Partner Marketing Director – Analyst Relations

Role Overview

• Own IonQ’s global partner marketing strategy, developing joint go-to-market programs with strategic partners across cloud, government, and enterprise ecosystems.
• Define and execute co-marketing initiatives including joint campaigns, solution launches, events, and content that drive pipeline and customer engagement.
• Build scalable frameworks for partner activation, including messaging alignment, campaign playbooks, and performance tracking.
• Lead IonQ’s analyst relations program, managing relationships with key industry analysts (e.g., Gartner, IDC, Forrester) and ensuring consistent, proactive engagement.
• Drive and deliver compelling analyst briefings with cross-functional leaders/experts, develop analyst inquiries, and strategic narratives that position IonQ as a category leader in quantum computing, networking, sensing, and security.
• Drive participation in major analyst evaluations, reports, and market landscapes, ensuring strong representation and differentiation.
• Partner closely with product marketing to translate technical innovation into clear, differentiated narratives for partners and analysts.
• Collaborate with communications and PR to amplify third-party validation, analyst coverage, and partner announcements.
• Align partner marketing and analyst insights with broader company messaging, campaigns, and executive communications.
• Act as the connective tissue across partnerships, marcomms, product, and sales to ensure consistent ecosystem messaging and execution.
• Support strategic account efforts by activating partners in priority deals and enterprise opportunities.
• Establish metrics and reporting frameworks to measure partner marketing impact (pipeline, influence, engagement) and analyst sentiment (coverage, positioning, share of voice).
• Provide ongoing market intelligence and analyst insights to inform product strategy, positioning, and competitive differentiation.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise B2B marketing, with a focus on partner marketing, ecosystem development, or analyst relations in high-growth technology sectors (AI, cloud, deep tech, or emerging technologies).
• Proven experience building and scaling partner marketing programs and managing strategic alliances.
• Strong track record of engaging with industry analysts and influencing market perception through structured AR programs.
• Experience developing joint GTM strategies with partners, including cloud providers, system integrators, or enterprise technology partners.
• Exceptional storytelling ability—able to translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives for external audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders across product, marketing, partnerships, and executive teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise buying cycles, ecosystem-led growth, and partner-driven pipeline.
• Excellent communication and executive presence, with the ability to represent the company in high-stakes external settings.
• Highly organized, strategic, and execution-focused, with the ability to operate in a fast-moving, evolving market.
• Brings a mindset that is curious, analytical, and commercially minded—energized by building category leadership in an emerging industry.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• matching 401K
• unlimited PTO and paid holidays
• parental/adoption leave
• legal insurance
• home technology stipend