JD Technology has changed again: the establishment of a parallel department of “one department and three centers” JD Cloud is still the group’s overall technical service brand

21st Century Business Herald reporter Yang Qingqing reports from Beijing

JD Technology once again adjusted its structure, and the key word of this adjustment is integration.

A reporter from the 21st Century Business Herald learned that JD.com is currently undergoing a new round of structural adjustments, and the adjustments are still in progress. According to the internal announcement of JD Technology, JD Technology will integrate the existing business groups and departments to establish the JD Cloud Business Department and three centers of sales, solutions and delivery, a total of four parallel departments.

It should be noted that it was previously reported that JD Technology will establish four centers including sales, solutions, delivery, and R&D, but in fact JD Technology did not list R&D as a center. According to the reporter of the 21st Century Business Herald, at present, the work related to cloud research and development will fall in the JD Cloud business department, but the functions of the business department are not limited to research and development, but also cover IaaS, PaaS products, sales, standard delivery integration, etc. business content.

In addition, the reporter learned that JD Cloud is still the overall core brand of JD Group in providing technology and services to the outside world. This adjustment is to set up “one department and three centers” under the overall brand framework of JD Cloud, which is more conducive to customer-oriented.

JD Technology Changes

After a new round of organizational structure adjustments, JD.com will establish a pattern of “one department and three centers”.

Specifically, the newly established JD Cloud Business Unit will integrate the original JD Cloud business group – cloud product research and development, communication cloud, wireless treasure and other businesses, focus on the integration of IaaS, PaaS products, sales, and standard delivery, and establish Xinchuang Cloud products matrix. Cao Peng, Chairman of the Group Technical Committee and Head of the Cloud Product R&D Department of JD Cloud Business Group of JD Technology, will serve as the head of the JD Cloud Business Department.

The newly established sales center will integrate the sales expansion, channel development, ecological cooperation and other functions of the original JD Cloud business group, digital city group, and financial cloud business department, focusing on retail, finance, energy and other industries and tracks. Xu Feng, the former head of Jingdong Technology Digital City Group, is the head of Jingdong Technology Sales Center.

The newly established solution center will integrate the industry solutions and application products of the original JD Cloud business group, digital city group, financial cloud business department, intelligent service and product department, loT product department, etc., focusing on the creation of SaaS layer technology products . Gao Liqiang, the former head of the JD Cloud business group, was appointed as the head of the JD Technology Solution Center.

The newly established delivery center will integrate the technical delivery functions of the original JD Cloud Business Group, Digital City Group, and Financial Cloud Business Unit, focusing on the delivery and implementation of industry solutions and application products. Fu Qingming, the former general manager of JD Cloud’s technical delivery department, is the person in charge of the delivery center.

The persons in charge of the above-mentioned “one department and three centers” all report to Li Yayun, CEO of JD Technology.

It should be noted that, according to the reporter of 21st Century Business Herald, JD Cloud is still the overall core brand of JD Group to provide technology and services to the outside world. Three centers”, which is more conducive to customer-oriented.

In addition, Gao Liqiang served as the head of Jingdong Technology Solution Center, which is also regarded as a major adjustment by the outside world. However, it is understood that when Gao Liqiang served as the head of the JD Cloud business group before, he would also take into account solutions including retail, transportation, energy and other industries. Today, the solutions for the digital city cluster where Xu Feng worked in the past are all under the control of Gao Liqiang, while Xu Feng focuses on sales channels, ecological cooperation and other content.

business continuity integration

An obvious trend is that the adjustment of JD Technology is the result of continuous business integration.

On January 29, 2021, JD Group integrated the former JD Digits, the former JD Cloud and the AI ​​business unit into JD Technology Subgroup, and appointed Li Yayun, the former CEO of JD Digits, as the CEO of JD Technology Subgroup.

In March, after the integration, JD Technology continued to adjust its organizational structure, including digital city group, financial technology group, JD Cloud business department, industry development department, platform ecology department, offline ecological cooperation department, JD ecological cooperation department, robot products There are 15 major business groups or departments, including the IoT Product Department, the Smart Customer Service Product Department, the Digital Marketing Ecosystem Department, the Basic Technology Department, the Risk Management Center, the Marketing Department, and the Macroeconomic and Industrial Research Institute.

Since then, for a long period of time in the past, although JD Technology’s subordinate business departments have occasionally adjusted, JD Technology as a whole is in a relatively flat state with multiple business departments parallel. This adjustment means reorganizing the business and integrating it in accordance with the four lines of R&D and underlying technology application, sales, products, and delivery, so as to clarify the organizational structure and business.

In November 2022, in an interview with a reporter from the 21st Century Business Herald, Gao Liqiang revealed that JD Cloud has shown a trend of rapid growth in the past year, and its overall business has increased by more than 110% year-on-year. Some people in the industry commented to the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that JD Cloud’s organizational structure adjustment is to focus business functions more, which is more conducive to customer-oriented. “JD Technology’s adjustment this time lies in integration. The establishment of the three major centers and the JD Cloud Business Unit is to clarify responsibilities and better serve users.” (Intern Wang Yilin also contributed to this article)