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Real Estate Management Leader

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  • Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Property & Facility Management
  • Full time

Job Description

  • Job ID: 307703

  • Date posted: 12/03/2026

    • Who you are

    You are an experienced real estate and facility management professional with strong expertise in managing property operations, maintenance, and real estate performance. You bring strategic insight and operational leadership to ensure properties are safe, compliant, sustainable, and cost-efficient while supporting business growth. You collaborate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders, drive innovation in property management practices, and contribute to long-term real estate strategies aligned with business objectives.

    Your responsibilities

    • Provide leadership, support, and guidance to units and projects responsible for executing Real Estate operations and maintenance & management activities, ensuring adherence to the local regulations and Ingka's framework. Lead the implementation, communication and evaluation of new construction techniques, initiatives, property and facility management practices, collaborating with the Group Real Estate's Center of Expertise to maintain Ingka Real Estate’s industry leadership. Develop competencies with key stakeholders and other support functions towards enhancing and leading performance

    • Within the area of expertise, define and develop comprehensive standards, guidelines, methods, tools, best practices, and innovative solutions to ensure the effective maintenance and optimization of each property’s value and efficiency. Ensure these processes are safe, compliant, sustainable, and aligned with country's business needs. Ensure compliance with Ingka policies, standards, and guidelines at the country level across all aspects of property and facility management. Support the selection and implementation of innovations, digital tools, and technical solutions to optimize property operations, maintenance, and overall Real Estate performance at the country level.

    • Contribute to goal setting and budgeting for the country, supporting both long-term and short-term business plans. Assist in cost control by promoting lean, simple, and cost-conscious practices, driving more efficient ways of working.

    • Responsible for sharing of knowledge & best practices, and cross-functional collaboration between internal & external stakeholders to support business growth, enhance operational performance, and maintain the overall success of Real Estate initiatives across the country. Organize and participate in global subject matter meetings to exchange solutions, drive cross-country collaboration, and continuously improve organizational performance. Lead industry benchmarking
    for property management solutions, identify improvement opportunities, and drive process and performance enhancements within the Real Estate organization.

    • Create an environment where the IKEA culture and values are a strong and living reality that embraces the diversity of co-workers, contractors and customers. Share entrepreneurial ideas and express opportunities for improvement on current ways of working, adopt and implement best practices while at the same time challenging the organization to improve by identifying and developing new business opportunities and sustainability potentials

    Together as a team

    As engaged, open minded and curious experts in all parts of the real estate business we take responsibility for the real estate business at Ingka Group as a trustworthy, appreciated and wanted business partner. We secure new and maintain existing physical locations in order to meet the needs of the many people. We provide strategic insight based on our knowledge and understanding of the real estate portfolio in Ingka. We take the lead in delivering safe, compliant, sustainable and innovative property solutions – with Democratic design and life cycle cost on top of our mind. We actively maintain

    Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don't apply for jobs unless they're 100% "qualified". If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think. We look forward to receiving your application.

    From: "Why Women Don't Apply for Jobs Unless They're 100% Qualified" by Tara Sophia Mohr, August 2014"








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