en.Wedoany.com Reported - Nokia is hiring a product lead for its data center switching product line to steer the long-term hardware roadmap of the business and further expand its presence in the data center market. According to the job posting, the Finnish telecommunications equipment manufacturer is seeking a product management lead based in North America, requiring candidates to have over 10 years of experience in data centers, carrier service providers, or mission-critical network environments.
The role's responsibilities include coordinating resource allocation between products and services, and ensuring the smooth market launch of the switching product line. Nokia emphasizes that candidates must possess "deep expertise in routing and switching technologies" along with experience managing "cross-functional teams." Shean Leigon, Nokia's Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Strategy, described the position on LinkedIn as "a high-impact leadership role for someone who can connect deep technical expertise with clear market differentiation and customer value."
Nokia was recognized in the "Visionaries" category of the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Switching. The company is actively advancing its data center market strategy, seeking to capitalize on the boom in infrastructure for artificial intelligence. This effort is driven top-down by CEO Justin Hotard, a former head of Intel's Data Center and AI Group. In terms of market moves, Nokia has launched multiple switching product lines, with deployment cases including the Gangnam Data Center (GDC) in South Korea and hyperscale cloud infrastructure for Microsoft.
The push into the data center sector has also led Nokia to fully commit to the optical field, further solidifying this strategy through the acquisition of Infinera. These efforts have yielded tangible results, with its optical network product line achieving a 20% revenue increase in the most recent earnings report. Last November, Nokia expanded its data center switching portfolio by launching the 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR)-H6 series, compliant with the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) standard. The product supports throughput of up to 102.4 terabits per second (Tb/s), with interface speeds reaching 800 gigabits per second (Gb/s) and 1.6 Tb/s. Additionally, the switch supports embedded network operating systems (NOS) and SONiC, and can also run Nokia's SR Linux NOS, offering operators more deployment options.
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