Client Chief Technology Officer

Nokia Client Chief Technology Officer (CTO)The Nokia Client Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is a senior, customer-facing technology leader responsible for defining and governing end-to-end solution strategies for a large Communications Service Provider (CSP). Acting as Nokia's principal technical advisor, the role partners closely with the Account Executive to ensure alignment between the customer's business goals, transformation agenda, and Nokia's technology roadmap.

This role leads strategic technical engagements with customer CxOs and senior technical leaders, drives cross-Business Group (BG) architecture alignment, and fosters innovation and co-creation across network, cloud, and IT domains. The Client CTO ensures architectural coherence, delivers measurable business value, and provides strategic feedback to Nokia's product and R&D teams to influence future technology direction.

Your ResponsibilitiesAct as Nokia's primary technical leader and trusted advisor for the customer, maintaining a deep understanding of their business strategy, technology roadmap, and transformation priorities.

Define, govern, and communicate end-to-end solution architectures across network, cloud, and IT domains, ensuring cross-BG alignment.

Lead the development of multi-year technology roadmaps and transformation plans aligned with the customer's business and network evolution.

Engage with customer CxOs, enterprise architects, and engineering leaders to jointly drive technology adoption, innovation initiatives, and strategic use cases.

Collaborate with Bell Labs, BG product and R&D, pre-sales, and delivery teams to align innovation, co-creation, and solution programs with customer needs.

Support value-based selling through business cases, ROI/TCO models, and technology assessments for both network and enterprise opportunities.

Lead or contribute to executive briefings, innovation workshops, white papers, and executive review meetings.

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