Senior Commodity Manager

IonQ•College Park, MD

14h•$84,455 - $110,132•Hybrid

About The Position

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 work onsite at our office located in College Park, MD. We are open to hybrid and remote options for the right candidate. Travel: Up to 25% Job ID: 1518 The Role: We are looking for a Senior Commodity Manager for lasers and optics. As Senior Commodity Manager, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum platform to solve the world’s most complex problems. As a Senior Commodity Manager - Lasers & Optics, you’ll be responsible for supporting supplier selection, performance, risk and compliance within IonQ’s lasers & optics supply base. You will work closely with technical teams and production teams to understand supply base needs and drive performance improvement to support IonQ’s roadmap.

Requirements

3+ years experience in strategic supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
Familiarity sourcing lasers, optics and camera systems.
Demonstrated negotiation and supplier management experience.
Demonstrated experience partnering with engineering, operations and quality teams, and navigating through cross-functional corporate layers.
Comfortable working with high levels of ambiguity.
Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, physics, or other technical field.
Strong Microsoft Office and Google suite (e.g., Google Sheets, Google Slides) skills.
Familiarity with ERP systems with experience in MRP.

Nice To Haves

CPSM, APSM, or certification.
5+ years experience in strategic supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
3+ years strategic sourcing experience and technical knowledge on lasers, optics, and photonics components.
Best-in-class cross-functional communication, collaboration & presentation skills.
Sourcing experience in a defense contracting environment (i.e., FAR/DFARs, ITAR).
Demonstrated experience in developing, evangelizing and deploying sourcing strategies.

Responsibilities

Support the implementation of sourcing strategies for lasers & optics. This includes partnering cross-functionally seeking strategic input, drive supplier selection activities, and supplier maintenance.
Partner with SQE, Engineering and other internal stakeholders during the initial sourcing and vetting phases to ensure that new supplier qualifications align with the long-term commodity strategy; co-leading on-site assessments to bridge the gap between technical audit findings and commercial risk mitigation.
Cost analysis, benchmark comparisons, and support commercial supplier negotiations.
Review technical artifacts to draft RFx packages for lasers & optics.
Drive cross-functional actions (internally and externally) to improve supplier performance, decrease risk, and reduce total cost of ownership.
Maintain supplier KPIs to measure supplier risk and performance in areas of technology, quality, responsiveness, delivery and cost (TQRDC).
Support supplier contractual negotiations as needed.
Evaluate supplier capability, capacity, and scalability relative to forecast demand and design changes.
Identify and report supply risks.
Support purchase order execution, export compliance, monitor delivery performance, and proactively escalate supply or quality risks.
Travel up to 25% of the time.