Senior Manager, Quantum Applications - Sweden Site Manager

Responsibilities

• As a founding leader of the IonQ quantum application development center based in Gothenburg, Sweden, drive a culture of customer success and innovation across the site
• Help develop, hire and grow IonQ's Sweden/Nordics Applications team and business by establishing and managing customer engagements, and develop quantum solutions for practical real-world problems
• Partner with IonQ's clients to develop and execute strategies for establishing quantum solutions business in the region and across a wide range of industry verticals
• Build, grow and manage a highly talented technical team in the Sweden/Nordics region dedicated to delivering hybrid quantum applications for partners and customers
• Identify opportunities for developing and deploying quantum solution packages for a broad user base in the Sweden/Nordics region and beyond
• Interface with other technical teams to enable co-design and co-development of powerful IonQ quantum computers that are optimized for customer use cases
• Work closely with Product Management, Sales, and Marketing teams to expand our customer base by developing hybrid quantum products that will deliver commercial advantage
• Create strong portfolio of intellectual property in quantum applications
• Develop new business models and identify new business opportunities enabled by hybrid quantum solutions, including integrating quantum algorithms within larger, end-to-end customer workflows
• Collaborate with other managers and consistently and effectively communicate across the organization and up the leadership chain. Represent the group at academic, industry and local events
• You'd be a good fit with:
• 12+ years of experience in technical R&D for solution development in algorithms and/or computational applications
• 4+ years of experience leading consultative customer engagements
• Operational knowledge of quantum computing capabilities
• 5+ years of managing deeply technical teams to develop innovative solutions for customer problems, integrating R&D artifacts with larger workflows and bringing them to market
• Proven track record of technical leadership and innovation, demonstrated through deployed solutions, commercial licenses, publications and/or patents
• Experience in building, operating and growing business focused on providing solutions that solve customer needs
• You'd be a great fit with:
• Ph.D. in chemistry, computer science, engineering, physics or related field
• Prior experience commercializing radically new technologies
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Additional Information

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. We are looking for a Senior Manager of Quantum Applications -- Sweden Site Manager to lead our business and technology development in utilizing IonQ's quantum computers to create solutions for our business partners in the Nordics region and globally. As a Sr. Manager of Quantum Applications -- Sweden Site Manager, you'll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to solve the world's most complex problems using world's best quantum computers built at IonQ. As a founding leader of the IonQ Sweden office, you will also play a key role in growing the site, establishing a culture and connecting with both the local innovation ecosystem as well as other IonQ sites and customers around the world. As a seasoned R&D leader and a deep technical expert on a team of PhD application scientists co-located within the vibrant BioVenture Hub in Gothenburg, you will drive the discovery of new algorithms and computational resource models, the development of core IP, and oversee the maturation of hybrid quantum solutions from quantum circuits to deployment to the cloud platform. You will work closely with product, marketing, sales, operations, and external customers/partners to brainstorm new ideas, define multi-year roadmaps, and represent IonQ at high-visibility technical conferences (often all in a single day)!

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