to challenge assumptions, ask good questions, and tell an accurate story. - A strong commercial mindset: you understand that great marketing isn't just about explaining a product — it's about creating differentiation, urgency, preference, and ultimately revenue. - Experience launching products and taking complex offerings to market. - Experience developing compelling sales narratives and enablement for complex, multi-stakeholder sales. - Excellent strategic judgment, with the ability to determine what the market needs to hear, why it matters, and how PQShield should say it. - Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where you will often need to create the narrative before the market has established one. ## What we can offer you - A competitive compensation package. - Share options. - A remote first company. You will work from home most of the time, but will need to join us in the office for planning sessions and key meetings as required. - Travel for customer meetings and marketing events as needed. - Health insurance. - Generous PTO and holiday package. - Company contributions towards 401K/pension - …and other great benefits. If you enjoy working as part of a technology company, value the security of our daily digital lives, and love solving hard problems - then we’d love to hear from you. PQShield is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We’re passionate about talent and proud to foster an inclusive environment; all applicants will be considered regardless of their gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and age. PQShield is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We’re passionate about talent and proud to foster an inclusive environment; all applicants will be considered regardless of their gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and age. ## About PQShield ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: PQShield provides quantum-resistant cryptographic hardware and software solutions to protect organizations against the threat of quantum computers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $37M raised in 2024) - **Headquarters**: Oxford, England, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Dr. Ali El Kaafarani ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Cybersecurity, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Semiconductor IP, Defense & Aerospace - **Target customers**: B2B – Enterprise, Government, Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), Semiconductor manufacturers, Defense contractors - **Mission**: Empower organizations, industries, and nations with quantum-resistant hardware and software solutions; shape the way the digital world is protected against the threats of tomorrow. ## Products & Services - **PQMicroLib-Core**: Highly-optimized post-quantum cryptography for embedded devices, requiring as little as 5KB RAM (Software IP). - **PQPerform-Flare**: High-performance hardware accelerator for post-quantum cryptography (Hardware IP). - **PQPerform-Inferno**: Scalable hardware PQC solution built for high speed and high performance (Hardware IP). - **PQPerform-Flex**: High-performance subsystem with RISC-V processor for next-generation cryptographic agility (Hardware IP). - **PQPlatform-TrustSys**: PQC-first Root-of-Trust system designed for a secure post-quantum transition (System-level IP). - **PQPlatform-CoPro**: Secure coprocessor for easy integration of PQC into security systems (Hardware IP). - **PQCryptoLib-SDK**: Plug-and-play SDK for quantum-resilience in OpenSSL applications (Software SDK). - **PQCryptoLib-Core**: Highly configurable software PQC library for classical, PQC, and PQ/T hybrid modes (Software Library). - **Consulting & Migration Services**: NCSC Assured Cyber Security Consultancy (ACSC) for PQC, including discovery, migration planning, and implementation advice. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $64.6M (as of 2025); Annual revenue ~$7.0M (LinkedIn estimate) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Addition (Series A lead), Oxford Science Enterprises, Chevron, Legal & General. Customers include Microchip, AMD, Lattice, Lockheed Martin, Capgemini, TCS, Cryptomathic, Mirise Technologies. - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew 22% YoY to ~72 employees (LinkedIn) or ~90 (company statement) across 10 countries. - Raised $37M Series B in 2024. - Co-authored all initial NIST PQC standards; 36+ filed patents, 85+ peer-reviewed papers. - NCSC Assured Cyber Security Consultancy status for PQC. - Expanding into Japan with dedicated Sales Director role. ## Competitive Advantages - **Deep PQC expertise**: Team members co-authored NIST’s initial post-quantum cryptography standards and actively contribute to IETF, ETSI, RISC-V. - **Full-stack offering**: Covers hardware IP, software libraries, SDKs, and consulting – from chip to cloud. - **Certifications & compliance**: ISO 9001/27001, FIPS 140-3 readiness, export control compliant. - **Early mover**: First to market with quantum-safe cryptography on chips and in applications; trusted by major semiconductor and defense players. - **NCSC Assured Consultancy**: Unique government-backed authority to advise critical national infrastructure on PQC migration. ## Strategic Focus - **Urgent PQC migration**: Helping Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) meet the NCSC’s 2031 deadline and other industries’ 2035 deadline. - **Global expansion**: Growing sales and engineering presence in Japan, US, and Europe. - **Standards leadership**: Continuing to shape global PQC standards and ensure product compliance. - **Product agility**: Developing flexible hardware subsystems (e.g., RISC-V based) to support cryptographic agility as standards evolve. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & values**: “We Go Together”, “We Feel Empowered”, “We Are Open-minded” – emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and community. - **Remote & flexible**: Fully remote within UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Austria; hybrid or office options available; flexible hours. - **Time off**: 25 days paid holiday + public holidays (20 in US); two company-wide “wellness weeks” (summer and Christmas/New Year). - **Health & wellbeing**: Private healthcare for employee and family; 50% gym/sport reimbursement; Calm app subscription; Employee Assistance Programme (24/7). - **Financial**: Competitive salary with annual reviews; share option scheme for permanent employees; pension enrollment. - **Learning & development**: Dedicated personal development budget; LinkedIn Learning access; regular webinars and lunch-and-learns. - **Innovation time**: Protected time to explore new ideas and technologies beyond day-to-day tasks. - **Community**: Paid “Giving Back Day”; OnHand volunteer app; annual global offsite; virtual yoga and aperitifs. - **Engineering culture**: World-class team of cryptographers, researchers, and engineers working on cutting-edge PQC implementations across hardware, software, and systems. ## Sources 1. [pqshield.com](https://pqshield.com/) 2. [pqshield.com/careers](https://pqshield.com/careers/) 3. [uk.linkedin.com/company/pqshield](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/pqshield) 4. 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