Job ID: R0010047

Date posted: 09/12/2024

We are on a journey to transform our digital capabilities by embracing the opportunities from data & technology and integrating them into the business. To be able to develop IKEA as an even more affordable, sustainable, and accessible home furnishing retailer in an omnichannel environment, we need to bring people, processes, data, and technology closer together. Working together will be critical in reaching our strategic goals and it will demand leadership that goes across functions and organizations, to always have the totality of IKEA in mind.

As a Digital product leader, you will have the chance to lead the development and implementation of a relevant and user-friendly digital product. You will also be accountable for the product backlog (build, edit, and maintain) and prioritization, for solution requirements through user stories to meet business needs and user experience.

You will report to the Team manager in Digital Product Area Engineering. In this role, you will partner with your colleagues to take the needs and demands and turn them into digital products and applications. You will represent the needs of the IKEA stakeholder community and the voice of the users towards the team to ensure maximum value.

The focus business area will be Food , where you’ll play a pivotal role in driving the development of innovative digital products to plan, manage, and sell our Food range globally. We are seeking a candidate with a strong technical foundation and the ability to deliver impactful solutions.

To be successful in this role, you expect you have

• Strong ability to lead, inspire and empower team members, ability to deliver with speed, and an agile way of working in development, both internally and externally
• Strong ability to communicate and in creating trustful relationships in collaborative processes as well as visualizing concepts and ideas
• Ability to handle complexity and solve problems through simplicity
• Passionate about technology and trends that create better solutions and bring business and user value
• High entrepreneurial drive: Stretching boundaries, challenging what already exists, always striving to develop a better digital landscape

This is a permanent role based in Älmhult. Please send in your CV and Motivation letter before the 31st Dec, 2024. We will interview candidates continuously, so please do not hesitate to apply. For questions about the recruitment process can be answered by aorui.pu1@inter.ikea.com or hiring manager rebecca.toreman@inter.ikea.com

About Inter IKEA Group

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. All to create a better everyday life for many people. The Group includes Inter IKEA Systems B.V. – the worldwide IKEA franchisor – as well as range development, supply, and certain industry activities. 

IKEA of Sweden, or IoS, is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world. IoS is based in Älmhult – the heart of IKEA and the center of IKEA range development.