Core NW SaaS User Plane Product Owner
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About the Role
Ericsson is seeking a Core NW SaaS User Plane Product Owner to drive the implementation and global delivery of technical strategy for Ericsson On-Demand Core Network Services on public cloud.
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Responsibilities
- Drive the implementation and global delivery of the technical strategy and roadmap for Ericsson On Demand Core Network Services, focusing on public cloud and as a Service model for sub services.
- In collaboration with Technology Evolution, drive architecture and technical direction for all sub services, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency at hyperscaler.
- Lead adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, SRE, and cloud native development methodologies across sub services.
- Foster an inclusive, innovative, and results oriented engineering culture emphasizing accountability and cross functional collaboration.
- Collaborate with leadership team to define engineering ways of working and deliverables in accordance with business, technology, security, and compliance requirements.
- Ensure successful, timely, and high quality delivery (including functional, non functional, and security/compliance) of all relevant sub services from incubation to commercial deployments.
- Provide sub services expertise through SRE Prime roles towards the SRE organization, enabling close collaboration and blameless culture of inter working and DevOps.
- Establish and monitor metrics for engineering productivity, quality, and operational health.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
- 10+ years of experience managing, mentoring, and scaling technical engineering teams
- Deep understanding of Core Network Services, Core Network User Plane, telecom infrastructure, or on demand service models
- Proven experience defining product requirements or technical strategies utilizing Public Cloud Architecture / Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud native architectures
- Strong background leading teams in an Agile environment with deep familiarity in SRE practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments
- Deep technical knowledge of User Plane (UPF) architecture within 4G/5G Core Networks, including 3GPP standards, high performance packet processing (DPDK, SR IOV, eBPF), traffic steering, and deployment of decoupled UPF across distributed cloud/edge environments
- Strong technical acumen; ability to converse fluently with enterprise architects and software engineers
- High adaptability and flexibility to pivot strategies in support of evolving business needs
- Deep expertise in public cloud infrastructure, as a Service models, and DevOps principles
- Exceptional ability to translate complex business challenges into clear technical strategies and execution plans
- Excellent communication, collaboration, negotiation, and influencing skills (nice to have)
- Proven experience as an Agile Product Owner in a cloud native environment (nice to have)
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About this opportunity
- Ericsson On Demand is transforming mobile telecommunications with as a Service technologies on public cloud.
- Partnership with Google Cloud enables Ericsson Core Network Services to be deployed at hyperscaler scale.
- Launched in 2025, Ericsson On Demand is moving from incubation to commercial readiness.
What you will do
- Drive implementation and global delivery of technical strategy and roadmap for Ericsson On Demand Core Network Services.
- Drive architecture and technical direction for all sub services ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Lead adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, SRE, and cloud native development.
- Foster inclusive, innovative, and results oriented engineering culture.
- Collaborate with leadership to define engineering ways of working and deliverables.
- Ensure successful delivery of all sub services from incubation to commercial deployments.
- Provide sub services expertise through SRE Prime roles.
- Establish and monitor metrics for engineering productivity, quality, and operational health.
The skills you bring
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
- 10+ years of experience managing, mentoring, and scaling technical engineering teams.
- Deep understanding of Core Network Services, Core Network User Plane, telecom infrastructure, or on demand service models.
- Proven experience with Public Cloud Architecture / Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud native architectures.
- Strong background in Agile, SRE, CI/CD, and automated deployments.
- Deep technical knowledge of User Plane (UPF) architecture within 4G/5G Core Networks, including 3GPP standards, DPDK, SR IOV, eBPF, traffic steering, and distributed cloud/edge deployment.
- Strong technical acumen and ability to converse with enterprise architects and software engineers.
- High adaptability and flexibility to pivot strategies.
- Deep expertise in public cloud infrastructure, as a Service models, and DevOps principles.
- Exceptional ability to translate complex business challenges into technical strategies.
Compensation And Benefits At Ericsson
- Salary range for Ottawa: CAD 129,500 CAD 170,100.
- Short Term Variable Compensation Plan with annual bonus opportunity.
- Excellent health benefits with choice of 3 medical and dental plans.
- Group Retirement & Savings Program with company contributions.
- Minimum 18 days vacation, 3 personal days, 10 holidays, 1 volunteer day, and sick days.
- Up to 10 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks parental or adoption leave.
- Additional benefits: financial wellness programs, educational assistance, matching gifts, wellness account, recognition programs.
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