Data Engineering Leader - Data & Technology, SCD

Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.

We create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.

Is This Role for Me?

• Do you share IKEA’s values?
• Do you have proven experience leading and developing data engineering teams?
• Are you a strong technical leader with deep expertise in data modelling, modern data platforms, Python, SQL and PySpark?
• Do you enjoy mentoring others, driving engineering excellence, and building strong communities of practice?

If your answer is yes to at least three of the four statements above, then come and join us at IKEA!

Supply Data & Analytics has the assignment to create value and enable business growth by bringing data from across IKEA together to gather actionable insights. Data & Analytics is passionate about making data, analytics and insights easily findable and explainable for the many to enable better and faster decision-making. We work closely with our business stakeholders and form product teams that deliver data-driven solutions for our coworkers.

We work in a modern multi cloud-based environment, and you will lead an engineering team, continuously developing and operating our data products and analytical capabilities. You will be regularly involved in workshops with coworkers to harness modern data infrastructure efficiently and provide long-term solutions. Supporting a complex organisation to realise the benefits that modern data engineering can bring is at the heart of the role.

As a Data Engineering Leader at IKEA, you will combine hands-on technical leadership with people leadership and stakeholder management. You will drive the strategic direction of data engineering, lead and develop the team, and ensure high-quality, scalable data solutions that support business needs, and decision-making processes across Core Business Supply.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Data Engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation.
• Provide strategic technical leadership and direction for data modelling, data pipelines, and data platform architecture across Core Business Supply and the wider IKEA Data Engineering community.
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade data models and robust data pipelines to support business needs of analytics and self-service across Core Business Supply.
• Act as a central point of contact and escalation within the IKEA Data Engineering community, driving consistency, knowledge sharing, best practices, and continuous improvement of methodologies and tools.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, architects, data scientists, analysts, product teams, and peers to translate complex supply chain and business requirements into scalable, performant, well-governed, and future-proof data solutions.
• Establish, promote, and enforce data engineering best practices, including data modelling standards, data quality, version control, testing, monitoring, documentation, and metadata management.
• Optimise data models and pipelines for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Ensure data is stored, processed, and accessed securely, with full adherence to data governance, privacy, and compliance standards.
• Contribute to the development and adoption of reusable frameworks, semantic layers, and components that accelerate data product delivery across the organisation.
• Stay current with emerging data engineering technologies and practices, applying them where they create clear business value.
• Promote a culture of data sharing, engineering excellence, and data-driven decision making while guiding and developing less experienced coworkers through mentoring, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

In this role you will report to our Data Engineering Manager within Data & Technology at IKEA Supply.

The role is office based, with flexibility to work from home where required.

We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question, and want to make a difference.

If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineering Leader with strong technical expertise and proven people leadership skills. You have a minimum of 8 years’ experience in data engineering, including significant experience leading and developing data engineering teams. You possess deep knowledge of modern data platforms (Databricks, Microsoft Fabric), advanced data modelling techniques together with SQL, Python and PySpark.

The ideal applicant is a collaborative leader who takes ownership, builds strong cross-functional relationships, mentors and develops others, and loves sharing knowledge. You are a curious problem solver with excellent communication skills who thrives in a dynamic global environment.

The IKEA culture and values are crucial for our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more regarding our values and life at IKEA here.

If you are a passionate data engineering leader who wants to shape the future of data capabilities at IKEA, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join us as we continue to innovate and shape the future of our industry.

We look forward to receiving your application in English. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. This position can be based in Älmhult, Sweden.We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 4 June. 2026.

For more information about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Data & Analytics Manager Ross Clabburn at ross.clabburn@inter.ikea.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at katie.pettersson2@inter.ikea.com.

At IKEA we believe that we’re better when we’re physically together for collaboration, dialogues and conversations. We believe in the power of human interactions; the informal chats, the energy, belonging and creativity generated by people being in the same place. Our approach is that we spend majority of our time in the IKEA workplace and with flexibility to work from home when relevant.