Nokia
Website:
nokia.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nokia
Seniority: Not Applicable
Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting and Telecommunications
Job details:
Job Description
This role owns the operational heartbeat and quality backbone of R&D. The Delivery, Operations & Quality Specialist ensures that engineering teams deliver predictably through a disciplined operating cadence, scaled Agile execution, and a robust quality measurement system. The single person that leadership looks to when asking: are we on track, and are we building it right?
How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn
- Lead weekly and monthly R&D operating cadence, coordinating program reviews and action tracking.
- Create and maintain leadership dashboards for delivery status, capacity utilization, and quality metrics.
- Manage the R&D governance calendar to ensure timely discussions with relevant data.
- Proactively identify and escalate blockers, ensuring timely resolution and communication with engineering leads.
- Facilitate day-to-day Agile practices, including sprint planning, SCRUM meetings, and process audits. Define, baseline, and track delivery KPIs — DORA metrics, sprint velocity, ECR-to-ECO cycle time.
- Define and track key delivery KPIs, driving improvement initiatives in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Oversee R&D quality metrics and ensure proper quality gates throughout the product lifecycle.
- Conduct root cause analysis on quality issues and lead corrective action processes to enhance product quality.
Key Skills And Experience
Must-Have:
- Engineering or Masters in engineering with 15 plus years of experience in R&D, engineering program management, or technical operations
- Hands-on in LeSS experience with Agile methodologies, including Sprint Planning, SCRUM, and retrospectives
- Quality engineering background with metrics such as DVT, DER, FTAR, FBPR, ECR/ECO in a hardware-software context
- Familiarity with Nokia or comparable OEM engineering processes
- Proficient in metrics analysis and dashboard creation (Jira, Power BI, or equivalent)
- Metrics-fluent: DORA, cycle time, escape rate — comfortable building dashboards (Jira, Power BI, or equivalent).
- Experience facilitating cross-functional engineering governance reviews
- Experience in telecom, networking, or embedded systems
Nice-To-Have:
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or equivalent certification
- Ability to effectively present to senior R&D leadership
About The Team
Some of our benefits in India:
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work–life balance
- Health and well-being support – medical insurance for you and your family, health check-ups, life and accident insurance, well-being programs, and employee resource groups
- A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave based on eligibility
- Personal Support Service 24/7 – a confidential support channel open to all Nokia employees and their families in challenging situations
- Career growth & mobility – technical career paths, job rotations, international assignments, and relocation support
- Continuous learning – technical certifications, mentoring programs, coaching, and digital learning platforms
- Opportunities to innovate and contribute through Nokia’s research and development environment
- Recognition programs that celebrate outstanding contributions
- Workplace support – ergonomic working support and mobile device programs based on eligibility
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