Technical Delivery Lead

Nokia; Amadora; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in connectivity is seeking a Technical Delivery Lead to manage projects from pre-sales to execution in the autonomous networks sector. You will ensure that projects align with customer expectations and are completed on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in telecom network solutions, cloud platforms, and direct customer engagement. This role offers the opportunity to drive innovation and contribute to cutting-edge solutions while fostering a culture of inclusion and respect.

Qualifications

• Manage multiple technical projects with a focus on quality and timelines.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of telecom solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering teams in distributed environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end solution scope across all project phases.
• Lead technical delivery planning and execution strategy.
• Build relationships with customers, ensuring successful handover to operations.

Skills

Leadership of multiple technical projects

Design and optimization of telecom network solutions

Experience with cloud infrastructures (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Application of AI/ML technologies

System performance analysis and troubleshooting

Direct customer engagement

Integration of emerging technologies

Mentoring engineers

Tools

PMP

Agile methodologies

JIRA

Job description

Job Description

As the Technical Delivery Lead for Autonomous Networks at Nokia, you will play a key role in ensuring the success of projects from pre‑sales through execution to seamless handover to operations and Care. Acting as the primary technical liaison, you will align project delivery with customer expectations, ensuring projects are completed on time, within scope and budget while maximizing value. Working closely with cross‑functional teams, you'll drive innovation and strategy within the rapidly evolving autonomous networks sector, contributing to Nokia’s mission to deliver cutting‑edge solutions that empower our clients.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end‑to‑end solution scope in coordination with MS PM, including hardware, software, 3rd‑party solutions, sizing, and environment planning across development, testing, and production phases.
• Collaborate with presales, sales and customers, assist MS Project Execution Owner in the pre‑sales phase to define requirements, establish credibility, and ensure comprehensive SOWs, bid defense, so MS PEO can sign‑off on bid documents and change requests.
• Lead the technical delivery planning with the Project Manager for Market Unit Services Leader Project Target Agreement acceptance into delivery, defining phases, milestones, risks, and mitigation strategies while ensuring financial effectiveness.
• Manage the technical execution strategy throughout the lifecycle, ensuring alignment with scope, timelines, revenue milestones, and cost control, using PMP, AIM methodology and EXECUTE process.
• Lead development and technical deliverables such as solution architecture, design, integration plans and validation strategies, guiding the team during implementation.
• Provide technical leadership in troubleshooting and debugging, escalating issues, and overseeing testing to ensure successful implementation, acceptance with Customer and hand over to Care.
• Build strong relationships with customers, acting as a trusted advisor, ensuring smooth handover to operations and CARE teams.
• Manage DevOps adoption and best practices with R&D for new committed or improvement features, ensuring quality during deployment and providing performance reports and KPIs throughout the project.
• Ensure that product dependencies and analytics are understood within the context of the product lifecycle and roadmap.

Key Skills and Experience

• Leadership of multiple technical projects, managing timelines, deliverables and quality using PMP, Agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA.
• Design, development, and optimization of telecom network solutions, including analytics, automation and security capabilities.
• Strong experience coordinating cross‑functional engineering teams in distributed and functional team environments.
• Hands‑on expertise in cloud infrastructures and platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP and OCP) and modern CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Application of AI/ML technologies and data‑driven approaches to improve network performance and operational efficiency.
• System performance analysis, troubleshooting and optimization to ensure high availability, reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Direct customer engagement to gather requirements, provide technical guidance and refine solutions based on business needs.
• Solid understanding of telco network operations, autonomous networks and next‑generation network technologies.
• Integration of emerging technologies and industry trends into technical and product strategies.
• Mentoring and technical guidance of engineers, promoting best practices and continuous technical improvement.

About Us

Advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world. Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world. Learn more about life at Nokia.

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