**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 people's 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.
**The team you'll be part of**
As Nokia's growth engine, we create value for communication service providers and enterprise customers by leading the transition to cloud-native software and as-a-service delivery models.
Our inclusive team of dreamers, doers and disruptors push the limits from impossible to possible.
**What you will learn and contribute to**
We are looking for a Project Technal Lead (PTL) who will manage selected complex projects where Nokia delivers the complete solution as End-to-End owner, or for First-Off and large non-standard or cross-organisation solutions, or solutions with 3rd-Party involvement.
As part of our team, you will:
- Project Technical Lead leads and directs the technical functions: Analysis & Design, Integration, Verification & Validation, Security, Infrastructure and OSS.
- The projects are executed under Market Unit leadership based on the contracted scope and the Project Technical Lead is fully accountable for the technical solution from design and integration up to acceptance and handover to operations reporting to Project Director who is owning the customer contract.
- Whenever possible, PTL is assigned during pre-sales or in the project initiation phase, helping to convince the customer to buy from Nokia.
- Define the technical delivery strategy from requirements gathering until final acceptance and migration, including technical deliverables, tools, and technical governance.
- Lead the customer technical negotiations during the implementation period, drives the technical project execution (through different project streams) and provides solutions to eliminate risks.
- Coordinates answers to unresolved technical issues and sets up technical support processes, involving necessary engineering teams when required.
- Verify the E2E Quality of Service and stability of the solution, ensuring that all project KPI's are within contract definition.
- Advise on customer network evolution and strives for project up-scopes
**Your skills and experience**
- Experience in complex projects with cross domain / E2E technology areas (7 years of experience)
- Experience in Telco Core networks area and Cloud and Data Centers
- Fluent Italian speaking is a must.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Good understanding of presales aspects like scoping, estimation and risk management
- Ability to take responsibility and coordination and lead technical issues
- Self-starter - able to demonstrate strong sense of business ownership and leadership
- Ability to create order in an unstructured environment
- Configuration and change management experience
- Solid understanding in system engineering and integration methodologies
- Understanding of operator business drivers and technology
- Technical Project management experience
- Strong customer interaction skills
- Experienced in Leading virtual (local/remote) teams in matrix organisation
**What we offer**
Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, 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 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
- Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
- Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
- LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation
At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people.
Nokia's 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.