Sales Solution Architect - Automotive

Shanghai Permanent View Job Description
The Sales Solution Architect will play a key role in designing and delivering tailored solutions for clients in the Technology & Telecoms industry. This position is based in Shanghai and focuses on providing technical and strategic support to the sales team.
  • Stable global platform with strong automotive industry presence
  • Work with lea*ding OEMs on next-generation navigation and ADAS solutions

About Our Client

An organisation operating within the Technology & Telecoms industry in Shanghai.

Job Description

The technical pre-sales team helps and enables our direct and indirect sales teams on the technical aspects of bids and pursuits. This team takes primary responsibility for working on the technical aspects of RFPs, RFQs, demos, POCs, technical workshop/seminars, technical enablement and related technical presales activities. We are looking at strengthening our team in China.

As a Sales Solution Architect - Automotive, your main responsibilities (not exhaustive and subject to change based on company needs) will include:

* Evangelizing, demonstrating, and proving the capabilities of Location Platform and Technical Assets in web and mobile applications.

* Designing and crafting solutions that will deliver against identified customer requirements and associated problem definition, including preparation of storyboard and UX integrated with both client and assets.

* Collaborating with the Sales team in addressing Customer challenges, providing solutions, and outline in solution roadmaps; responding to RFXs; rolling up your sleeves to perform hands-on coding for developing demos and PoCs to showcase Technologies' location-based capabilities; and actively removing technical and competitive blockers to facilitate sales.

* Understanding and articulating how our technical assets contribute to offerings proposed to the customer and to the overall value proposition.

* Developing implementation plans for taking projects from a conceptual phase to full-scale production.

* Providing direct technical expertise for opportunities in one or multiple domains of knowledge

* Providing feedback to sales, product marketing, and product management on current and future product requirements & enhancements.

* Helping our partners to succeed by providing them with technical presales support, joint go-to-market with the partners and providing them with technical enablement.

* Participating in the company's marketing event, seminar, and technical workshop.

* Developing and communicating project specifications/progress and maintaining ongoing dialogue, including escalations, when appropriate to management and product development teams.

The Successful Applicant

You will be successful in this role if you possess the following skills and competencies:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related fields.

* 10+ years of relevant technical experience of which 5+ years in technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or similar roles

* Deep understanding of the Chinese and global automotive industry verticals ie, In Vehicle Infotainment, Connected Vehicle Services, Location Based Services and Highly Automated Driving technology, use cases and software/ hardware integrations.

* Software development experience in Java, Python, Scala and scripting

* Proven customer facing skills and a consistent track record in major account management.

* Previous experience in crafting and delivering large-scale software solutions to market.

* Technical application solution selling experience with Cloud applications, services and APIs.

* Understanding of Agile software development philosophies and methodologies - particularly the tools and practices around SCRUM.

* Being a team player and passion for collaboration with various internal/external stakeholders.

* Ability to work as a trusted advisor to our customers.

* Knowledge of GIS and understanding of Map Making would be a plus, though not mandatory

* Knowledge of Android and iOS mobile operating systems and development is a plus

* Good Communication skills in English and native level fluency in Mandarin

Exposure to working in AWS, Azure or any other major cloud environments is a plus.

What's on Offer

  • Permanent position based in Shanghai.
  • Access to comprehensive benefits.



If you are ready to bring your expertise to this role, we encourage you to apply.

Contact
Handy Zhao
Quote job ref
JN-092026-7097730
Phone number
+862160268056

Job summary

Function
Technology
Specialisation
Pre-sales / Post-sales
What is your area of specialisation?
Technology & Telecoms
Location
Shanghai
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Handy Zhao
Consultant phone
+862160268056
Job Reference
JN-092026-7097730

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