Senior Staff Technical Program Manager

The salary range for this position is $153,003 - $200,321.

We are looking for a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager. In this role you will lead a cross-functional team whose mission is to build the world's best quantum computers to solve the world's most complex problems.

You will have program level decision making authority and along with it, the corresponding ownership for delivering successful outcomes.

We require the individual in this role to exert excellent leadership and communications skills. This person must be able to calmly lead their teams through high ambiguity problems and overcome difficult obstacles. We also need a strategic thinker who can operationalize our approach to solving these problems, and driving efficiencies that will enable us to scale this business.

This is a high visibility role with ownership of the company's highest priority initiatives. As such, this role will routinely interact with VP level leaders, the CEO, and potentially public media.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end delivery of IonQ's next generation quantum computers. This can involve program management of numerous development work streams in both hardware and software.

• Create and manage project timelines, establish key milestones and major deliverables, ensure resource alignment, and drive teams forward at a rapid pace

• When projects encounter significant obstacles, roll up your sleeves, dive into details, and lead problem solving efforts with a high sense of urgency and bias for action

• Coordinate and interface with all project dependencies including other technical and non-technical teams both internal and external to the company

• Create, write, and present concise, data-driven project status reports and presentations to senior management

You'd be a good fit with:

• 12+ years experience in managing projects and delivering technical/product goals within aggressive timelines

• Experience managing projects through the Product Development Lifecycle with formal gated reviews

• PMP Certification

• The ability to lead technical teams through problems and situations with high levels of ambiguity

• Demonstrated experience working in research and development in industry or at a national lab.

• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills

• Experience in writing and leading responses to government Request For Proposals

• Experience in customer-facing technical roles

• B.S. in physics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, or other technical field

• US Citizenship is required

You'd be a great fit with:

• PhD in Engineering or Science with preference in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science

• Experience or training in quantum computing

• Experience in management of R&D projects

• Proficient executive presentation and communication skills

• Government security clearance

Location:

This position is located in our newest facility in Bothell, WA.