Sr Director Product Mgt.

Step into a leadership role at Nokia's NI ON Systems Portfolio PLM department, where your expertise will guide the industry. As the Sr. Director, you'll architect a business strategy, defining a multi-year plan for profitability and market leadership. This role offers a chance to influence optical networking, collaborate with diverse teams, and mentor a high-performing squad.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

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