Senior Patent Counsel/Manager, Transactions

You will be part of our Patent Transactions team in Nokia Technologies. Our team is mostly focused on securing the best possible patent acquisitions (and related) at the earliest possible dates that are consistent with Nokia Technologies strategy. You will be exposed to a broad range of technologies, including relating to software and hardware. You will interface with among others, Patenting personnel, licensing, outside technical consultants, and other companies. In this role, you will play a critical part in evaluating and helping secure patent rights for Nokia Technologies. In addition to strong and proven patent analysis skills and project management skills, we are seeking someone with a strong desire and the needed skills to help enhance already existing tools and processes for patent analysis.

• Supporting team efforts in securing in a timely manner the best possible patent acquisition and related opportunities that are consistent with Tech's priorities.

• Working with relevant others as needed, efficiently performing detailed analysis of various top potential candidate patents and related documents to determine value (including relating to both infringement and validity).

• Managing outside technical consultants to achieve top quality and top efficiency in patent analysis-related efforts.

• Consistently finding and helping implement new and better ways to meet team objectives.

• Relating to software and/or hardware and/or wireless communications, at least 7 years of detailed patent analysis experience including significant claim charting experience, significant infringement analysis-related experience, and significant invalidity analysis-related experience and a proven record of success in all the foregoing.

• Relating to software and/or hardware and/or wireless communications and in the context of detailed patent analysis (for infringement and validity), significant patent litigation-related experience and significant patent licensing-related experience and a proven record of success in all the foregoing.

It would be nice if you also had:

• Significant patent acquisition-related and/or patent sales-related experience

• A formal qualification of European Patent Attorney or similar

• Experience and education as an electrical engineer

• Significant experience with and knowledge of the latest tools for and approaches to detailed patent analysis

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

• 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