Family Description
Applied R&D (AR) consists of target-oriented research either with the goal of solving a particular problem / answering a specific question or for multi-discipline design, development, and implementation of hardware, software, and systems including maintenance support. Supplies techno-economic consulting to clients. AR work is characterised by its detailed and complex nature in order to systematically combine existing knowledge and practices to further developing and incrementally improving products, operational processes, and customer-specific feature development.

As a R&D Manager, you will lead a team of engineers tasked with building a robust Cloud Native 5G Core (UDM, AUSF, EIR) and evolve 3G and 4G products towards Cloud Native Architecture. You will work collaboratively with Architects, Product Owners, System Verification engineers to set goals for your team and guide them. Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 15+ highly capable developers and testers
• Own talent hiring, allocation and optimum utilization across the organization
• Establishing goals & objectives for team and manages the team to ensure that goals are met
• Lead & motivate technical teams, mentor, grow and enable each member to reach their full potential.
• Working in a fast-paced environment where you need to discover as you move forward and still maintain control and manage to the committed goals
• Identify areas of risk and proactively address before such becomes unmanageable

• 15 years of experience in Telecommunications Networks domain
• 9 years of experience with Agile frameworks and techniques such as Scrum, Kanban and Continuous Delivery
• 5 years of experience in directly leading teams building Telecommunication Software products
• Flexible and pragmatic about methods and processes, so as to be able to use own judgment to apply the appropriate model and approach that fits best with the context
• Provide strong leadership and guidance to the team
• Ability to provide a big picture vision to engineer and inspire them to achieve challenging targets
• Servant leader who can enable self-organization in large cross-functional efforts, and how pull-based scheduling works in practice
• Ability to deal with uncertainty, accepting that uncertainty is a fact of life when innovating, and manage uncertainty through a tight feedback loop rather than detailed upfront planning

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on peoples lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg Workplace Pride Global Benchmark

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokias employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.



Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.