Job Description

You are a creative person with an affinity for technology. One of a rare breed of individuals who thrives on getting into the details of highly technical products or solutions, and yet also equally enjoys teasing out the 'so what.' You are skilled at creating and communicating compelling offers for how technology solutions can help customers to achieve their goals. You are high energy and thrive in a dynamic, team-oriented, and fast-moving environment. You get things done.

Sound a bit like you? We are currently seeking a data center networks solutions marketing manager/principal to join our team to help create awareness and demand for our data center networks portfolio. As part of this role, you will work closely with product management, business development, and the broader global marketing team to develop compelling messaging and marketing content to enable sales and power demand and lead-gen campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Content creation: Create marketing collateral (data sheets, application notes, eBrochures, videos, blogs, presentations, business case studies, customer success stories, demos etc.), with messaging that addresses real business needs, clearly articulates our value proposition, and is in sync with product development and sales goals.
• Portfolio Evangelist: Work with product management, sales, and marketing colleagues to help evangelize how our modern approach to data center networking is uniquely suited to solve customer business challenges and how it is differentiated from the competition. Work with industry analysts and other influencers to establish Nokia as an industry leader. Represent the company at industry events and conferences.
• Customer Engagement: Understand and use different approaches to build and extend our end-user audiences (Executive, IT, networking, security and consultants).
• Sales Enablement: Ensure our sales teams and market segment leaders are confident and well equipped to sell our data center networks portfolio through delivering sales training and supporting collateral and tools.

Qualifications

You have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. At least 5 years of experience in the data center networking, cloud and/or security industry.
• A proven history of creating great content.
• Great communication skills: writing, presenting, listening, capturing and synthesizing.
• Strong marketing skills including understanding of marketing campaign strategies, customer buying journeys, personas, content marketing, digital channels and analytics.
• Strong focus on providing customer value and insight - business, technical and educational.
• Sound understanding of data center networking - including DC switching platforms, network operating systems (NOS), management/automation platforms
• Understanding of the enterprise IT/operations environment
• Knowledge of Data Center switching vendor landscape

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.

Additional Information
US/Canada Nokia Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to:

• Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
• Health and dental benefits
• Short-term disability, and long-term disability
• Life insurance, and AD&D - Company paid 2x base pay
• Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

The above benefits exclude students.

Disclaimer for US/Canada

Nokia Maintains broad annual base salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, and with consideration to internal peer equity.(Check the salary ranges in the job info section for this role)

All North America job posts will post for a minimum of 7 calendar days and up to 180 days or until candidate/s identified.

About the Team

The pandemic has highlighted how important telecoms networks are to society. Nokia's Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to bring more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.