- Define and execute a comprehensive business strategy, setting clear goals and tactics.
- Deliver annual commitments on financial metrics, securing new customer partnerships.
- Collaborate with optical businesses on future roadmap, ensuring market competitiveness.
- Engage with R&D, supply chain, and sales teams to enhance product excellence.
- Understand lead customer needs, delivering tailored solutions for business success.
- Identify high-value applications, supporting RFPs, and maximizing profitability.
- Enable and support the sales team with expertise during market introduction.
- Develop compelling marketing materials and pricing strategies for the product platform.
- Coordinate with PLM to deliver customer-focused solutions, ensuring satisfaction.
- Evaluate ROI scenarios, making data-driven decisions for business growth.
Experience and requirements
• 10 or more years of experience as a Product Manager, System Architect of similar technology position in the optical communication industry
• Experience in customer interaction
• Experience in the optical networking companies is desired.
• Ability to address problems and topics outside of direct experience, abstract and understand and communicate content, natural problem solver
• Ability to work independent and self-organized
• Ability to work in a distributed team and in international environment
• Ability to work flexible and deviate from initial plans, outcome focused
• Ability to contribute to and shape business with fundamentally new technology / architecture
• Strong presentation skills (including management and customer presentations, conference talks and plenum discussions)
• Requires Travel
Skills Required
- 10 or more years of experience as a Product Manager, System Architect, or similar technology professional
- Experience in the optical communications industry
- Experience interacting with customers
- Ability to solve complex problems and communicate abstract technical content
- Ability to work independently and organize work effectively
- Ability to work in distributed and international teams
- Ability to adapt plans and remain outcome-focused
- Ability to shape business around fundamentally new technology or architecture
- Strong presentation skills, including management, customer, conference, and plenary presentations
- Experience in optical networking companies
- Willingness to travel
Nokia Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nokia and has not been reviewed or approved by Nokia.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity programs include a global employee share purchase plan with company matching and multi‑year share awards. These mechanisms broaden participation and tie rewards to long‑term outcomes.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes major medical plans with supplementary options such as vision, legal services, and care navigation. The range of offerings indicates comprehensive support for medical needs.
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Parental & Family Support — A global policy grants paid leave for new parents regardless of gender and provides structured return‑to‑work support. Company‑paid life insurance further strengthens family protection across regions.
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What We Do
At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs. Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.
