The IT Manager for IDC China is responsible for building and executing an IT Strategy for IDC China that serves the local needs of IDC China aligned with the IDC corporate IT strategy. This person will work with IDC China Management, IDC Corporate IT and Local Chinese IT vendors to create an integrated strategy that takes into account the unique requirements of the Chinese market within the context of the IDC global strategy

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop a local China IT strategy to support IDC China
• Work with IDC China management to
  • Understand the business strategy for IDC China
  • Develop and oversee a budget for localized IT needs
  • Ensure the IT strategy and the business strategy are aligned at the local level
  • Develop partnership relationships with IDC management and staff to identify, initiate, prioritize, refine and drive solutions the IT department can deliver to support the business.

• Work with IDC Corporate IT to ensure local needs are understood, including
  • Unique issues associated with privacy and networking associated with doing business in China
  • Developing tools that enable localization of global solutions for the unique needs of the Chinese market
  • Delivering research content/product to customers in an appropriate localized way (e.g. Wechat)
  • Ensuring global employee tools work for Chinese employees
• Work with local Chinese vendors
  • Manage and oversee the IT Product Planning, Analysis and Project Management and related activities to build, buy and support tools to support the Chinese market
  • Act as a liaison between local vendors and IDC Corporate IT to ensure local solutions are aligned with the global IT strategy
• Define and communicate project milestones, or scope of work, and resource allocation.
• Performs other related duties.

• Fluent in both Chinese and English
• Strong business sense, with ability to build a business case and demonstrate ROI on potential projects
• Excellent project management skills and detail orientation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good understanding of IT Software Development issues including project management, software lifecycle and change management issues
• Ability to understanding of software architecture issues
• Ability to understanding IT Networking issues
• Prior experience working on IT projects
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in a computer field