About this opportunity
Join Ericsson to build a strategic capability at the intersection of artificial intelligence, patent analytics, and global technology licensing. Within Business Area Intellectual Property Rights & Licensing (BIPL), the Strategy & Business Development team is establishing AI-driven analytics to improve decisions across licensing, litigation, portfolio strategy, and new business opportunities.
As Director, AI-Driven Patent Analytics, you will define the roadmap, build and lead a specialist team, coordinate BIPL and Ericsson's wider AI community, and turn complex analytical methods into trusted decision support. You will prioritize high-value use cases, shape the operating model and tool strategy, and lead adoption across global teams and external partners. The position is based in Stockholm, Sweden, or Jorvas, Finland.
What you will do• Set the direction: define Ericsson's strategy, roadmap, priorities, operating model, governance, and success measures for AI-enabled patent analytics.• Build the capability: create and lead a specialist team, establish scalable ways of working, and coordinate expertise across BIPL and Ericsson's wider AI community.• Deliver and scale decision support: prioritize high-value use cases and turn them into trusted, repeatable analyses for licensing, litigation, portfolio strategy, business development, and public policy.• Shape responsible technology adoption: guide build, buy, or partner decisions and ensure solutions are secure, explainable, reliable, and aligned with Ericsson requirements.• Influence and develop the ecosystem: advise senior stakeholders and build productive relationships across internal teams, analytics vendors, research organizations, academics, and industry experts.
The skills you bring
We are looking for a senior leader who combines strong analytical judgment with the ability to build a new capability and influence across a complex global organization. You may bring deeper experience in either patent analytics or advanced AI; you should be able to lead effectively across both disciplines.• Proven leadership of analytics, data science, AI, advanced research, or comparable transformation initiatives in complex cross-functional environments.• Ability to turn ambiguous business questions into prioritized roadmaps, practical analytical solutions, and measurable outcomes.• Knowledge of patent analytics, licensing, portfolio strategy, or another evidence-intensive intellectual property domain.• Strong judgment in evaluating AI methods, external tools, data quality, and results, combined with executive-level communication and the ability to lead specialists and influence senior stakeholders.• Experience with standard-essential patent analysis-including landscaping, essentiality, or infringement-and knowledge of telecommunications, standards-based technologies, and global licensing is preferred.• Experience governing AI or analytics platforms, vendors, or research partnerships; an advanced degree in a relevant technical, analytical, economic, or intellectual property field is an advantage.• Strong people leadership, with the ability to build, coach, and empower high-performing teams.
Application
We look forward to your application with CV in English. We target 60% attendance at office.
Last day to apply: 15th of October 2025
Please note that we do not accept, proceed, or respond for applications sent via e-mail.
If you have specific questions, you are welcome to contact Raheleh Rouhani, Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner at [email protected]
Location: Stockholm, Sweden or Jorvas, Finland
Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || Stockholm
Req ID: 790769
Skills Required
- Leadership of analytics, data science, AI, advanced research, or comparable transformation initiatives in complex cross-functional environments
- Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into prioritized roadmaps, practical analytical solutions, and measurable outcomes
- Knowledge of patent analytics, licensing, portfolio strategy, or another evidence-intensive intellectual property domain
- Strong judgment in evaluating AI methods, external tools, data quality, and results
- Executive-level communication and ability to lead specialists and influence senior stakeholders
- Strong people leadership, including building, coaching, and empowering high-performing teams
- Experience with standard-essential patent analysis, including landscaping, essentiality, or infringement
- Knowledge of telecommunications, standards-based technologies, and global licensing
- Experience governing AI or analytics platforms, vendors, or research partnerships
- Advanced degree in a relevant technical, analytical, economic, or intellectual property field
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. job postings describe multiple medical plan options (including PPO and HSA‑eligible HDHP) plus dental and vision, aligning with a comprehensive medical suite. Corporate materials also emphasize wellbeing resources and EAP support.
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Retirement Support — Company communications and U.S. materials reference market‑competitive retirement benefits, including a 401(k) with automatic employer contributions and additional matching. Investor and benefits materials signal a structured approach to total rewards that includes long‑term savings programs.
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Parental & Family Support — U.S. and EWS guides and postings highlight paid maternity and parental/adoption leave at full pay, alongside structured short‑term disability at full pay for defined weeks by tenure. These programs are positioned as part of a family‑friendly, work‑life‑balance offering.
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What We Do
Ericsson builds the digital connectivity the world relies on. Our technology underpins the mobile networks, platforms, and systems that billions of people, businesses, and societies depend on every day. We are a global leader in communications technology, delivering mobile network infrastructure, cloud software, and wireless connectivity solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Our networks support connectivity across 180+ countries, helping power everyday communication as well as critical digital services at global scale. Connectivity has evolved far beyond consumer mobile use. Today, nearly 80% of the world’s population accesses the internet via mobile networks, and Ericsson is helping shape what comes next. We are advancing 5G and 5G Advanced, developing network APIs that open connectivity to the global developer ecosystem, and applying automation and AI to make networks more intelligent, efficient, and resilient. Ericsson was the first company to launch live 5G networks on five continents, and our 5G platform is now commercially live in 150+ networks across 60+ countries. We also support more than 36,000 enterprise customers, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, utilities, and public safety, where reliability and performance are mission critical. Innovation is central to how we work. Ericsson has approximately 28,000 employees in research and development, backed by one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the industry with 60,000+ granted patents. Our engineers, researchers, and technologists work across 100+ global R&D sites, helping define how networks evolve and how digital infrastructure is built for the long term. As the world moves toward a mobile-first, AI-powered, and cloud-driven future, connectivity becomes the foundation for digital transformation across every industry. Ericsson is building that foundation, shaping the future of digital connectivity through technology that operates at global scale and supports real-world impact, today and for what comes next.
Why Work With Us
Ericsson is a place for people who want to work on technology that powers everyday life. You’ll contribute to large-scale systems used every day, tackle complex challenges in live environments, and keep developing your skills and career in your own vision.
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