Product Manager

About IonQ

IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: 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 is based at our Geneva, Switzerland office, with the option to work two days a week remotely. Travel:
Up to 10%

Job

• Own product operations, ensuring features are defined, tracked throughout the product lifecycle and delivered across cross‑functional teams.
• Translate market and customer insights into product features, while triaging, planning and coordinating special customer projects.
• Partner with Engineering, Industrialisation, Production and Marketing to optimise product lifecycle processes and drive efficient product delivery.

• Own the operational delivery of product management, ensuring features progress from validated requirements through development, industrialisation and commercialisation.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment, maintain product data integrity and coordinate timely delivery across the product lifecycle.
• Act as the day-to-day product decision‑maker within defined boundaries, enabling the Product team to scale beyond a single Product Manager.

• Own end‑to‑end feature delivery, from requirements definition and engineering handover through to delivery validation, commercial launch and ongoing product documentation.
• Coordinate cross‑functionally with Engineering, Industrialisation, Production, Marketing and Sales, while managing Jira backlog integrity, product enquiries and non‑standard sales opportunities.
• Support successful product adoption by communicating complex technical architectures, ensuring launch readiness, providing pre‑sales support and representing the product in customer discussions and at trade shows.

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Microengineering or a related technical discipline, with the ability to make product decisions autonomously within defined boundaries.
• Strong technical, commercial and customer‑facing communication skills, with experience discussing complex hardware products and representing products in pre‑sales meetings and trade shows.
• Advanced Jira expertise, manufacturing and industrialisation knowledge, excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills, and a genuine curiosity for deep‑tech and quantum technologies.

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…