Segment Technology Lead – Mission Critical & Enterprise

Nokia • United States,

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About The Position

The Segment Technology Lead will translate market priorities and customer requirements into a coordinated technology strategy across Mission Critical & Enterprise (MCE) segments. The role consolidates regional and vertical requirements, establishes investment priorities, and serves as a strategic interface to Product Line Management (PLM) for portfolio evolution and lifecycle planning.

The position strengthens investment decisions by developing business cases for new products, enhancements, and portfolio rationalization. It establishes a cross-segment perspective on emerging technologies—including AI, security, and policy—to improve customer value, portfolio competitiveness, and business growth.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in technology strategy, product management, solution architecture, technical business development, or a related role within networking or telecommunications.
• Strong technical understanding of networking hardware, operating systems, management platforms, and their role in end-to-end customer solutions.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies and their practical applications, including AI, security, automation, and policy.
• Demonstrated ability to translate customer requirements and market insights into technology strategies, roadmap recommendations, and investment priorities.
• Experience developing business cases and evaluating commercial, technical, and lifecycle trade-offs.
• Ability to consolidate complex inputs from multiple regions and segments into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Experience working across product, engineering, regional, and commercial teams to build alignment and influence decisions.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to present technical strategy and business implications to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain long-term technology visions and roadmaps for each segment, aligned with market demand, customer priorities, and business objectives.
• Serve as the strategic interface to PLM for portfolio development, lifecycle planning, and rationalization across hardware, network operating systems (NOS), and management platforms.
• Identify future technology investments and develop business cases for new products, product enhancements, and portfolio rationalization, evaluating customer value, commercial potential, and strategic fit.
• Represent shared technology needs across segments and establish priorities for product development and emerging capabilities, including AI, security, and policy.
• Consolidate regional technology requirements into prioritized recommendations that inform portfolio planning and development decisions.
• Consolidate competitive analysis from vertical leads into a pan-segment perspective, identifying market gaps, opportunities, and implications for technology strategy.
• Identify and assess technology partnerships and ecosystem opportunities that strengthen portfolio capabilities and customer outcomes.
• Establish the strategy for AI adoption across the portfolio, prioritizing use cases that deliver measurable customer and business value.
• Ensure MCE customer requirements and deployment priorities are reflected in technology direction and portfolio decisions.

Benefits

• Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
• Health and dental benefits
• Short-term disability and long-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D at 2x base pay
• Optional or supplemental life and AD&D insurance for employee, spouse, or child
• Paid time off for holidays and vacation
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed