About this opportunity

Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile and fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment and more than 40% of the world's traffic passes through Ericsson networks. Using innovation to empower people, business and society, we are working towards the Networked Society, in which everything that can benefit from a connection will have one. At Ericsson, we apply our innovation to market-based solutions that empower people and society to help a more sustainable world.
We are truly a global company, working across borders in 175 countries, offering a diverse, performance-driven culture and an innovative & engaging environment where employees enhance their potential every day. Our Employees live our vision and core values. They share a passion to win and a high responsiveness to customer needs that in turn makes us a desirable partner to our clients. To ensure professional growth, Ericsson offers stimulating work experience, continuous learning and growth opportunities that allow you to acquire the knowledge & skills necessary to reach your career goals.
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What you will do
This is a Senior Manager position at Ericsson R&D Bangalore and Chennai where you get to work with a team of highly motivated engineers.

You will bring
An Ideal Candidate would possess the following:
•12 - 16 years of overall product development experience with a minimum of 5 years in a people manager role
•Strong result orientation and finds it stimulating to work with change management and teamwork/cooperation across the organization.
•Experience of working in a leadership team. Find it stimulating to work with teams, have a genuine interest in people and be a good communicator. You should have the ability to work across organizational boundaries.
•Strong leadership and coaching skills in line with Ericsson core values.
•Interest and good understanding of R&D and the concepts of Lean and Agile ways of working.
•Large degree of flexibility and willingness to change and to take on different tasks.
•Business and customer focused with a high accountability to deliver results.
•Drive and deliver high quality features on time enabling Ericsson to smoothly deploy targeted solutions in their customer networks.
•Build and grow cross-functional teams towards end-to-end product capabilities.
•Ability to work effectively and influence stakeholders in a matrix environment.
•Engage with and represent the team in discussions with key stakeholders including product managers, program managers, stakeholders from other nodes that make the larger solution, etc.
•Mentor and coach team members to realize their maximum potential while scaling your own peaks along the way
•Maintain the fine balance of solving most day-to-day problems of the team while also having a keen sense of when to escalate for swifter resolution and action.
•Good understanding of 3GPP / GSMA specifications driven product development
•Demonstrated ability to bring in product innovations of significant business value
•Prior experience in network function virtualization and Cloud Native evolution is a pre-requisite.
•Understanding of OOPS / Design Patterns would be an added advantage.
•Creative problem-solving skills and excellent troubleshooting skills
•Solid work ethic, customer focus, team player with passion for delivering world class solutions.
•Strong written and verbal communication
•B.Tech degree in CS/EC/EE or related studies. M.Tech degree in a plus
 

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Primary country and city: India (IN) || [[location_obj]]

Job details: Product Development Leader

Job Stage: Job Stage 7

Primary Recruiter: Gowrinadh Kativarapu