Job DescriptionYou will be joining our Partnering team which is responsible for driving portfolio transactions and emerging revenue opportunities and for collaborating with other asset owners.
Concretely, the Technology Standards Partnering Team is seeking a Senior Manager, Partnering, to run various activities related to our partnering initiatives and projects. In this role, you will act as the primary senior point of contact for major partners, shape partnership strategy, negotiate complex deals, and ensure successful execution and ongoing value creation. This is a high-visibility role ideal for someone who thrives in building long-term, reciprocal relationships and translating strategic vision into measurable business results.
Responsibilities- Scout, identify, qualify, negotiate, and close new strategic partnering initiatives and manage and expand existing relationships.
- Lead deal structuring and contract negotiations in coordination with internal stakeholders, ensuring favorable commercial terms while protecting company interests.
- Contribute to the broader partnering strategy - advise leadership on partnership models, ecosystem trends and landscape, and new opportunities.
- Serve as the senior relationship owner for assigned partners and build and manage trusted relationships.
- Drive cross-functional alignment - collaborate closely with internal teams (licensing, strategy, finance, portfolio management, legal, and others) and create new processes to deliver on partnership commitments and joint initiatives.
- Define and monitor partnership success metrics, pipeline generation, and prepare executive-level reporting and insights.
- Mentor junior team members and champion best practices in partner management across the organization.
Qualifications- 7+ years of experience in patent licensing and/or other patent transactions.
- Solid experience and strong ability in negotiating complex agreements and managing complex negotiation projects in a cross-functional context in the area of patents and IP.
- Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills -demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Excellent project and program management skills - comfortable managing multiple complex initiatives with competing priorities.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with ambiguity and evolving priorities.
- High degree of integrity, diplomacy, and negotiation savvy.
- Excellent problem solving, strategic thinking, and analytical skills
- Master's degree or higher in appropriate field, with excellent academic records
About the TeamSome of our benefits in Finland:
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work-life balance
- A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave based on eligibility
- Edenred benefit voucher - 400€ per year
- Annual bonus - based on individual and company performance
- Health and well-being support - occupational health services, well-being programs, employee resource groups, reimbursement for spectacle lenses, life insurance and gyms at every site
- Personal Support Service 24/7 - a confidential support channel open to all Nokia employees and their families in challenging situations
- Share in Success - voluntary employee share purchase plan
- Employee Referral program - reward yourself and support Nokia by referring a friend to apply to Nokia
- Career growth & learning - technical career path, job rotation, coaching and digital learning platforms
- Car benefit - the eligibility for a company car is based on employee's job grade
