Director, Product Management - Next Generation Quantum Systems
entangled futureBothell (WA)
Director, Product Management - Next Generation Quantum Systems
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entangled futureBothell (WA)
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Manager
About the role
Director, Product Management - Next Generation Quantum Systems at IonQ, Bothell, Washington, United States. A director-level full time position in the Compute - Product team, listed under software engineering. 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.
Requirements:
We’re looking for a technically credible, commercially minded lead with the curiosity to explore new markets and the conviction to make difficult product choices.
Responsibilities:
Set the quantum systems product vision: define a compelling, differentiated vision for IonQ’s next‑generation quantum systems, grounded in customer problems and a clear view of how the market could evolve
Discover new opportunities: engage current and prospective customers, application developers, and ecosystem partners to uncover unmet needs and emerging use cases
Shape the technology into products: partner with science and engineering leaders to identify promising capabilities and define the system requirements
Make strategic roadmap choices: prioritize across near‑term customer needs and longer‑term opportunities, with explicit tradeoffs among performance, cost, reliability, usability, and delivery timing
Use results to shape what comes next: work with Customer Success, Applications, and technical teams to learn from deployments and early access programs
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