Senior Product Partnerships Counsel

IonQ, Inc.; Bothell (WA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Unlimited PTO and paid holidays

Parental/adoption leave

Legal insurance

Home technology stipend

Job summary

IonQ, Inc. seeks an Associate General Counsel, Product, to partner with product, research, and engineering teams across the product lifecycle. The role emphasizes strategic partnerships, licensing, and complex technology transactions with strong business impact.

The successful candidate will bring deep partnership experience in technology products, comfort with ambiguity, and a drive to scale a new product legal function globally. Hybrid/onsite US work is available.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 8+ years of relevant experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department.
• Substantial experience advising on strategic partnerships for the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of technology products, both in the US and abroad.
• A proven track record of drafting, negotiating, and executing complex technology transactions with direct impact on business or product strategy.
• Demonstrated versatility — the range to move between product and transactional matters, and the mindset to build your skills on matters outside your core practice areas.

Responsibilities

• Counsel IonQ's product and research teams, providing practical, business-calibrated legal guidance across the full product lifecycle — with strategic transactions and partnerships as signature areas of expertise
• Draft, negotiate, and execute complex technology-driven transactions that directly advance IonQ's product strategy, including strategic partnerships, licensing, joint development, and supply and manufacturing arrangements
• Shape the playbooks, processes, and infrastructure of a new product legal function designed to scale with the business
• Collaborate closely with product, research, engineering, finance, privacy, compliance, trade, and other cross-functional stakeholders, as well as outside counsel
• Translate in both directions — distill complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers, and render product, engineering, and business strategy in terms that sharpen product legal's advice and priorities

Skills

Legal drafting

Contract negotiation

Strategic partnerships

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

J.D. degree

US bar admission

Tools

AI tools

Job description

IonQ, Inc. seeks an Associate General Counsel, Product, to partner with product, research, and engineering teams across the product lifecycle. The role emphasizes strategic partnerships, licensing, and complex technology transactions with strong business impact.

The successful candidate will bring deep partnership experience in technology products, comfort with ambiguity, and a drive to scale a new product legal function globally. Hybrid/onsite US work is available.