Product Manager

Clutch Canada; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision plans

401(k) matching

Unlimited PTO

Zusammenfassung

IonQ in Geneva, Switzerland, is seeking a Product Manager within the Quantum Platform – Devices division to own day-to-day product operations and translate market insights into actionable features for engineering teams. You will drive delivery across cross-functional teams, ensuring smooth lifecycle management from concept to launch.

Collaborating with Engineering, Industrialisation, Production and Marketing, you will optimise lifecycle processes, drive timely delivery, and enable scalable

Jobbeschreibung

About IonQ

IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting‑edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two‑qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance.

Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before.

Location: This role is based at our Geneva, Switzerland office, with the option to work two days a week remotely.

Travel: Up to 10%

Job ID: 1771

The Role

As a Product Manager within the Quantum Platform – Devices division, you will play a key role in supporting a growing portfolio of cutting‑edge products by taking ownership of day‑to‑day product operations. You will ensure product features are clearly defined, tracked throughout every stage of the product lifecycle and delivered successfully across cross‑functional teams. Working closely with Engineering, Industrialisation, Production and Marketing, you will translate market and customer insights into product features for refinement by engineering teams, while leading the triage, planning and coordination of special customer projects. You will help optimise product lifecycle processes, ensuring efficient collaboration, smooth feature delivery and successful execution from concept through to launch.

• Own product operations, ensuring features are defined, tracked throughout the product lifecycle and delivered across cross‑functional teams.
• Translate market and customer insights into product features, while triaging, planning and coordinating special customer projects.
• Partner with Engineering, Industrialisation, Production and Marketing to optimise product lifecycle processes and drive efficient product delivery.

What you'll be doing

You will take ownership of the operational delivery of product management, ensuring products and features progress efficiently from validated requirements through development, industrialisation and commercialisation. Acting as the day‑to‑day product decision‑maker within defined boundaries, you will drive cross‑functional alignment, maintain product data integrity and coordinate delivery across multiple teams to ensure products are launched on time and to a high standard. This role is integral to enabling the Product team to scale effectively, providing operational ownership and supporting the successful delivery of an expanding product portfolio.

• Own the operational delivery of product management, ensuring features progress from validated requirements through development, industrialisation and commercialisation.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment, maintain product data integrity and coordinate timely delivery across the product lifecycle.
• Act as the day‑to‑day product decision‑maker within defined boundaries, enabling the Product team to scale beyond a single Product Manager.

What you'll bring

In this role, you will take ownership of feature delivery from end to end, defining requirements and acceptance criteria, coordinating engineering handovers, validating delivery and supporting successful commercial launches. You will manage non‑standard sales opportunities by assessing feasibility, making configuration decisions within agreed boundaries and documenting exceptions, while ensuring full traceability from customer requests through to delivered capability. Working closely with Engineering, Industrialisation, Production, Marketing and Sales, you will coordinate cross‑functional activities to remove blockers, maintain an accurate and prioritised Jira backlog, and respond to product enquiries from Sales. You will also prepare products for launch through documentation, training, pricing and sales enablement, maintain up‑to‑date product documentation, communicate complex photonic, cryogenic and networking architectures to a range of stakeholders, and represent the product in customer‑facing activities including pre‑sales support, technical discussions and trade shows.

• Own end‑to‑end feature delivery, from requirements definition and engineering handover through to delivery validation, commercial launch and ongoing product documentation.
• Coordinate cross‑functionally with Engineering, Industrialisation, Production, Marketing and Sales, while managing Jira backlog integrity, product enquiries and non‑standard sales opportunities.
• Support successful product adoption by communicating complex technical architectures, ensuring launch readiness, providing pre‑sales support and representing the product in customer discussions and at trade shows.

You’ll be a great fit with

The ideal candidate will hold a Master’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Microengineering or a related technical discipline, combined with an action‑oriented mindset and the confidence to make decisions in an environment of uncertainty. You will be able to understand and reason about complex hardware products involving photonics, cryogenics and networking technologies, while communicating effectively with both technical and commercial stakeholders. You will be comfortable representing products in customer‑facing situations, including technical discussions, pre‑sales meetings and trade shows, and have a strong understanding of manufacturing environments, including industrialisation constraints, production realities and supply chain considerations. You will also be confident resolving conflicting priorities, negotiating with stakeholders and developing deep expertise in quantum technologies, supported by advanced Jira proficiency, including workflow configuration, automation rules and custom field management.

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Microengineering or a related technical discipline, with the ability to make product decisions autonomously within defined boundaries.
• Strong technical, commercial and customer‑facing communication skills, with experience discussing complex hardware products and representing products in pre‑sales meetings and trade shows.
• Advanced Jira expertise, manufacturing and industrialisation knowledge, excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills, and a genuine curiosity for deep‑tech and quantum technologies.

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.

• comprehensive medical
• dental
• vision plans
• matching 401(k)
• unlimited PTO and paid holidays
• parental/adoption leave
• legal insurance
• home technology stipend

Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment.

At IonQ, we believe in fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers. We empower employees to thrive by fostering a culture of autonomy, productivity, and respect. We are dedicated to creating an environment where individuals can feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued.

We are committed to equity and justice. We welcome different voices and viewpoints and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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.