Manager, Licensing

Technology Standards licenses Nokia’s intellectual property, building on Nokia's continued innovation and decades of R&D leadership in technologies deployed in virtually all connected devices today.

The Licensing team engages with companies benefiting from Nokia innovations in their solutions across various industry verticals, including but not limited to mobile and consumer electronics devices, automotive and various other IoT solutions as well as multimedia solutions. Licensing leverages Nokia’s strong essential patent portfolio related to connectivity and video standards, as well as other patents covering further technology areas in Nokia’s R&D focus.

In this role, you will support the Licensing team identifying, developing, and executing patent licensing opportunities especially in the IoT domain.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the negotiation and finalization NDAs and licensing agreements
• Work with the litigation team to support litigation strategy and execution.
• Contribute to meeting the Licensing business goals and targets.
• Must be able to multitask across multiple licensing engagements and manage several license negotiations concurrently.
• Demonstrate strategic thinking to contribute to the design and development of projects, processes, and content relevant especially for our IoT patent licensing domain.
• Influence business strategy to address internal or external business and customer issues.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant work experience. Experience and earlier exposure to patent licensing and IPR is considered a must.
• University degree: Master of Laws.
• Proven track-record in closing licensing deals
• Demonstrated sales-oriented mindset
• Strong negotiation, influencing and presentation skills as well as a team player mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects and ensure timely delivery of results.
• Able to work with independently within agreed targets.
• Ability to think and act creatively in order to develop and apply new innovative approaches to complex problems.
• Analytical skills and understanding of financial analyses
• Willingness to travel
• Great communication skills, excellent command of written and spoken English