Director, SW Development

As a Director, Software Development in Nokia Defense, you are accountable for developing and delivering SW for Connectivity products and solutions. You will be driving the development and delivery of secure, mission-critical software solutions in collaboration with our defense customers. You will build a high-performing software development unit, advance software innovation, and ensuring successful execution of product and customer commitments.

Nokia Defense develops secure, resilient, and mission-critical communication solutions for defense and government customers. Our solutions combine advanced radio technologies, secure networking, software platforms, cloud-native architectures, sensing capabilities, and next-generation communications systems to support demanding operational environments.

Your responsibility

• Establish and lead a team of software architects, technical experts and software development engineers
• Define and execute the defense software delivery aligned with Nokia Defense Connectivity roadmap
• Act as a senior technology leader in engagements with defense customers, military organizations, and strategic industry partners.
• Ensure excellence in software delivery through agile, CI/CD, security-by-design, and automation practices.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled software development practices, automation, and engineering productivity tools.
• Promote secure software development practices and cybersecurity awareness across engineering teams.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability and technical excellence
• Support individual career development, coaching and performance

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product Management and R&D teams to translate customer and business requirements into successful software solutions.
• Collaborate with customer teams to support innovation, customer commitments, and delivery objectives.
• Foster strong collaboration across Nokia organizations, including Bell Labs research, NI and MI product development, and technology teams.
• Build effective relationships with external partners and technology ecosystems to accelerate innovation and delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of the Connectivity domain including Radio, Core and/or Network Management systems
• M. Sc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications or Electrical Engineering
• Over 10 years of R&D leadership experience in software development within telecommunications or defense sectors
• Demonstrated skills in successful technology innovation and/or co-creation with customers
• Deep understanding of generative AI technologies and modern software engineering practices
• Experience leveraging AI and automation to improve software development productivity and quality
• You have demonstrated flexibility and capability to work in agile and changing environment
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Experience driving organizational transformation, business growth, and operational excellence.
• You have English and Finnish or Swedish language skills
• Candidate needs to pass/have a valid Finnish security clearance check.

Preferred Experience

• Experience operating in security-sensitive or mission-critical environments.
• Experience with secure communications systems, tactical networking, command-and-control environments.
• Experience in collaborating with armed forces, NATO-related organizations, or defense industry partners.
• Demonstrated success in delivering complex customer-facing programs and products.