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We serve the research, academic, and clinical communities through the application of technology and analytics to content. Our portfolio of solutions brings together extensive Scientific, Technical and Medical content, powerful analytics, and technologies. We help our corporate customers, R&D professionals, engineers, scientists, and commercial marketing leaders, to innovate and commercialize ideas, products, and processes.\nAbout the Role\nThis role is to lead early-stage technical engagement for Academic & Government (A&G) customers in China, and is responsible for definition and validation of technical solutions that specifically serve business targets. You will work as the \"translation layer and solution convergence point\" between Elsevier's global product portfolio and China A&G customer scenarios. This role focuses on pre-deal solution enablement, bridging business needs and technical feasibility for China-specific system integrations. You will shape solution direction before contract signing through technical analysis, solution definition, architecture design, AI/API integration planning, POCs, demos, technical feasibility assessments, and architecture documentation. You will drive the integration design across enterprise systems and third-party platforms. You will also act as a primary technical interface across customers, sales, products, and global architecture stakeholders. Through structured, front-loaded technical engagement, this position ensures high standards of quality, performance, and governance, while reducing late-stage rework and compliance misunderstandings. Overall, you will play a critical role in enabling global products’ integration with local solutions and serve China customers’ needs with scalability and extensibility.\nResponsibilities\nEngage with customers at early sales stages to understand business goals, technical constraints, and IT status\nLead solution investigation, technical requirement decomposition, and feasibility assessment\nTranslate business problems into executable technical solution options and architecture documentation\nUnderstand customer-side system architectures, data governance frameworks, and regulatory constraints\nDesign integration pathways for Elsevier products in China-specific scenarios\nLead LLM application’s architecture and design and evaluate local ecosystems’ interface with Elsevier AI solutions\nDesign data integration between Elsevier products and customer systems\nEnsure proposals are viable within China-specific constraints, including network, cloud and data residency\nEnsure compliance with China regulatory requirements, including Cybersecurity Law and PIPL\nProvide technical cost and implementation complexity assessments to support business case development\nProvide solution-level technical input into RFQ and proposal processes.\nContribute to China GTM technical strategy, including API monetisation and data-as-a-service opportunities\nUse rapid prototyping method and tools to accelerate validation cycles with all stakeholders\nLead the design and execution of technical POCs and early demos.\nEnsure demo outcomes stay within product capability boundaries while supporting business decisions\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders for business initiatives, projects and operations\nMaintain alignment with global architecture standards and best practices\nMaintain documentation for architecture, design, proposals, and workflows\nParticipate in architecture governance process and collaborate with team to surface risks and refine solutions\nCoach local engineering team members on architecture best practices\nDevelop understanding of China research market’s AI transition, and influence customers’ technical planning\nSupport collaboration across Chinese research institutions for new requirement gathering and risk prediction\nTrack the China AI research tools landscape and support technically informed positioning of Elsevier solutions\nQualifications\n8+ years of experience in software architecture, solution design, or technical consulting\n3+ years of experience in B2B/B2I pre-sales, pre-deal, or early-stage technical engagement roles\nBachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field\nStrong understanding of software engineering, architecture, system design, testing, and operation\nMandatory Skills\nProficiency in solution architecture design and architecture modelling methods\nProficiency in programming languages including Python, Java, and scripting\nProficiency in designing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines\nProficiency in Snowflake for data warehousing\nRich experience of evaluating trade-offs between data lake, data warehouse, and lakehouse approaches in customer integration solution design\nRich experience with data lineage tracking, metadata management, and data classification, especially for China regulation compliance and enterprise governance\nProficiency in integration of streaming data solution with Databricks, Spark and Kafka for data processing\nExpert of API design and integration with 3rd pary systems via authentication frameworks.\nRich experience with cloud data platform and hands-on experience with programmatic data transformation\nRich experience with deployment and operation in China available cloud platforms (AWS, or Alibaba Cloud)\nStrong technical documentation skills, including architecture documents, solution white papers, and POC reports\nFamiliarity with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI)\nRich experience with AI/LLM application design, integration, deployment and operation.\nExpert of MCP and agent-integration protocol implementation with customization and compliance needs\nExperience with application’s deployment in cloud-native architecture and containerization in cloud\nFamiliarity with data quality frameworks and data observability tooling\nFamiliarity with China Cybersecurity Law, Personal Information Protection Law , Data Export Security Assessment regulations, and global GDPR compliance requirements in content access scenarios\nKnowledge of content security controls including DRM, dynamic watermarking, and access-permission engines\nKnowledge of enterprise data cataloguing solutions\nSoft Skills\nStrong problem-solving and analytical thinking\nStrong communication and stakeholder management skills\nStrong capability of translating business needs into technical solutions\nStrong collaboration in cross-functional teams\nStrong capability of working independently and managing priorities\nRich experience working 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architecture certifications\nExperience designing Content-as-a-Service or AI-enabled academic platforms for research institutions\nKnowledge of Elsevier product lines, AI solutions, and service models\nDeep understanding of data modelling, knowledge graphs, and semantic technologies at algorithm level\nExperience of applying Bronze / Silver / Gold medallion architecture in academic and research-data scenarios\nWorking experience of Tableau for automated interactive dashboards, data stories, and embedded analytics\nAbility to advise customers on self-service analytics architecture and dashboard design best practices.\nExperience participating in security architecture reviews or Privacy Impact Assessments\nWork in a Way That Works for You\nWe promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.\nWorking for You\nWe know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:\nMedical and Life Insurance\nLong-Service Award\nMarriage and New Baby Gifts\nFestivals and Birthday Gifts\nAnnual Medical Check-up\nFlexible Benefits via CIIC Platform\nPaid Time Off, including annual leave, family care leave, and public holidays\nAbout the Business\nA global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.\n\nWe know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Clickhereto access benefits specific to your location.\nWe are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.\nCriminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. 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