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Tencent Cloud

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Work Mode: On-site

Industry: Information Technology & Services

Job Description

About the Company:

Tencent is a leading global technology company focused on connecting people and developing innovative products and services that improve the quality of life of people around the world. Founded in 1998 and publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2004, Tencent offers a variety of products and services, including leading communication and social platforms (Weixin/WeChat), high-quality entertainment (from video games, music, TV and film, sport and literature), FinTech (WeChat Pay and QQ Wallet) and industry-leading cloud products and services.

Headquartered in Shenzhen, we have offices around the world, including in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Seattle, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, and Seoul. We have been recognized by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers (2021), a Top 100 Digital Company (2019) and one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (2018). Tencent is committed to recruiting, mentoring, and developing a diverse workforce that is broadly representative of the communities it serves.

About The Job

Our Solution Architects work with both our Engineers and Sales team to analyze the needs and requirements from our potential customers, making sure the best matching product capabilities are leveraged in the technical solutions provided and proposed, leading to customer satisfaction and product value recognition.

We align product, engineering, and business teams to exceed the expectations of our customers, helping our key customers get the best values of our integrated security and performance solutions. The team is expanding right now, with both challenges and opportunities to unfold and excel at your full potential.

Responsibilities

Our Solution Architects are key contributors to Tencent’s success on identifying business opportunities leveraging our products in question, presenting solutions and demonstrating value to meet customer needs, leading POC projects, implementation, and various initiatives that drive both customer satisfaction and product efficiency.

As a Senior Product Specialist, you will be responsible for:

Driving Tencent Cloud products adoption, identifying customer needs and presenting product specific solutions in various business opportunitiesGuiding, training, and enabling the internal business teams and external partners on Tencent Cloud products knowledge and best practices leveraging relevant products in various customer solutionsTracking, monitoring, and leading the team efforts to resolve customer issues reported while using Tencent Cloud security and performance products.Working with global team members on international customer initiatives and projects, interacting effectively with stakeholders in your time zone and/or locations closer to your workplace.Planning and organizing programs at the organization level, across multiple technical teams coordinating resources from different geo locations, in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Tencent Cloud services.Creating clarity in requirements, build relationships with partner teams, embrace agility, design features to drive business objectivesIdentifying, assessing, mitigating risks arising from variety of situations including those that arise from dependencies between groupsWorking with engineering teams to implement new or updated tools in support of team or business processes

Requirements

Have 8+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, another related field or its equivalentHave excellent communication skills and an ability to build trusting relationships with various stakeholders including customers and partners. Be fluent in both English and Chinese languageShow experience in a customer-facing role within the information technology industry, preferable as a Solution Engineer/Architect, Product Specialist, or Technical Project ManagerBe familiar with cloud security and content delivery technology, process and concepts, security event management, compliance and site performanceDemonstrate knowledge of project management concepts and techniquesHave some knowledge of implementation concepts that deal with web development, IT systems or security practiceUnderstand how the internet works, with reasonably deep knowledge about network protocols (IP, DNS and routing, HTTP, TCP or web architecture)Be prepared to travel on ~10% of the time

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.