Digital Product Leader

About the area 

Operations Management works together with operations teams across Inter IKEA to lead and develop the overall IKEA operating model, and to enable strategic movements delivering towards our common IKEA goals. In Operations Management you will find teams for digital product development, business insights, capability and process development, strategy and roadmap, data & analytics and technology platforms. 

About the job 

You will be one of our Digital Product Leaders in our Sustainability Data Product Area that is currently being developed. In our day to day we strive towards building, best in class data products, that all contribute to our data foundation that goes across the Inter IKEA Group. Based on our first-class data foundation we will also ensure that we have fit for purpose products to activate our data in a way that drives adoption and performance! We design and build user centric data products with a passion! 

As a Digital Product Leader in our Data and Product team, your role involves: 

• Strategy and Vision: You'll be responsible for shaping the strategy and vision for one (or more) of our data products.  
• Accountability for the work to secure that your product has the right initiatives prioritised based on continuous discovery and delivery. Ensuring transparency with partners and stakeholders while aligning with Inter IKEA's strategic movements. 
• OKRs, Results, and Progress: Collaborating with cross-functional product teams, you'll define Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Deliver results with a high sense of urgency towards the strategic movements while providing transparent progress updates to stakeholders. 
• Stakeholder management: Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, you'll foster strong partnerships and ensure organisational needs are met to achieve our goals. 
• Insights-Driven Approach: Utilising insights and data, you'll maximise the value of our efforts by solving user problems in ways they love. 
• Continuous improvement: Collaborate with your peers to look for opportunities to continuously enhance the agile ways of working within the product teams. 
• A successful Sustainability Data Product Area will be a key success factor for IKEA to realise its sustainability commitments and goals, delivering additional customer value, as well as safeguard compliance towards existing and future legislation. 

About you 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who enjoys working in a rapidly changing yet nourishing creative environment. You're passionate about data products and how they create great user value and innovation in the digital landscape. As well as a big interest in technology and trends that create better solutions and bring business and user value. 

You have a high entrepreneurial drive. Stretching boundaries, challenging what already exists, and always striving to develop a better digital product landscape. You get energised by leading a digital product across the organisation and contribute to the success of IKEA. 

To be successful in this role, the following knowledge, skills, and experiences would be valuable: 

• You're passionate about building great data products, data foundations and of course it’s a plus if you enjoy the sustainability area. 
• Extensive knowledge and a proven track record in delivering scalable data and data activation products in or for large organisations. 
• Strong ability to communicate and create trustful relationships in collaborative processes Bring a data-driven approach to decision-making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs. 
• Familiar with the product operating model. 
• Ability to lead, inspire, and empower team members. 
• Ability to handle complexity and solve problems with simplicity. 
• Stimulates creative ideas and perspectives with the ambition to add value. 

Why join us? 

At IKEA, you become part of a team committed to making a positive impact. We are all in on equality inclusion, with curiosity driving our efforts to find better ways to do things. We foster a nurturing and flexible environment that supports your well-being and professional development, ensuring we all grow together. 

We will also offer you a great career adventure where you shape your career journey at IKEA! With chances to work in different roles and countries, supported by our fun internal training programs and personalised growth plans, almost anything is possible. 

Join more than 200.000 colleagues that all share one purpose. Making people feel at home.  

This role is full-time (40 hours per week) and based in Malmo, Sweden. This role reports to the Data Performance Manager. 

If you have questions about the recruitment process, please connect with Jamila via [email protected]

Interested? Submit your CV , in English, by December 13th 2024.

Please note that due to the upcoming holiday season in December, our recruitment process may take a bit longer than usual. We will do our best to keep all candidates updated on their status before any breaks. Thank you for your patience during this time!

At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs. At IKEA, we’re all on the same project.  
  
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