Leads cross-functional technical programs across IonQ's application platform, developer tools, and compiler roadmap. Translates technical vision into milestones, manages dependencies and risks, maintains planning and tracking systems, exposes technical debt and operational work, and reports data-driven status to senior leadership. The role supports approximately 40 engineers across four teams and requires navigating ambiguity, technical tradeoffs, staffing, customer-facing work, and AI-driven program-management workflows. The summary above was generated by

AI About IonQ:

IonQ, Inc . [

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IONQ] is the world's leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ's newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance . Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before.

Location:

This role will work onsite at our office located in

Bothell, WA, Boulder, CO, or College Park, MD Travel:

As needed.

Job ID:

1859

The Role:

Compute Platform turns quantum capability into quantum utility by building the APIs, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and application layer that connect IonQ's QPUs to users. Without it, powerful hardware goes nowhere. We're hiring a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs across the application platform, developer tooling, and compiler stack. You'll report directly to the VP of the department and carry program-level decision-making authority, with the ownership that comes with it. You'll work across four engineering teams and roughly forty engineers, supporting multiple concurrent programs. You'll operate in high ambiguity: the problems here don't have established playbooks, because turning quantum computers into commercial products is a problem nobody has finished solving. If that sounds like the interesting part, we should talk. This is a high-visibility role with ownership of some of the company's highest-priority initiatives. As such, this role will routinely interact with senior technical leadership and key partners.

Responsibilities :

Own the end-to-end delivery of IonQ's application platform, developer tools, and compiler roadmap, spanning numerous cross-functional development threads Partner with engineering leadership to turn technical vision into incremental milestones that ship, identifying risks and mitigations before they become schedule problems Build and run the timelines, tracking, and reporting that teams actually use, where the measure of success is adoption; you'll have access to cutting edge AI tools as a force multiplier Keep the systems of record honest. Our plans live across PRDs, trackers, and Jira, and when those drift apart the program is flying blind. You'll close that gap and automate the checking Make invisible work visible: on-call burden, sustaining load, and technical debt tracked as rigorously as feature delivery Dive into the details on long-pole problems. When a program stalls, you're in the weeds with the team Surface unresolved risks early, before you have a full solution or complete stakeholder alignment. We'd rather hear it messy and on time Manage dependencies across internal and external teams, technical and non-technical Write and present concise, data-driven status to senior leadership When engineers have great ideas off-roadmap, help turn them into formal proposals for potential prioritization

Requirements:

8+ years managing technical programs and delivering against aggressive timelines Track record leading technical teams through genuine ambiguity, not just executing a defined plan Experience in developer tools, SDKs, compilers, or adjacent platform software A habit of turning diffuse problems into specific, minimal, assignable asks Technical fluency to engage engineering leads directly on scoping and tradeoffs, and comfort reading and reasoning about code Willingness to re-baseline against reality rather than defend dates that have stopped being true, and the judgment to tell a target that motivates from one that just generates fiction You've built or automated the reconciliation between planning docs and ticket systems, and you treat drift between them as a defect Fluency moving between fast-cycle delivery and longer-horizon program building as the situation demands AI as a core part of how you work. You've built agent-driven workflows for program management and want to push that much further Experience in customer-facing technical roles Highly effective written and verbal communication

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience standing up program tracking and reporting infrastructure from scratch. You've designed a team's operating cadence, not just scheduled it, and polled the people affected before changing it Customer-facing technical experience Capacity and staffing modeling from conflicting inputs, with the discipline to label an unknown as unknown A demonstrated ability to earn technical stakeholders' trust through consistency and results Genuine enthusiasm for reading and writing PRDs and ERDs Working knowledge of quantum computing, though no quantum background is required. We'll teach you! The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site. If this role has a commission structure, the compensation range below just reflects the base compensation range.

Wage Transparency:

$180,000 — $270,000 USD Compensation will vary based on individual factors such as education, qualifications, and experience of the final candidate(s), specific office location, and calibration against relevant market data and internal team equity. Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. Our benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401(k), unlimited PTO and paid holidays, parental/adoption leave, legal insurance, and a home technology stipend. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment. At IonQ, we believe in fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers. We empower employees to thrive by fostering a culture of autonomy, productivity, and respect. We are dedicated to creating an environment where individuals can feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued. We are committed to equity and justice. We welcome different voices and viewpoints and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. US Technical Jobs. The position you are applying for will require access to technology that is subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions. Employment with IonQ is contingent on either verifying "U.S. Person" (e.g., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum) status for export controls and government contracts work, obtaining any necessary license, and/or confirming the availability of a license exception under U.S. export controls. Please note that in the absence of confirming you are a U.S. Person for export control and government contracts work purposes, IonQ may choose not to apply for a license or decline to use a license exception (if available) for you to access export-controlled technology that may require authorization, and similarly, you may not qualify for government contracts work that requires U.S. Persons, and IonQ may decline to proceed with your application on those bases alone. Accordingly, we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes, and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. US Non-Technical Jobs. Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Accordingly, we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes, and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. If you are interested in being a part of our team and mission, we encourage you to apply! Read Full Description Similar Jobs General Motors Field Service Engineer-27 6 Minutes Ago Remote or Hybrid United States 69K-107K Annually Expert/Leader 69K-107K Annually Expert/Leader Automotive

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