Remote, US Hybrid $192,979 - $252,659

IonQ is hiring a Director of Product Management - AI Systems

Responsibilities

  • Own Product Strategy and Roadmap - Define the product vision and roadmap for IonQ’s internal AI knowledge platform, collaborating with stakeholders to identify the most impactful use cases.
  • Establish and maintain clear product goals, requirements, and success metrics, making explicit architectural and scope decisions early.
  • Continuously audit assumptions and re-evaluate roadmap priorities as organizational usage patterns and AI tooling evolve.
  • Collaborate on Technical Design and Execution - Lead the custom development of the knowledge gathering and retrieval system, working with engineering and data owners on pipelines, metadata, and retrieval tuning.
  • Define the set of tools for populating and maintaining this knowledge system, specifying what the system and tools should do and the value they deliver.
  • Evaluate and define the front-end interaction layer for less-technical users.
  • Maintain working awareness of the AI tooling landscape to inform development decisions.
  • Drive Knowledge Architecture and Data Governance - Partner with functional owners to identify, classify, and prioritize knowledge sources.
  • Define and enforce a data governance framework (ownership, updates, staleness, conflict resolution, etc.).
  • Drive the design of the information architecture for scalable retrieval quality.
  • Partner with Infrastructure, Legal, and Security teams to build safeguards for data security and responsible AI usage.
  • Steer Internal Usage and Satisfaction - Run structured discovery sessions with internal teams to identify knowledge gaps and build the first version around actual workflows.
  • Design the system for high business impact from day one, accounting for different interaction models for various user personas (e.g., GTM vs. engineers).
  • Own the internal launch end-to-end, including training, onboarding, documentation, and change management.
  • Define what ‘working’ looks like before shipping, measure adoption and usage quality, and own the organizational change process.
  • Manage Cross-Functional Collaboration - Serve as the connective tissue between engineering, Applications Development, GTM, and all other stakeholders, translating needs into clear requirements.
  • Proactively communicate progress, roadmap status, blockers, and changes in writing to all affected stakeholders.
  • Work with the Product team and CPO to ensure this initiative stays aligned with IonQ’s broader strategy.

Requirements

  • 13+ years of professional experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Have prior experience building AI systems that manage complex knowledge.
  • Have a track record in building and shipping internal tools that teams use daily.
  • Are comfortable with knowledge management, document retrieval, or search infrastructure, and understand Generative AI architectures well enough to hold substantive technical conversations with engineers.
  • Are capable of organizing requirements and priorities despite ambiguity, driving results, and forming plans for validating product ideas.
  • Enjoy and have practice collaborating with multiple business, research, and engineering teams to drive concrete results.

Nice to Have

  • Have built persona frameworks and service blueprints that directly shaped product requirements and interaction design.
  • Have owned change management tied to a product rollout and can demonstrate adoption with behavioral data.

Team

Structure: cross-functional team

Additional Information

  • The approximate base salary range for this position is $192,979 - $252,659. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site.
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IonQ is a quantum computing company that develops quantum computers and quantum computing technologies, focusing on creating advanced quantum systems.
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Posted 11 days ago