Senior Product Marketing Director

Key Responsibilities Include

• Translate product-level messaging, claims, proof points, and terminology in alignment with the company’s full-stack quantum platform narrative, demonstrating that the platform as a whole is greater than the sum of each individual part, while preserving technical credibility for each underlying product family.
• Ensure platform narrative consistency across all product lines and releases, proactively identifying and resolving gaps, overlaps, or fragmentation before they reach the market.
• Support the design of cross-platform GTM plays and sales-aligned playbooks, translating platform strategy into repeatable engagement models, industry-specific use case motions, and executive-ready conversation frameworks that accelerate pipeline development and revenue progression.
• Orchestrate platform-level competitive intelligence and readiness, working across subject matter experts in each product domain to develop materials and objection-handling frameworks that clearly articulate “why the IonQ quantum platform delivers greater customer value” versus alternatives and point solutions.
• Continuously monitor the global quantum competitive landscape, evolving positioning and readiness materials as benchmarks, claims, funding signals, and market narratives shift.
• Partner closely with Product Managers across product lines to predictably and consistently deliver launches and major technical milestones aligned to sales and marketing motions, ensuring product announcements reinforce platform strategy, roadmap progress, and long-term credibility.
• Drive cross-functional alignment for launches and milestone releases across Product, Sales, Corporate Marketing, PR, and Analyst Relations to maximize coherent market impact.
• Develop and support industry- and region-tuned, platform materials, enabling the core quantum narrative to resonate across verticals (e.g., pharma, manufacturing, energy, financial services, defense) and geographies, by demonstrating an understanding of distinct motivations, dynamics and buyer expectations.
• Act as a trusted platform partner to cross company product leaders, facilitating alignment without diminishing individual product line ownership or differentiation.

Experience & Background

• 10+ years of experience in technical product marketing, preferably in deep-tech, emerging technology, or complex B2B platforms; science communications experience is a plus.
• Proven experience translating complex technical subject matter into coherent, scalable market narratives; exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ownership of competitive intelligence and executive-level positioning in technically sophisticated markets.
• Experience partnering directly with Product Management and Engineering in milestone-driven environments.
• Strong executive communication skills with experience adapting platform narratives for enterprise industries, governments and global regions.
• Strategic thinker who remains hands-on in high-growth, high-complexity environments.
• Experience working across multiple product lines or business units.
• Strong understanding of quantum technology concepts with the ability to communicate credibly with technical audiences.
• Comfortable influencing without authority and partnering with senior leaders across product, sales, engineering, and marketing.
• Confident presenter to internal and external audiences, including customers, partners, and executives.
• Brings a mindset that is curious, analytical, customer-obsessed, commercially minded…and energized by ambiguity in early or fast-evolving markets.
• Highly organized, self-directed, and capable of balancing long-term strategy with near-term execution demands.

Location: Hybrid, preferably based near IonQ’s US Headquarters in Washington DC / Maryland or Seattle, WA

Travel: Expect 10-15% travel per quarter, depending on seasonal priorities.

Job ID: 1390

The approximate base salary range for this position is $169,869 - $221,514. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, and equity.

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 401K, 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.

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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.