Director, Product Management - Next Generation Quantum Systems

Role Overview Role: IonQ is building quantum computers that can change which problems the world can solve. As Director of Product Management for Next Generation Quantum Systems, you’ll help decide what we build next, who it serves, and how advances in quantum computing become products customers choose, use, and love. This is an opportunity to shape product direction at the boundary of scientific discovery and commercial opportunity. You’ll own the product vision and roadmap for next-generation systems, beginning with Superion 256, as you turn emerging technical capabilities into differentiated offerings for cloud and on-premises customers. Responsibilities: You’ll work directly with customers and partners, alongside IonQ’s science, engineering, and solutions development teams. Your judgment will connect long-term ambition to practical investment choices: which opportunities to pursue, which capabilities matter most, and what each generation must deliver to earn customer adoption and demonstrate continued technical leadership. You’ll develop a deep understanding of IonQ’s hardware, system software, and research pipeline, and partner with science and engineering leaders to identify promising capabilities and define system requirements. You’ll prioritize across near-term customer needs and longer-term opportunities, making explicit tradeoffs among performance, cost, reliability, usability, and delivery timing, and you’ll define success in terms of customer value, adoption, and commercial outcomes. Key responsibilities include:

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