Senior Technical Program Manager - Quantum Networking

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM). As a Senior TPM, you'll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world's best quantum computers to solve the world's most complex problems.

In this role, you'll coordinate cross-functional efforts to build and deliver quantum networking solutions, supporting planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder engagement throughout the program lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the delivery of quantum networking and computing programs, ensuring projects remain on schedule, within scope, and on budget.
• Collaborate closely with diverse teams, including physicists, systems and network engineers, R&D specialists, financial analysts, and supply-chain partners, to identify dependencies, resolve blockers, and achieve milestones.
• Drive programmatic processes by facilitating risk identification and tracking, assisting with quantitative forecasting (e.g., beta-PERT), and guiding teams through decision points and trade-offs.
• Track costs, resources, and risks, assisting in maintaining contract budgets, labor forecasts, and resource plans, and flagging emerging risks while coordinating mitigation activities.
• Help prepare concise status updates, risk assessments, and accomplishment reports for both government and commercial customers, as well as internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by refining program management templates, tooling (Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet), and documentation standards for complex hardware and software integration projects.
• Maintain accurate and current project artifacts-such as schedules, risk registers, and customer correspondence.
• Stay informed about developments in quantum computing and networking to support proposal development and identify potential enhancements.

You'd be a good fit with:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM related technical field, e.g. systems engineering, physics, etc. with 3-5 years of technical program or project management experience, ideally with complex hardware and software systems development and deployment.
• Strong communicator with the ability to work effectively across engineering, research, manufacturing, and business teams.
• Analytical skills using tools like Excel, Smartsheet, SQL, or Python to track progress and support data driven decisions.

You'd be a great fit with:

• Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in a technical discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Certifications such as PMP, PgMP, or Agile credentials.
• Familiarity with common PM tools (Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, GitHub)
• Basic understanding of quantum computing architectures and networking principles.
• Experience supporting prototype-to-product transitions from R&D to production settings.
• Exposure to government contracting (DoD, DoE) or academic grant processes.
• Background in systems engineering or formal product lifecycle management (PLM).

Location: This role will work onsite at our office located in Bothell, WA.

Travel: 25% domestic travel to support project customer communications and execution phases at a customer site.

Job ID: 1108

The approximate base salary range for this position is $128,119 - $167,740. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, and equity.