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 will be based onsite at our office in Bothell, Washington or our Headquarters in College Park, MD.
Travel:
Job ID: 1897
The Role:
IonQ is seeking a Senior Executive Assistant with the business acumen and professional maturity to support members of our Executive Leadership team. This role is deeply integrated into the day-to-day operations of IonQ’s leadership, requiring a partner who can handle traditional administrative support while providing substantive engagement across the organization. The ideal candidate acts as a force multiplier, ensuring our executives remain focused on high-level strategy by managing the complexities of their schedules, communications, and special projects.
Responsibilities:
- Executive Support: Provide comprehensive support, including complex calendar management, meeting logistics (space preparation, catering, and technology setup), travel coordination, and expense reporting.
- Inbox & Communication Management: Manage executive inboxes by triaging emails, responding as a proxy where appropriate, distilling information for efficient review, and prioritizing urgent communications.
- Proactive Scheduling: Independently schedule meetings based on an evolving understanding of business priorities, project milestones, and emergent requests.
- Meeting Lifecycle Management: Attend key meetings to record minutes, track action items, and ensure information is distributed to relevant stakeholders.
- Budgetary Partnership: Collaborate with Finance (FP&A) to organize budget requests, facilitate review meetings, and manage follow-up items to ensure departmental financial goals are met.
- Project & Program Management: Lead inter- and intra-departmental projects, developing action plans, maintaining project trackers, and holding stakeholders accountable for timely completion.
- Travel Coordination: Arrange intricate domestic and international travel, including multi-leg itineraries, accommodations, ground transport, and necessary visa/entry documentation.
- Expense & Documentation: Independently organize and submit precise expense reports, managing all receipt collection and fact-gathering required for reimbursement.
- Strategic Triage: Evaluate requests for the executive’s time, determining which to delegate, decline, or prioritize. Conduct preliminary discovery meetings to assess the necessity of executive involvement.
- Ad Hoc Support: Execute special assignments and administrative tasks as needed to support the office of the executive.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of administrative support experience, with at least 5 years specifically supporting VP and above leaders
- Tech Sector Experience: Proven track record of managing executive operations within a fast-paced technology environment, including substantive inbox management.
- Business Acumen: Sufficient professional knowledge to understand industry terminology, work methods, and basic budgeting/reporting processes.
- High Judgment: Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions regarding the executive’s priorities, communications, and approvals.
- Travel Expertise: 3+ years of experience managing complex international and domestic logistics.
- Stakeholder Management: Experience successfully balancing the needs of multiple executive stakeholders and navigating overlapping priorities.
- Technical Tools: Advanced proficiency in Google Workspace (Gmail, Sheets, Slides, Docs).
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of total administrative experience, emphasizing long-term partnership with senior leadership.
- Specialized Knowledge: A background or education in a technical field (Hardware, Software) or Finance is highly beneficial.
- PM Certification: Formal project management experience or certification.
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. 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.
If you are interested in being a part of our team and mission, we encourage you to apply!
Skills Required
- 8+ years of administrative support experience, including at least 5 years supporting VP-level or above leaders
- Experience managing executive operations in a fast-paced technology environment, including substantive inbox management
- Professional knowledge of industry terminology, work methods, and basic budgeting and reporting processes
- Demonstrated ability to independently make decisions regarding executive priorities, communications, and approvals
- 3+ years of experience managing complex international and domestic travel logistics
- Experience balancing the needs of multiple executive stakeholders and navigating overlapping priorities
- Advanced proficiency in Google Workspace, including Gmail, Sheets, Slides, and Docs
- 10+ years of total administrative experience with long-term senior leadership partnership
- Background or education in a technical field such as hardware or software, or in finance
- Formal project management experience or certification
IonQ Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IonQ and has not been reviewed or approved by IonQ.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, HSA options, and no-cost mental-health support. Company materials also cite strong premium coverage levels for employees and dependents in recent years.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity, paternity, and bonding leave are presented as fully paid for eligible employees. This breadth of family support is emphasized across company and job materials.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match up to 5% is part of the package, with materials noting a relatively short vesting schedule. Retirement support is positioned as a core element of total rewards.
IonQ Insights
What We Do
Quantum computers are a revolutionizing technology — they have the potential to transform business, society, and the planet for the better, and IonQ is at the forefront of this revolution. After over 25 years of academic research, IonQ was founded in 2015 by Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim with $2 million in seed funding from New Enterprise Associates, a license to core technology from the University of Maryland and Duke University, and the goal of taking trapped ion quantum computing out of the lab and into the market. In the following three years, we raised an additional $20 million from GV, Amazon Web Services, and NEA, and built two of the world’s most accurate quantum computers. In 2019, we raised another $55 million in a round led by Samsung and Mubadala, and announced partnerships with Microsoft and Amazon Web Services to make our quantum computers available via the cloud. In 2020 and 2021, we built additional generations of high performance quantum hardware, added Google Cloud Marketplace to our cloud partner roster and announced a series of collaborations and business partnerships with leading academic and commercial institutions. On October 1st, 2021, IonQ began trading as IONQ on the New York Stock Exchange, making it the world's first public pure-play quantum computing company. We remain hard at work realizing the world-changing potential of quantum computing.
Why Work With Us
We’re growing a passionate, diverse team of collaborative, creative people. We believe in pursuing innovative, challenging work with integrity, alongside team members we can learn from and grow with.
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