GenAI Solutions Architect - BytePlus - Chinese Speaker (Third-Party Associate)

ByteDance; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking a Senior Solution Architect / Pre-Sales to join the BytePlus team in the MEA region. You will engage with enterprise clients from pre-sales through delivery, shaping cloud and AI solutions and collaborating across product teams.

Ideal candidates have cloud computing expertise, 5+ years in related roles, and strong regional MEA experience. Chinese language proficiency is required to manage stakeholders and growth with Chinese-speaking clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with strong business acumen.
• 5 years of related work experience in a similar or related field.
• Past experience in cloud computing and related technology ecosystem.
• Strong regional experience across the Middle East and Africa (MEA).
• Comfortable with a fast-paced startup environment and strong problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Partner with regional Sales Teams to qualify leads and craft technical solutions that drive client results.
• Lead enterprise client engagement end-to-end, from pre-sales solutioning to project implementation with demos, RFI/RFPs and workshops.
• Act as trusted advisor with multiple product teams to shape short- and long-term roadmaps and provide industry insight.
• Collaborate with product teams to close PMF gaps and drive product development iterations.
• Maintain post-sales support and drive upsell/cross-sell with Account Executives.

Skills

Cloud computing

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Chinese language

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Responsibilities

Join the Innovative BytePlus Team

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join the world's fastest growing startup as well as the biggest unicorn by valuation. With ByteDance's vision to build global platforms of creation and interaction, BytePlus is devoted to developing innovative technologies and products for businesses to fuel their next wave of growth. It is the best time to join us and pave into the new era together!

• Partner with regional Sales Teams to qualify leads, identify client's pain points and create technical solutions that eventually deliver business results to clients
• Externally, call upon technical expertise and business acumen to lead the enterprise client engagement (C-level to working level) lifecycle end-to-end, from pre-sales solutioning to delivering project implementation. Activities include demos, presentations, RFI/RFP, architecture design workshops & POC delivery.
• Internally, act as trusted advisor collaborating with multiple product teams and articulate clear feature requests to shape product roadmap in both short- and long-term. Provide Thought Leadership, Industry Knowledge, and deep understanding across multiple cloud and ML products.
• Work closely with product teams to close the PMF gaps and drive the roadmap of product development / iterations.
• Maintain post-sales solution support and drive upsell/cross-sell together with Account Executives.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Achieved a Bachelor's degree with strong business acumen.
• 5 years of related work experience in a similar or related field
• Past experience in cloud computing, and related technology ecosystem
• Strong regional experience across the Middle East and Africa (MEA)
• Comfortable with a fast-paced and ambiguous "startup" environment, strong problem solver, resilient.
• Demonstrate strong strategic thinking and analytical skills by explaining relevant past projects in the technical interview rounds.
• Chinese Language Proficiency: Chinese is required for managing stakeholders and business growth that requires effective communication with Chinese speaking clients and partners.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good understanding of cloud applications, and big data technologies
• Computer science or engineering equivalent degrees preferred.
• Industry-wise, preferably, have worked with large enterprise clients in verticals like e-commerce, Retail, Media, Entertainment, Gaming.
• Preferably in the role of solution architect or pre-sales solution engineering in B2B space ideally in AI/ML, video cloud, edge computing and/or cloud computing space.
• Product-wise, preferably have a deep understanding of Public Cloud and related business use cases, including but not limited to:

  edge network (CDN) and security (WAF, DDoS),video streaming - Livestream solution end-to-end, RTC, VOD

  and ML applications (ML Recommend, computer vision, NLP, generative AI)

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.