Jobs at IonQ

Develop and scale selected reseller, distributor, systems integrator, telecommunications, hyperscaler, and consulting partnerships across the Americas. Lead partner strategy, co-selling, customer qualification, solution development, negotiations, pipeline forecasting, and commercialization of IonQ’s quantum portfolio. Build lighthouse engagements into referenceable wins, repeatable sales motions, and scalable channels while coordinating regional sales, global alliance, engineering, marketing, and program teams.

Owns IonQ’s sales strategy and account relationships across state, local, and academic institutions in the Northwest. Responsibilities include developing executive relationships, identifying opportunities, building quantum technology sales pipelines, qualifying deals, creating proposals, negotiating agreements, closing business, and supporting customer satisfaction. The role requires extensive quota-carrying technology sales experience in the SLED market and familiarity with emerging technologies such as quantum computing and AI/ML.

Own global alliances with selected advisory and consulting partners, including joint business plans, executive relationships, co-selling, pipeline, forecasting, and commercial outcomes. Lead customer discovery and solution development across quantum computing, networking, security, sensing, and space. Coordinate global and regional teams, build partner capabilities, secure referenceable wins, and convert early engagements into repeatable sales motions, playbooks, and scalable revenue channels.

Leads IonQ’s transactions function, drafting and negotiating complex commercial, technology, IP, regulatory, supply chain, partnership, and government agreements. Develops contract templates, playbooks, processes, and risk frameworks; partners with business and legal teams; manages high-volume transactional work; oversees attorney workloads and training; and serves as senior escalation counsel for complex matters. The role requires strong business judgment, negotiation, stakeholder management, legal-function improvement, and autonomy in a fast-paced environment.

Partners with IonQ leaders on financial analysis, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, spending controls, and company-wide initiatives. The role supports cross-functional decision-making, improves planning systems, and contributes to investor relations and corporate development activities. It requires strong financial modeling, communication, and analytical skills, with a focus on a rapidly growing quantum technology business.

Administer and maintain IonQ's Salesforce Government Cloud org for federal sales: govern access and compliance, build declarative enhancements, manage data quality and releases, support Salesforce Shield controls and audits, produce reports/dashboards, triage federal requests, lead UAT, and maintain documentation and runbooks.

Develop and optimize quantum algorithms and applications for scientific and commercial impact, collaborating with partners and driving innovation.

Lead the development and execution of proposals for federal and commercial space opportunities, ensuring alignment with technical solutions and customer requirements. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and develop strategies for competitive pursuits.

The Senior Microwave Research Scientist will design and integrate microwave circuits for qubit control, lead validation efforts, and collaborate with cross-functional teams on quantum computing applications.