CDS Technical Lead

Job Description

If you have the flair for technical leadership and a strong background in CDS (Customer Delivery Services), this role is for you. As a CDS Technical Leader, you’ll bring your expertise to drive a team of engineers, inspire innovation, and drive the successful development and implementation of impactful solutions.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

• Drive and support a team of 15–20 professionals, driving people management, delivery excellence, and stakeholder engagement.
• Recruit, mentor, and inspire talent while fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and innovation.
• Set clear priorities, provide feedback through performance appraisals, and guide career development.
• Oversee vendor and partner relationships to ensure seamless Nokia service deliveries.
• Manage challenging projects end-to-end, ensuring on-time, within-budget, and high-quality outcomes.
• Build strong partnerships with stakeholders and customers while driving process improvements for efficiency and impact.
  
  

Key Skills And Experience

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years’ experience managing large-scale telecommunications implementation projects.
• Hands-on knowledge of Nokia product suite (Orchestration/Flowone/NORC/CDPA/CDFF/CSC/RSC) or similar OSS/BSS platforms.
• Proven ability to mentor, motivate, and develop high-performing teams in a collaborative setting.
• Strong expertise in project management methodologies, tools, and multitasking in fast-paced environments.
  
  

It would be nice if you also had:

• Strong understanding of 5G Slicing, 5G SA/NSA networks, IP/MPLS, Optics, PACO, IMS, VoLTE, NFV/SDN, and Fixed networks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; adept at engaging with teams, leadership, vendors, and customers.
• Skilled in negotiation and conflict management to drive positive outcomes.
• Ability to shape strategic plans, assess emerging technologies, and align telecom initiatives with business goals and market trends.
  
  

About Us

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.

About The Team

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.