Senior Technology Manager

Department: Greater China Region

Team: Technology

Location: Beijing/Shanghai

Position type: Fixed Term Contract until December 2025, Full-Time

What the hiring manager says

GSMA Open Gateway represents a paradigm shift in the way the telecoms industry designs and delivers services in an API economy world. It’s a framework of common network APIs designed to provide universal access to operator networks for developers. It helps developers and cloud providers enhance and deploy services rapidly across operator networks via single points of access to the world’s largest connectivity platform.

China is at the forefront of 5G and 5G-Advanced development, with plenty of innovations happening everywhere and anytime. Open Gateway is opening a door to facilitate the platform strategies, to monetise the network capabilities, and to transit the operators to Technical Companies.

Liu Hong, Head of Technology, Greater China

About the Team

Greater China in GSMA was established on 1 October 2016. We cover Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and work with some of the world’s most influential companies both in the operator community and in a wider ecosystem.

About the Role

The Senior Technology Manager, Greater China reports to the Head of Technology, Greater China and will be based in Beijing or Shanghai. The main mission of this role is to promote Open Gateway in China, including but not limited to supporting the open source development of Linux Foundation CAMARA project submissions, designing and conducting pilots to showcase the potential values of Open Gateway APIs, engaging with Open Gateway developers, moderating the workshops and roundtables of Open Gateway Greater China group, and cooperating with global teams in technology development, business strategies, public policies, and marketing activities. 

About You

You will need to have substantial experience in open source software development and can independently write and amend codes in various programming languages.

You will need to be passionate in technology innovation and able to lead tech-related discussion with a wide range of stakeholders.

You will need to work closely with strategy, ecosystem engagement, policy, marketing functions and other technology team members across the company.

You will need to oversee the progress of Open Gateway API development in Linux Foundation CAMARA project, especially those sub-projects led by Greater China companies.

You will need to support the pilots of Open Gateway APIs in Greater China and consolidate the reports for those pilots.

You will need to build and develop the Open Gateway developer community in China and engage with the leading developers.

You will need to lead the discussion in Open Gateway Greater China group and independently organise workshops and roundtables.

You will need to engage with huge amount of companies who are interested in Open Gateway in Greater China region or companies who are in the rest of the world but want to develop Open Gateway business with Greater China companies.

You will need to proactively propose any proposals that may help to thrive Open Gateway economy in Greater China.

Capabilities:

• Software development skills, especially in web applications or mobile APPs.

• Open source codes submission experience.

• Technical research skills, for any cutting-edge technologies.

• Project management skills.

• Event management experience (for workshops, roundtables, etc.).

• Quick learning, Efficient executing, Proactive thinking.

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What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

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Being You at the GSMA

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