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Xplore Design & Innovation Leader - IKEA Korea Service Office (8 months contract)

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  • Gwangmyeong-Si, Gyeonggido, South Korea
  • Expansion

Descizione del ruolo

  • ID dell'offerta: 373212

  • Data della pubblicazione: 20/10/2026

    • Who you are

    Are you excited by turning promising opportunities into solutions people can use, react to and help improve? We are looking for a Country Xplore Design & Innovation Leader to join Xplore Studio in Seoul. You will turn emerging opportunities into focused propositions, prototypes and experiments that generate evidence and support better decisions.

    About Xplore Studios
    Established in 2024 as part of Ingka Group Strategy & Development, Xplore Studios help IKEA move faster by exploring new opportunities, testing ideas and developing solutions together with customers, co-workers, partners and local markets. Seoul serves as a living testbed for this work. Its dense urban environment, evolving customer behaviours, strong digital adoption, compact living conditions and vibrant creative ecosystem offer unique opportunities to identify relevant opportunities and test solutions that could create value in Korea and beyond.

    About the role
    As Country Xplore Design & Innovation Leader, you will lead the design and innovation capability within the Xplore Studio. You will turn future opportunities and exploration cases into concepts, prototypes and experiments that can be tested, learned from and, where relevant, scaled.

    You are:
    • Have experience in innovation, strategic design, entrepreneurship, new business development, service design or a related field.
    • Can connect customer needs, market shifts and business value to identify meaningful opportunities.
    • Have hands-on experience developing prototypes, proof of concepts or minimum viable solutions.
    • Can design and run experiments that generate useful evidence, and change direction when findings challenge initial assumptions.
    • Facilitate diverse teams and collaborate with internal experts, customers and external partners.
    • Communicate complex work clearly, documenting the logic, evidence and recommended next steps.

    Your responsibilities

    • Identify future opportunities: Together with the Xplore Studio Leader and relevant partners, identify and capture future opportunities based on market, customer and Ingka research and insights.
    • Lead exploration from opportunity to concept: Frame the opportunity, facilitate ideation, define value propositions and evaluate their desirability and viability.
    • Connect experts and stakeholders: Bring together the right experts and stakeholders to develop new concepts and business opportunities, creating the conditions for effective collaboration across disciplines.
    • Develop prototypes and proof of concepts: Lead the design and development of prototypes and proof of concepts, making ideas tangible so they can be tested, challenged and improved.
    • Build innovation partnerships: Build strong relationships with internal and external innovation partners, bringing in the capabilities, expertise and networks needed to accelerate exploration, development and testing.
    • Strengthen ways of working: Continuously strengthen the Xplore Studio’s design and innovation ways of working, methods and capabilities.

    Our team within IKEA

    As part of Xplore, you will work with local and global stakeholders across the IKEA ecosystem. You will contribute to exploration, innovation and new ways of working by helping IKEA test opportunities, learn from evidence and make better decisions faster. You will also connect Seoul-based insights and experiments with relevant IKEA teams and markets.

    In the Xplore Studio, you will work closely with the Country Xplore Studio Leader and Creative Leader, alongside colleagues, experts, customers and external partners. You will report to the Country Xplore Studio Leader.

    Questions and support? Let's connect!

    If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Rosie Han (rosie.han@ingka.ikea.com).
    If you have questions about the role, please contact Soyoon Lee, Country Xplore Studio Leader: soyoon.lee@ingka.ikea.com
    We will interview candidates on an ongoing basis and may close the role once we have received enough qualified applications. So, don't delay your application.

    채용 시 참고사항

    당사는 「국가유공자 등 예우 및 지원에 관한 법률」 및 「장애인고용촉진 및 직업재활법」에 따라 보훈 대상자와 장애인에게 채용 전형에서 우대 혜택을 제공합니다. 관련 법령에 따른 대상자는 지원 시 해당 사항을 기재해 주시기 바랍니다.

    최종 합격하여 채용이 결정된 경우 근로관계 개시일부터 3개월의 *시용기간이 진행됩니다. 다만, 1회에 한해 3개월 이내에서 연장될 수 있습니다. (*시용기간은 수습기간을 의미)

    서류 반환 정책

    * 본 고지는 『채용절차의 공정화에 관한 법률』 제11조 제6항에 따른 것입니다.
    * 당사 채용에 응시한 구직자 중 최종합격이 되지 못한 구직자는 『채용절차의 공정화에 관한 법률』에 따라 제출한 채용서류의 반환을 청구할 수 있음을 알려 드립니다. 다만, 홈페이지 또는 전자우편으로 제출된 경우나 구직자가 당사의 요구 없이 자발적으로 제출한 경우에는 그러하지 아니하며, 천재지변이나 그 밖에 당사에게 책임 없는 사유로 채용서류가 멸실된 경우에는 반환한 것으로 봅니다.

    * 채용서류 반환 청구를 하는 구직자는 채용서류 반환청구서[채용절차의 공정화에 관한 법률 시행규칙 별지 제3호 서식]를 작성하여 당사 이메일 recruit.ikea.kr@ingka.ikea.com 로 제출하면, 제출이 확인된 날로부터 14일 이내에 지정한 주소지로 등기우편을 통하여 발송해 드립니다. 이 경우 등기우편요금은 수신자 부담으로 하게 되오니 유념하시기 바랍니다.

    * 당사는 구직자의 반환 청구에 대비하여 채용 여부가 확정된 날로부터 180일간 구직자가 제출한 채용서류 원본을 보관하게 되며, 그때까지 채용서류의 반환을 청구하지 아니할 경우에는 『개인정보 보호법』에 따라 지체 없이 채용서류 일체를 파기할 예정입니다.
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