Nokia Graduate Program

The Nokia Graduate Program is a rotational program for developing True Nokia Leaders.  Employees in this program work in three different assignments over the duration of approximately 18 months. It is likely that you work in at least two different countries during the program.  As a Nokia Graduate, you will also have the opportunity to attend special training in order to develop and accelerate your understanding of our business. 

Positions in the Nokia Graduate Program are within both technical and non-technical areas, including Research & Development, Strategy & Business Development, Supply Chain, IT, Sales & Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources.  Participants in the program rotate to different positions within one of these areas, enabling them to gain breadth and depth of understanding and experience in that area.
The developed services and software can be used on PC, online or on mobile device, they can be distributed independently or embedded in devices, they can be delivered to both Nokia and to non-Nokia devices and they can be monetized through multiple business models: transaction, subscription, and/or advertising.

The Nokia Graduate Program is a rotational program for developing True Nokia Leaders.  Employees in this program work in three different assignments over the duration of approximately 18 months. It is likely that you work in at least two different countries during the program.  As a Nokia Graduate, you will also have the opportunity to attend special training in order to develop and accelerate your understanding of our business. After the program ends, you will be in a good position to place yourself in the company and continue growing your career.
 
Positions in the Nokia Graduate Program are within both technical and non-technical areas, including Research & Development, Strategy & Business Development, Supply Chain, IT, Sales & Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources.  Participants in the program rotate to different positions within one of these areas, enabling them to gain breadth and depth of understanding and experience in that area.

The location of positions vary and in the U.S. currently include White Plains, NY; Boston, MA: and Palo Alto and Mountain View, CA. Positions are also available outside the U.S. in several countries including Finland, UK, India and China.

Position for the Strategy & Business Development within Nokia' s Services & Software organization

Services and Software

Services & Software (S&S) will play a leading role in shaping Nokia's growth and transformation to an Internet company generating new revenue streams based on software and services. Thus, it will be poised to fundamentally change the perception of Nokia in the market. The Services & Software Unit's portfolio of services creates opportunities for people to connect to each other and the things that matter to them. 

Position Description

S&S Business Development mission is to identify and drive external and internal growth initiatives within and beyond the current scope of S&S service lines. The geographic scope is global with Americas, EMEA, China and India identified as focus markets. The activity scope is end-to-end ranging from the identification of white spaces, insertion point logic development and assumption testing to due diligence and integration. The group will create a process for building and maintaining a pipeline of growth initiatives (partnerships, M&A, incubation and other key strategic initiatives) and will manage the pipeline. We will also build a process for disruptive innovation which may include identifying disruptions, investments in start-ups and internal incubation. The function will collaborate with the Nokia business development community in all phases of our work as well as with the S&S business owners for the growth initiatives in which we engage.
 
You will be part of a team that leads growth projects from white space identification to execution and integration. You will work in a project-mode and typically have 2-3 projects ongoing simultaneously typically with multiple "customers" both within the business development team and outside. Your projects will be at different phases of maturity (idea generation, proposal development and commercial execution); range different subject areas within S&S business scope and will require different types of contribution (networking, financial and strategy development and business operations insight). You will have visibility into many aspects of the S&S business and be expected to develop relationship across the service lines and to other parts of Nokia.

Position in Brief

Job: Business and Operational Management
Primary Location: US-White Plains
Other Locations: US-Mountain View
Organization: Services & Software
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level: Master's Degree (±18 years)
Job Type: Graduate Job
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes, 25% of the time

After the program ends, you will be in a good position to place yourself in the company and continue growing your career.

• Commercial and/or technical university degree preferably with a master's / MBA degree
• 3-5 years experience in finance/investment banking, strategy consulting, venture capital, or corporate strategy/business development
• Strong analytical (business theory) and financial skills (valuation) and experience in applying them
• Demonstrated capability to climb steep learning curves and adapt to new environments
• Confidence operating in a technology environment and interacting with R&D
• Proven track record on task completion in time sensitive, complex, multiple-stakeholder projects where you have competing priorities
• Working knowledge of business environment in one of S&S focus areas (enterprise, communities, advertising, location, music) or adjacent area
• Self-confident and ability to "manage-up" effectively
• Demonstrated team player, able to work in a highly collaborative environment as part of a high performance team
• Strong communicator with both written and oral skills
• Willingness to travel and sustain long periods of intense workload
• Entrepreneurial spirit and desire
• Willingness to accept accountability for results

Our goal at Nokia is to create an environment in which all employees can fulfill their potential. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse working environment.