Associate General Counsel - Product - Partnerships

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 position can work onsite or hybrid from one of our offices in the US or fully remote.
Travel:

Up to 10%
IonQs Legal team supports the companys global legal affairs, including intellectual property, corporate and securities matters, commercial contracting, regulatory compliance, and enterprise risk management. As IonQ scales its quantum computing, networking, sensing, and fabrication businesses, were building a dedicated product legal function to partner directly with product, research, engineering, and go-to-market teams from the earliest stages of development, and this role is foundational to that effort.
As Associate General Counsel, Product, youll report to the Head of Product Legal and serve as a trusted legal partner to the teams building IonQs products, in a role defined not by practice area but by impact: if a matter shapes how IonQs products are designed, built, or brought to market, the product legal team helps get it done. The successful candidate will bring deep strategic partnership expertise for technology products alongside the drive to take complex, technology-driven transactions across the finish line.
Counsel IonQs 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 IonQs 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
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 legals advice and priorities
S. state bar (or eligibility for in-house/registered counsel status in your state of employment)
~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
~ An appetite for genuinely novel legal questions — the judgment to advise confidently amid ambiguity, and the drive to work where technology is unprecedented and legal frameworks are still being written
~ A desire to become a force-multiplier for your team, uncovering new opportunities for speed and efficiency — including leveraging existing AI tools and helping to build superior ones

In-house legal experience with a mature US technology company
Proficiency with multiple languages
The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site.
If this role has a commission structure, the compensation range below just reflects the base compensation range.
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. Our benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401(k), unlimited PTO and paid holidays, parental/adoption leave, legal insurance, and a home technology stipend. 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. S. export control and government contract restrictions. S. citizen, 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.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.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.
S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., 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.