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Subsea Sales Engineering Director
Nokia
IND
Full-time
Director
Hybrid
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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Responsibilities
- Act as the lead technical authority for Nokia’s subsea optical solutions across India, with a strong focus on large-scale subsea operators
- Provide pre‐sales technical support, including solution architecture, network design, bills of material, and technical proposals
- Engage directly with customers to analyse network requirements, use cases, and growth plans, and translate these into robust, scalable solutions
- Design and present subsea transmission solutions, including SLTE, open line systems, and related optical transport technologies
- Support RFP/RFQ responses, technical clarifications, and customer workshops
- Partner with Sales and Project teams through the full lifecycle—from opportunity qualification to contract closure and early delivery phases
- Act as a trusted technical advisor for customers, developing long‐term relationships built on credibility and insight
- Provide structured customer and market feedback to Product Management, influencing future features, architectures, and roadmaps
- Contribute to technical marketing activities such as whitepapers, solution positioning, and conference or customer presentations
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
- Strong hands‐on experience in submarine optical networks, including SLTE and subsea system design
- Solid understanding of optical networking technologies (DWDM, ROADM, OTN); knowledge of IP/Ethernet and data‐center connectivity is an advantage
- Experience working directly with large-scale international network operators
- Proven background in technical pre‐sales, solutions architecture, or systems engineering roles
- Experience responding to RFPs/RFQs and building technical/commercial proposals
- Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder‐management skills
- Comfortable operating independently in a senior, customer‐facing role
- Fluency in English; additional regional languages are a plus
- Willingness to travel across the India region as required
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluency in English; additional regional languages are a plus
About Nokia
Telecommunications10,001+Founded 1865
Nokia is a Finnish multinational technology company specializing in telecommunications infrastructure, software, and licensing. It provides network equipment and services for mobile, fixed, and cloud networks to communications service providers and enterprises worldwide.
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