Head of Analytics & AI
Responsibilities
- Understand the strengths and investment areas of our patent portfolio
- Develop our Standard Essential Patent (SEP) and implementation patent portfolio together with Patent Portfolio and Technical Analysis teams
- Understand the IPR landscape and propose actions to improve our competitiveness
- Automate work in patent portfolio and technical analysis
- Create future filing strategies based on value propositions
- Analyse investment and divestment opportunities together with the Patent Transactions and External Alliances team
- Analyse growth opportunities created by technologies in the industry
- Identify, design, implement automated, data-driven processes and tools for growth opportunity assessment.
- Analyse opportunities created by Bell Labs research
- Propose new incubation projects in patent & technology licensing
- Advise our Licensing and Sales teams to achieve high value deals
- Identify opportunities, develop and implement suitable approaches and tools to automate work across key Nokia TECH business processes (e.g. market analysis, opportunity assessment, business reporting)
Requirements
- PhD degree in Computer Science or Physics/Mathematics
- Recognized data scientist, with proven track record of creating commercial value and excellent academic merits
- Recognized research leader (e.g. professor) in Computer Science / Physics / Mathematics with proven track record of creating IPR and excellent academic merits
- Experienced leader with extensive business experience
- Strong previous experience in analysis of product portfolios, commercial value in business cases of real-world customer problems
- Technical knowledge of telecommunication systems and standards on both devices and networks sides
- Broad knowledge of state-of-the art research and business applications in the ICT domain
- Proven track record of building high-performing teams by hiring experts
- Proven ability to achieve results by leading teams; drive for results
- Great skills at building relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
- Innovative and inspiring; able to successfully initiate new ways of doing things
- Effective communicator; influences decision making of colleagues and partners
- Strong business judgment, analytical acumen, and communication skills are essential
- Collaborative, a natural people leader & team player
Preferred location is Espoo.