Partner Lead, EMEA

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About IonQ: </strong><strong><br></strong></p> <p><u><a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2F&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=IonQ%2C+Inc&index=7&md5=0818ffbedc6dbad8c4d1611ac94c2a0f" target="_blank">IonQ, Inc</a></u>. [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 <u><a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-speeds-quantum-accelerated-drug-development-application-with&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=Amazon+Web+Services%2C&index=8&md5=a7f94ee9b71a392dca3cd6c413722e51" target="_blank">Amazon Web Services, </a></u><u><a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-speeds-quantum-accelerated-drug-development-application-with&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=and&index=9&md5=2bed627b388878763f41ffe0e4edb16c" target="_blank">and </a></u><u><a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-speeds-quantum-accelerated-drug-development-application-with&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=AstraZeneca&index=10&md5=757c1f2c2ec94cf3982700106122164f" target="_blank">AstraZeneca</a></u> 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, <u><a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-achieves-landmark-result-setting-new-world-record-in-quantum-computing&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=setting+a+world+record+in+quantum+computing+performance&index=11&md5=32e9cb88afbd439026a352666cc72c91" target="_blank">setting a world record in quantum computing performance</a></u>.<br><br>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.  </p></div><p> </p> <p class="_1xny9xl0 _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1xny9xl6 _1xny9xlr _1kjlpc82 _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1kjlpc80"><strong>Location: Switzerland or Oxford, England, UK<br>Travel: Regional and international travel required<br>Job ID: 1884<br><br>Role:</strong></p> <p class="_1xny9xl0 _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1xny9xl1 _1xny9xlr _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1kjlpc80">We are seeking a Partner Lead, EMEA to develop a small number of carefully selected lighthouse channel and reseller partners. You will build deep relationships with the local resellers, distributors, systems integrators and telecommunications partners best positioned to pursue priority customers and support early adoption of our frontier technology portfolio. The role covers IonQ’s entire portfolio, compute, networking, security, sensing, space and merchant services, with focused pursuits selected to match each lighthouse partner’s capabilities and customer needs.</p> <p class="_1xny9xl0 _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1xny9xl1 _1xny9xlr _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1kjlpc80">The role also drives quantum opportunities with global partners within the region, for example, remote access to IonQ quantum computing capacity through a Hyperscaler in Europe, or quantum computing and quantum safe cybersecurity pursuits with a global consulting firm’s local practice, in alignment with the respective global alliance lead. Computing pursuits include hardware in data centres, remote cloud access, and application and algorithm development. Specialist channel partners may focus on networking, security, sensing, space or merchant services, with pursuits matched to their expertise, customer access and IonQ’s available capabilities. This role operates in a matrixed structure, reporting directly to the SVP, Global Partner Ecosystem (Partnerships), with close alignment to regional sales leads on priorities, account plans, opportunity execution and commercial outcomes.</p> <p class="_1xny9xl0 _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1xny9xl6 _1xny9xlr _1kjlpc82 _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1kjlpc80"><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <p class="_1xny9xl0 _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1xny9xl1 _1xny9xlr _1mqalmd1 _1mqalmd0 _1kjlpc80">You will engage local partner teams, qualify customers and co sell early engagements. Partners learn through this shared work, and successful engagements become references and playbooks for measured expansion. Within the first year, you will have secured referenceable wins from a few carefully selected local and global lighthouse partners and jointly progressed qualified customer engagements toward successful technical and commercial outcomes. You will have established an effective global and regional pursuit cadence and documented the evidence, partner capability and playbooks needed to replicate success. Expansion will follow demonstrated readiness and resul