Technical Product Manager, China

IDC; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days

Holidays

Sick days

Health coverage

401(k) company match

Parental leave

Volunteer day

Job summary

IDC seeks a Technical Product Manager to oversee the China deployment of IDC Quanta, acting as the on-the-ground owner in Beijing. You will drive end-to-end delivery from cloud provisioning to model evaluation, ensuring compliance and alignment with US leadership.

You will manage ICP filing, MLPS 2.0 and PIPL reviews, coordinate vendor efforts, and document architecture without touching core Quanta code. Travel to Beijing and US offices is expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technology implementation and 5+ years leading cross-border deployments.
• Hands-on ICP filing experience with regulatory knowledge including MLPS 2.0 and PIPL.
• Experience with Alibaba Cloud or AWS China including VPC isolation and BYOK.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end delivery planning and deployment of IDC Quanta China.
• Manage ICP filing end-to-end and maintain schedule to meet milestones.
• Assess and document MLPS 2.0 and PIPL compliance requirements.
• Coordinate with US/China leaders and vendors for sprint execution.
• Maintain risk, governance, and status reporting for the program.

Skills

Cross-border deployments

ICP filing

MLPS 2.0

PIPL compliance

Alibaba Cloud / AWS China

VPC isolation

Bilingual Mandarin & English

Tools

Alibaba Cloud

AWS China

Cloud provisioning

Job description

IDC

Technical Product Manager, China

US--

Job ID: 2026-7121

# of Openings: 1

Category: IT/Technology

Overview

About the Role & Team We are bringing IDC Quanta - our production enterprise AI platform - into China: connected to China-approved LLMs, running on compliant cloud infrastructure, and operating safely inside a fast-moving regulatory environment. This is a deployment engagement, not a rebuild of the product itself.The Technical Project Manager is IDC's on-the-ground owner in Beijing.You'llrun the delivery engine - ICP filing, cloud provisioning, MLPS 2.0 and PIPL compliance, model evaluationlogistics, and any implementation vendor's day-to-day work - and make sure nothing that matters gets lost in translation between Beijing and the US steering committee.

Key Working Relationships

You'll deliver this jointly with the Head of AI & Automation, China, who co-owns delivery execution and represents the program to local IDC leadership, and with a third-party implementation vendor engaged to execute the sprint-by-sprint build-out (cloud provisioning, model integration, RAG architecture, and production deployment). You are the connective tissue between the vendor's day-to-day execution, the VP's local oversight, and the US steering committee.

What You’ll Do

• End-to-end delivery of the Pre-Sprint through Sprint 4 plan: cloud VPC provisioning, IDC Quanta test instance stand-up, model evaluationlogistics, RAG architecture build-out, and production deployment — on schedule for the Week 12 first-capability target and Week 22 go-live.
• Manage the ICP (Internet Content Provider) filing end-to-end —initiateimmediatelyon program kickoff, engage a qualified filing agent, and keep the 4-8 weekprocess moving without becoming the thing that blocks Week 9.
• Own the MLPS 2.0 gap assessment and PIPL compliance review for the Quanta China deployment, and document the certification levelrequiredagainst current posture.
• Provision and configure China cloud infrastructure (Alibaba Cloud primary, AWS China as fallback) — VPC isolation, BYOK encryption with keys held outside China, and government disclosure notification clauses in every cloud contract.
• Run parallel model evaluation (DeepSeek, Qwen, with Kimi/GLM/Hunyuan/ERNIE as fallback) against the pass/fail quality threshold defined jointly with the US Technical Product Owner.
• Document andmaintainthe External China-Protected RAG architecture, the identity federation design, and the MCP server build-out — confirming none of it requires touching Quanta's core codebase.
• Chair local steering committee touchpoints, prepare status decks, and elevate any new HIGH-rated risk within 24 hours to the China Country Lead and the US steering committee representative.Own weekly status reporting and the Week 9 decision memo inputs from the China side: risk register, deployment readiness, and remediation plans for any red-rated criterion.
• Coordinate with IDC's legal team and outside counsel on the PRC regulatory opinion, and support export control review with a clean, API-calls-only test structure.

What Success Looks Like

ICP filing in-flight or approved with no blocking issues by the Week 9 gate. A production-ready China cloud environment - BYOK, VPC isolation, SIEM logging -validatedbefore Sprint 4 go-live. Model evaluationresult the US side can actually trust, because the threshold was set before testing began. A steering committee that never finds out about a HIGH-rated risk after the fact.

What You Bring

Required

• Ability to operate comfortably across both IDC's China operations and its US steering committee.
• 10+ years in technology implementation, including 5+ years leading cross-border China deployments.
• Hands-on ICP filing experience (at least onepriorsuccessful filing) and 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 in Mandarin and English
• Location: West Coast

Preferred

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

Travel & Logistics

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

Why This Role Stands Out

At IDC, your work helps shape how the world understands technology and where it goes next. You collaborate with curious, high-caliber colleagues who value rigor, integrity, and shared success. As the premier global provider of trusted technology intelligence, IDC equips business and technology leaders with the evidence they need to make confident decisions. Our insights inform strategy, investment, and innovation across industries and regions.

Recognized by IIAR as Analyst Firm of the Year for five consecutive years, IDC sets the standard for credibility and impact. With more than 1,000 analysts worldwide and a truly global perspective, we combine deep expertise with practical relevance. Here, your ideas matter, your voice is heard, and your contributions provide the insights leaders rely on every day. It is meaningful work, backed by a culture that supports growth, collaboration, and long-term career development with a globally respected brand.

What We Offer

• 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

Compensation Transparency

At IDC, we are committed to fair and equitable pay practices. Employees are compensated equitably for their work, aligned with their skills and experience. Salary and incentive structures are determined through a rigorous process that considers experience, education, certifications, role-specific requirements, internal equity, and verified U.S. market data from an independent third-party partner.

The expected total annual compensation, depending on location and experience, is between $140,000 - $213,000, inclusive of base salary and variable compensation.

If this role relocates to a different country, the salary range will be updated to reflect that country's range, rather than a currency conversion of the original range.

Equal Opportunity Employer

IDC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons. Employment eligibility verification required. We participate in E-Verify.

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Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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