Technical Product Manager

The Technical Product Manager role supports deployment of IDC Quanta into China, with ownership of end-to-end delivery, regulatory processes, cloud provisioning, compliance activities, and model evaluation logistics. This position acts as the on-the-ground delivery lead in Beijing while coordinating with a US steering committee and a third-party implementation vendor.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the Pre-Sprint through Sprint 4 plan, including cloud VPC provisioning, IDC Quanta test instance stand-up, model evaluation logistics, RAG architecture build-out, and production deployment, aligned to the Week 12 first-capability target and the Week 22 go-live.
• Manage the ICP (Internet Content Provider) filing end-to-end by initiating immediately on program kickoff, engaging a qualified filing agent, and maintaining momentum through the 4 to 8 week process so it does not become the blocker for the Week 9 gate.
• Lead the MLPS 2.0 gap assessment and PIPL compliance review for the Quanta China deployment, including documentation of the certification level required based on current posture.
• Provision and configure China cloud infrastructure with Alibaba Cloud as the primary provider and AWS China as a fallback, covering VPC isolation, BYOK encryption where keys are held outside China, and inclusion of government disclosure notification clauses in each cloud contract.
• Run parallel model evaluation for DeepSeek and Qwen, with Kimi, GLM, Hunyuan, or ERNIE as fallback options, against a pass/fail quality threshold defined jointly with the US Technical Product Owner.
• Document and maintain the External China-Protected RAG architecture, the identity federation design, and the MCP server build-out, confirming none of these activities require changes to Quanta core codebase.
• Chair local steering committee touchpoints, prepare status decks, and escalate any new HIGH-rated risk within 24 hours to the China Country Lead and the US steering committee representative.
• Own weekly status reporting and provide inputs to the Week 9 decision memo from the China side, including the risk register, deployment readiness, and remediation plans for any red-rated criterion.
• Coordinate with IDC legal and outside counsel on the PRC regulatory opinion, and support export control review using a clean test structure that relies on API calls only.

Requirements

• Ability to operate effectively across IDC’s China operations and the US steering committee.
• 10+ years of technology implementation experience, including 5+ years leading cross-border China deployments.
• Hands-on ICP filing experience, including at least one prior successful filing, plus working knowledge of MLPS 2.0.
• Prior budget responsibility exceeding $1M USD on a comparable engagement.
• Hands-on experience with Alibaba Cloud or AWS China (Sinnet), including VPC isolation, network segmentation, and BYOK encryption.
• Bilingual capability in Mandarin and English.
• Location: West Coast.

Technologies

• IDC Quanta
• Alibaba Cloud, AWS China, Sinnet
• BYOK encryption, VPC isolation
• Internet Content Provider (ICP) filing
• MLPS 2.0, PIPL
• DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, Hunyuan, ERNIE
• RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), MCP server
• SIEM logging

Benefits

• 15 vacation days (prorated based on start date)
• 12 company-paid holidays
• 6 paid sick days (prorated based on start date; may vary by state)
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 2 floating holidays (prorated based on start date)
• 1 volunteer day
• 401(k) company match (IDC matches 3% on the first 6% of employee contributions)
• Company-paid short-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid parental leave

What Success Looks Like

• ICP filing is in-flight or approved with no blocking issues by the Week 9 gate.
• A production-ready China cloud environment with BYOK, VPC isolation, and SIEM logging is validated before Sprint 4 go-live.
• Model evaluation results are credible for the US side because the threshold was set before testing began.
• The steering committee does not learn of a HIGH-rated risk after the fact.

Preferred

• Experience integrating enterprise platforms with China-approved LLM APIs, including DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, Hunyuan, ERNIE, or comparable options.
• Familiarity with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures designed to prevent raw data transmission to LLM providers.
• Experience with PIPL, PRC data-security, and cross-border data-transfer assessments, including coordination with outside legal counsel.

Travel & Logistics

Occasional travel to Beijing and to IDC’s US offices should be expected for steering committee meetings, sprint gate reviews, and key milestones.

Role Details

• Location: United States (remote)
• Compensation: USD 140,000 - 213,000 per year
• Minimum Experience: 10 years