Staff Product Manager, Next-Generation Systems

IonQ is looking for a customer-obsessed, technically deep product manager to build critical pieces of our quantum computing portfolio. As a product manager within IonQ's Quantum Computing product family, you'll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world's best quantum computers to solve the world's most complex problems. In this role, you'll own the product management of a next-generation hardware program, from early definition through launch, within the broader quantum systems portfolio.

Responsibilities

Understand The Market: work internally and externally to build and communicate a strong point of view about our customers — particularly future customers who believe upcoming generations will unlock needed capability — and the ability for IonQ's and competitors' solutions to deliver on their needs; Understand our Technology: immerse yourself in IonQ's hardware roadmap, system software, experimental capabilities, and R&D pipeline; Define and Align: build strong relationships with engineering to ensure advancements in capability are clearly aligned to business and customer outcomes, drive milestone alignment and clarity across in-flight hardware generations so capability demonstrations are coordinated events, not technical milestones the rest of the company catches up to later; Deliver: Lead cross-functional efforts to land each new hardware generation across relevant markets and motions (Internal, Cloud, On-Prem); Learn and Iterate: work closely with customers, customer success, applications research, internal data, and our own scientists to understand the success, health, and quality of products in development and in-market — and feed this understanding forward into the next generation's design

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Physics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, a related engineering field, or equivalent real-world experience; 8+ years of experience in technical product management or equivalent roles, with exposure to hardware-software co-development or scientific instrumentation; Direct experience with Quantum Computing, Quantum Information Science, and/or AMO Physics — sufficient to credibly partner with engineering program leads on system design tradeoffs and key functional and non-functional requirements; Experience working on products that required building a new market for a technology and/or commercializing a technology for the first time; World-class written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to articulate complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences; A demonstrated ability to act as a self-starting leader in ambiguous and challenging environments, driving impact through persistence and adaptability

Nice to have

An advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Physics, Quantum Information Science, Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, or related engineering field; Publications in QIS, AMO physics, or adjacent fields; Established relationships in the quantum computing research community; Experience turning research-grade technologies into productized customer-facing offerings — particularly in domains where the customer cares about underlying capability, not just pricing and packaging; Experience in Scientific Computing or High Performance Computing — their tools, users, business models, and operational challenges

Benefits

bonus; equity; comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans; matching 401(k); unlimited PTO and paid holidays; parental/adoption leave; legal insurance; home technology stipend