# Director, Product Management - Next Generation Quantum Systems at IonQ

- Company: IonQ
- What the company does: IonQ delivers trapped ion quantum computing systems, cloud access, and enterprise solutions for real-world quantum applications. Backed by NEA, SoftBank VF and GV.
- Company website: https://ionq.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Bothell, Washington, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-23
- Apply by: 2026-12-07
- Apply: https://ionq.com/job?gh_jid=6230964004&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ionq-director-product-management-next-generation-quantum-systems/

## About the role

This is a hands-on technical product management role. You’ll write the product vision, functional specifications and quality metrics for our systems, and bring customer input directly into the engineering plan. You’ll work with customers and partners and alongside IonQ’s science, engineering, creative and marketing teams, connecting long-term ambition to practical choices: which capabilities matter most, and what each generation must deliver to earn customer adoption and demonstrate continued technical leadership. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 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
- Define what we build: author or commission functional specifications and quality metrics, working with science and engineering leaders to turn promising capabilities into clear 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
- Bring the value to life: partner with creative and marketing on how we communicate each system’s value, and with Customer Success and Applications to learn from deployments and early access programs

Tags: Compute - Product

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