Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, IonQ
Corporate Governance
$164.9-215.1k
+ Variable bonus + Equity component
More information about location
Quantum computing platform
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Quantum computing platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$164.9-215.1k
+ Variable bonus + Equity component
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems, transforming business, society, and the planet for the better.
Role
Who you are
- A J.D. from an accredited law school and admitted to the bar of (and in good standing in) at least one US state/district (preferably New York, California, Washington, Delaware, DC, or Maryland)
- 10+ years of strong corporate and securities law experience, with both significant experience in an AmLaw 100 law firm and in-house experience at a publicly traded company
- Strong communication skills, including organized, relevant, timely, concise and to-the-point communications
- An openness to working through novel or complex situations
- Good people management and influencing skills
- Strong skills in advocating for company protection while maintaining a collaborative approach and the confidence to know when to flex or maintain position
- The ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and to manage time-sensitive matters, multitask with ease and maintain presence of mind
What the job involves
- IonQ is seeking a Senior Director and Associate General Counsel for Corporate Governance
- Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, you will lead high-impact securities transactions and M&A transactions, ’34 Act reporting, advise IonQ’s Board of Directors and its committees, run the proxy statement and annual meeting, recognize triggering of and file Form 4s and 8-Ks
- Advise on employee equity and trading matters, manage the global corporate legal structure, and ensure compliance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations related to corporate, securities and NYSE, while being a partner to the Finance, Accounting, Equity, Marketing, Investor Relations, Tax, Treasury, People and Executive teams
- With our Accounting team, lead the preparation of IonQ NYSE submissions and SEC filings, including proxy statements, 10-Ks and 10-Qs, in compliance with applicable SEC regulations
- Lead preparation of the Company’s proxy statement and Company’s annual meeting materials in collaboration with partners
- Ensure the proper and timely filing of Form 4s and Form 8-Ks
- Lead, diligence, execute, implement and help integrate mergers and acquisitions and strategic investments, partnering with our Corp Dev team and outside counsel
- Provide legal support on executive compensation matters, equity plans, and equity administration, as well as advising on our insider trading policy and 10b5-1 trading
- Drive corporate governance matters, including Board and committee agendas, compliance with fiduciary duties, advisor independence, related party transactions, etc
- Prepare/review board and committee materials and minutes, and maintain corporate records
- Review and advise on public- and investor-facing press releases, calls and presentations and other MNPI disclosures, ensuring compliance with RegFD, 10b5 and other SEC regulations
- Provide counsel on legal and regulatory developments impacting corporate liability
- Ensure compliance with SEC, CFIUS, and other global regulatory requirements
- Create, review, and maintain thoughtful, repeatable, and defensible corporate governance, ethics, and corporate compliance policies and trainings
- Train IonQ officers and employees on relevant laws, regulations and corporate policies
- Develop strong working relationships across the company with cross-functional stakeholders, including in Finance/Treasury, Corporate Development, Accounting/Tax/Equity, Marketing, Investor Relations and People teams as well as IonQ’s functional/subfunctional leaders
- Manage outside counsel on all of the above matters
- Support and lead special projects as requested
- The position you are applying for may require access to technology that is subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions
Our take
IonQ is a quantum computing company, its current quantum computer, the IonQ Quantum Cloud is accessible through the cloud. An offshoot of the co-founder's 25 years of academic research in quantum information sciences, IonQ hopes to build the world's best quantum computers that can solve complex problems at a much faster rate than that of traditional computers.
Over the past few years, IonQ has partnered with several major technology companies, including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google to make its quantum computers more widely available. Most recently, it partnered with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to bring quantum solutions to government and defense sectors across the US.
IonQ has also acquired Entangled Networks to bolster its product offerings and also merged with a special purpose acquisition company to become a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "IONQ". The merger brought in substantial gross earnings that IonQ plans to utilize in order to accelerate its technology development and commercialization efforts.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
60% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2020
$7m
SERIES B
Oct 2019
$55m
SERIES B
Total funding: $82m
Company HQ
College Park, MD
Leadership
Peter Chapman
(President & CEO)Previously the Director of Engineering for Amazon Prime, and the President and CEO of Media Arc and eMusic.
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