Strategic Product Manager (403123)

As the tech firm that created the mobile world, and with more than 54,000 patents to our name, we’ve made it our business to make a mark. When joining our team at Ericsson you are empowered to learn, lead and perform at your best, shaping the future of technology. This is a place where you're welcomed as your own perfectly unique self, and celebrated for the skills, talent, and perspective you bring to the team. Are you in?

Come, and be where it begins.

Our Exciting Opportunity
The telecom network platform is among the fastest-growing, most critical and widespread assets in the world today. With 5G it becomes the backbone and the innovation platform for sophisticated consumer applications, public safety as well as new industries going through digitalization.

Our team of Strategic Product Managers defines solutions for the network out of various mobile data applications. We are passionate about technology when it solves humans or business needs.

We seek a new team member with proficiencies from hyperscale cloud! Can you lead through others and come to agreement with global cloud providers on fit-for-purpose technology choices?

You will:
• establish technology- and business strategies for solutions on Hyperscale-, OpenStack- VMware and other cloud environments
• drive customer interactions from executive level to engineering, finding new opportunities for our offerings and improving our sales
• collaborate with and influence external parties in the telecom, cloud and IT ecosystem as well as across Ericsson around the world
• define requirements, govern assignments and take timely decisions while empowering the hardworking development teams to succeed
• build assets for sales readiness, competence readiness all the way to phaseout of products
• report to the Head of Solutions Solution Line Packet Core.

To be successful in the role you have:
• Education: Master of Science or equivalent
• Minimum 5-7 years of previous experience
• Hyperscale cloud experience, both from hybrid cloud infrastructure and application perspectives as architect or equivalent.
• Detailed IP networking skills for real-time demanding applications and distributed systems
• Excellent communicating skills with business and technical audiences
• Trait of character making people following your strategic directions based on your energy, integrity, curiosity, genuine and encouraging personality
• Telecom industry understanding and 5G Core system knowledge, with meriting experience of mobile data core network applications
• Solid knowledge of cloud stacks such as VMware and OpenStack distributions, cloud security, various cloud patterns and technologies
• Validated product management skills including business management
• A meriting architect certification for AWS, Azure, Google cloud

Application
The selection and interview process is ongoing, so send your application in English as soon as it is ready. If you have specific questions you are welcome to email recruiter Karolina Grad at karolina.grad@ericsson.com

Location: Göteborg or Kista, Sweden

We welcome the opportunity to meet you!

Kindly note that we cannot process applications sent via email.

Curious to know more about the life at Ericsson? Meet some of your future colleagues and watch our People film.


What´s in it for you?
Here at Ericsson, our culture is built on over a century of courageous decisions. With us, you will no longer be dreaming of what the future holds – you will be redefining it. You won’t develop for the status quo but will build what replaces it. Joining us is a way to move your career in any direction you want; with hundreds of career opportunities in locations all over the world, in a place where co-creation and collaboration are embedded into the walls. You will find yourself in a speak-up environment where empathy and humanness serve as cornerstones for how we work, and where work-life balance is a priority. Welcome to an inclusive, global company where your opportunity to make an impact is endless.

What happens once you apply?
To prepare yourself for next steps, please explore here: https://www.ericsson.com/en/careers/job-opportunities/hiring-process

Do you believe that an organization fostering an environment of cooperation and collaboration to execute with speed creates better business value? Do you value a culture of humanness, where fact based decisions are important and our people are encouraged to speak up? Do you believe that diverse, inclusive teams drive performance and innovation? At Ericsson, we do.
We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, religion, political opinion, nationality, ethnic background, social origin, social status, indigenous status, disability, age, union membership or employee representation and any other characteristic protected by local law or Ericsson’s Code of Business Ethics.

Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || || Göteborg || ProdMgt
Req ID: 403123