Product Line Manager

NOKIA
157,000-260,000 USD *Plus, potential incentive/variable compensation for eligible roles.
life insurance, paid time off, tuition assistance
United States, California, Sunnyvale
520 Almanor Avenue (Show on map)
May 30, 2025
Join the team building our next generation infrastructure automation platform - EDA. This posting is for a central Product Line Management (PLM) role, with a focus on Nokia's Event Driven Automation platform. This role combines aspects of traditional product management along with some system architecture responsibilities. We're looking for a motivated energetic team player with initiative and excellent communication skills. The role combines highly technical work with business decisions. In this key role, you will drive product development and market success by gathering input from stakeholders across business centers, pre-sales, marketing teams, and customers to identify high-impact opportunities. You'll develop business cases for initiatives that optimize revenue and customer value, while defining and overseeing technical requirements for product development with focus on scaling, redundancy, and security. The role requires balancing market demands with R&D capabilities, reviewing specifications with development teams, and identifying new market opportunities that maintain our competitive advantage through practical and profitable ventures. Preparing and hosting decision review meetings for new releases in coordination with all stake holders and driving it to approval Staying up to date in your areas of responsibility by reading standards, talking with customers & regional colleagues, looking at competitor whitepapers & communications Creating technical customer documentation with the help of the technical writers Supporting sales & support teams with product expertise and delivering presentations to internal groups and external customers Supporting the RFI, RFP processes including network design, bill of material creation, and guiding strategy product pricing Working with NPI and regional teams to build and execute demonstrations and PoC's Occasional travel to other Nokia sites, conferences, and customer premises MS in engineering or equivalent experience. 8+ years in related product management or system architecture roles (or a combination of product development, test, product management, business development or technical marketing) Deep knowledge of Linux and the primitives enabling containerization Excellent technical expertise in Telecommunications, IP Networking, Router or switch architecture and Embedded Operating Systems, and the automation platforms that drive them Experience in technologies used in modern networking managements stacks; gRPC, NETCONF, REST. Experience in the technologies behind networking AI datacenters, including congestion prevention techniques (ECN, PFC, DLB), DPU management, job scheduling, and rail/rail optimized architectures Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills Strong interpersonal, cross-team collaboration and negotiation skills as well as the ability to influence others Familiarity with software and hardware product development methodology Ability to rapidly build solid technical understanding across a broad set of functionality and design 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 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 World's 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. 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. Additional Information US/Canada Nokia Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to: Corporate Retirement Savings Plan Health and dental benefits Short-term disability, and long-term disability Life insurance, and AD&D - Company paid 2x base pay Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) Paid time off for holidays and Vacation Employee Stock Purchase Plan Tuition Assistance Plan Adoption assistance Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program The above benefits exclude students. 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