Product Solution Architect, A&G

RELX

Lead technical engagement for Academic & Government customers in China guiding scalable cloud-based data solutions. Translate client needs into executable technical solutions amidst regulatory frameworks in the Chinese market.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeBeijing • 🇨🇳 ChinaSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudCyber SecurityETLJavaKafkaPythonSparkTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Engage with customers at early sales stages to understand business goals, technical constraints, and IT status
Lead solution investigation, technical requirement decomposition, and feasibility assessment
Translate business problems into executable technical solution options and architecture documentation
Understand customer-side system architectures, data governance frameworks, and regulatory constraints
Design integration pathways for Elsevier products in China-specific scenarios
Lead LLM application’s architecture and design and evaluate local ecosystems’ interface with Elsevier AI solutions
Design data integration between Elsevier products and customer systems
Ensure proposals are viable within China-specific constraints, including network, cloud and data residency
Ensure compliance with China regulatory requirements, including Cybersecurity Law and PIPL
Provide technical cost and implementation complexity assessments to support business case development
Provide solution-level technical input into RFQ and proposal processes.
Contribute to China GTM technical strategy, including API monetisation and data-as-a-service opportunities
Use rapid prototyping method and tools to accelerate validation cycles with all stakeholders
Lead the design and execution of technical POCs and early demos.
Ensure demo outcomes stay within product capability boundaries while supporting business decisions
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders for business initiatives, projects and operations
Maintain alignment with global architecture standards and best practices
Maintain documentation for architecture, design, proposals, and workflows
Participate in architecture governance process and collaborate with team to surface risks and refine solutions
Coach local engineering team members on architecture best practices
Develop understanding of China research market’s AI transition, and influence customers’ technical planning
Support collaboration across Chinese research institutions for new requirement gathering and risk prediction
Track the China AI research tools landscape and support technically informed positioning of Elsevier solutions

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in software architecture, solution design, or technical consulting
3+ years of experience in B2B/B2I pre-sales, pre-deal, or early-stage technical engagement roles
Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Strong understanding of software engineering, architecture, system design, testing, and operation
Proficiency in solution architecture design and architecture modelling methods
Proficiency in programming languages including Python, Java, and scripting
Proficiency in designing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines
Proficiency in Snowflake for data warehousing
Rich experience of evaluating trade-offs between data lake, data warehouse, and lakehouse approaches in customer integration solution design
Rich experience with data lineage tracking, metadata management, and data classification, especially for China regulation compliance and enterprise governance
Proficiency in integration of streaming data solution with Databricks, Spark and Kafka for data processing
Expert of API design and integration with 3rd pary systems via authentication frameworks.
Rich experience with cloud data platform and hands-on experience with programmatic data transformation
Rich experience with deployment and operation in China available cloud platforms (AWS, or Alibaba Cloud)
Strong technical documentation skills, including architecture documents, solution white papers, and POC reports
Familiarity with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI)
Rich experience with AI/LLM application design, integration, deployment and operation.
Expert of MCP and agent-integration protocol implementation with customization and compliance needs
Experience with application’s deployment in cloud-native architecture and containerization in cloud
Familiarity with data quality frameworks and data observability tooling
Familiarity with China Cybersecurity Law, Personal Information Protection Law , Data Export Security Assessment regulations, and global GDPR compliance requirements in content access scenarios
Knowledge of content security controls including DRM, dynamic watermarking, and access-permission engines
Knowledge of enterprise data cataloguing solutions

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical and Life Insurance
Long‑Service Award
Marriage and New Baby Gifts
Festivals and Birthday Gifts
Annual Medical Check‑up
Flexible Benefits via CIIC Platform
Paid Time Off, including annual leave, family care leave, and public holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

software architecturesolution designtechnical consultingprogramming languagesPythonJavaETL/ELT pipelinesSnowflakeAPI designcloud-native architecture

Soft Skills

customer engagementtechnical requirement decompositioncollaborationcoachingtechnical documentationsolution-level inputrisk predictionbusiness case developmentleadershipcommunication