Strategy Analyst - Excellerate

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Strategy Analyst - Plano, TX

Our Exciting Opportunity

Ericsson's Excellerate Strategy Analyst will undergo a robust learning experience that goes beyond international job rotations and includes face to face and virtual learning led industry experts and faculty. The Excellerate program ensures participants gain real practical insight into our business, our stakeholders including communication service providers (CSP) across the globe, and how we integrate end-to-end solutions to ensure everyone worldwide is connected. Our Early Career Program (ECP) is designed to bring out the best in you and help you achieve your Imagine Possible. The 18-month global programs are intended for entry level candidates or professionals early in their career, encouraging and empowering the leaders in them.

We are looking for a talented Strategy Analyst who wants to be part of a team to grow our North American Business and be responsible for key strategic questions within the Strategic projects and transformation team in the new Market Area North America (MANA) Strategy and Technology Unit. We are seeking an experienced management consultant to join our high-performing and fast-paced team and be part of shaping the future of Ericsson and the telecoms industry. In this role, you will get exposure to a wide range of stakeholders across Strategy, Technology, Business Development, Commercial Management, Sales and Delivery. Longer term, there are managerial career opportunities with Ericsson globally for high performers. The everchanging environment and competitive landscape makes this a dynamic and challenging environment that spans transformative technology trends, emergence of Network APIs, new competitors, and complex business problems.

What you will do

• Formulate actionable problem statements from open-ended business issues and design required analysis
• Contribute to projects as a subject matter expert and driver of project work streams
• Carry out data gathering and interviews, execute analyses and synthesize findings to conclusions and recommendations
• Develop skills for future management roles at Ericsson
• Drive and support Strategic projects of primary importance to Market Area North America (MANA) and/or Ericsson
• Leverage own acquired expertise and experience across strategy and technology topics
• Analyze and articulate, the strategic and economic implications of technology trends, events, and scenarios
• Work on strategic projects in support of group KSQ activities, e.g., RAN technologies, Cloudification, AI, Dedicated Networks etc.

You will bring

• 2+ years of consulting experience from a globally recognized top-tier management consulting firm
• Excellent problem-solving skills including problem structuring, solutioning, and making recommendations
• Solid analytic ability including structuring and maintaining financial models and performing advanced Excel analysis
• Outstanding communication skills, oral and written (ppt and doc)
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and produce distinctive deliverables
• Excellent academic background with a master's degree, MBA or similar in business and/or engineering
• Preferably, experience serving clients in the telecom/datacom/cloud industries
• Proven experience of delivering impactful advice and presentations to top-executives
• Understanding of current and emerging technologies and concepts, e.g., RAN, RF engineering, AI/ML, self-organizing networks (SON), Network-as-a-Platform (NWaaP), public cloud integration
• Proven track-record delivering on responsibilities in line with this role
• Proven ability to work effectively and collaborate with stakeholders across a large variety of units, other groups and partners to advance key project deliverables

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Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You ll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we nurture it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, learn more.

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DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned.

Primary country and city: United States (US) || Plano

Job details: Strategy Management

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