At this time, Ericsson Canada Inc. does not provide immigration assistance/sponsorship now or in the future for this position. We are transforming the mobile telecommunications market by bringing solutions forward with true as-a-Service technologies and commercial models built on the public cloud. Our partnership with Google Cloud is breaking new ground, enabling Ericsson Core Network Services—starting with the 5G DMC—to be deployed at hyperscaler scale.

Launched earlier in 2025, Ericsson On-Demand is rapidly moving from incubation to commercial readiness and is now preparing for trials to meet market demands. Drive the implementation and global delivery of the technical strategy and roadmap in alignment with the global Ericsson On-Demand and Core Network Services vision specifically focusing on the public cloud and as-a-Service model for the sub-services. In collaboration with Technology Evolution, drive the architecture and technical direction for all sub-services, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and cost-efficiency at hyperscaler.

Lead the adoption of modern engineering practices, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), site reliability engineering (SRE), and cloud-native development methodologies across the relevant sub-services and collaboratively with the European engineering head to ensure an aligned approach. Ensure the successful, timely, and high-quality delivery (including functional, non-functional and security/compliance) of all relevant sub-services, from initial incubation/trials to commercial deployments to scaling up to support a growing customer base. Provide sub-services expertise through the SRE Prime roles in your team towards the SRE organization, enabling close collaboration and blameless culture of inter-working and DevOps culture Establish and monitor metrics for engineering productivity, quality, and operational health.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field. ~10+ years of experience managing, mentoring,



and scaling technical engineering teams, with a track record of driving cross-functional collaboration. ~ Domain Expertise: 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. ~ Agile & Devops Leadership: Strong background leading teams in an Agile environment with deep familiarity in SRE practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments. ~ Core Network User Plane Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of the User Plane (UPF) architecture within 4G/5G Core Networks. This includes strong familiarity with 3GPP standards, high-performance packet processing technologies (such as DPDK, SR-IOV, or eBPF), traffic steering, and the deployment of decoupled User Plane functions across distributed cloud/edge environments ~ Strong technical acumen; ability to converse fluently with enterprise architects and software engineers regarding complex sub-services. ~ 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, capable of engaging both technical and executive audiences. Proven experience as an Agile Product Owner, specifically in a cloud-native workplace or with cloud infrastructure and tooling.





Clear understanding and ability to take business-risk based decisions on prioritizations between new features and non-functional enablers.

Experience in leading teams to deliver high-quality, customer-centric products, and managing teams across multiple locations If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at hr.direct.Product Development Leader The salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, and the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience. ~ Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan : Your pay also includes the opportunity for an annual bonus. Actual bonus payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit’s objectives, individual performance, and the individual bonus target. Ericsson offers excellent health benefits including the choice of 3 medical and dental plan options that allow an employee to select the level of coverage that suits their needs.

We invest in both your short and long-term financial wellbeing. Ericsson’s Group Retirement & Savings Program offers an automatic 2% company contribution into the Pension Plan. Ericsson also offers a 50% match of employee’s contribution into the Registered Retirement Savings Plan, up to 8% of the employee’s contribution (maximum of 4% match).

Employees will also basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage at two-times annual base pay at no cost, as well as short-term disability coverage. New employees are provided a minimum of 18 days of accrued vacation, at least 3personal days, minimum 10 holidays, 1 volunteer day, and sick days. Furthermore, Ericsson provides up to 10 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.

Ericsson offers many other company‑paid benefits such as financial wellness programs, educational assistance, matching gifts, wellness account, and recognition programs. #

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