Digital Product Leader | IKEA Marketing & Communication AB

Company Description

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The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – and we’re always searching for new and better ways to do it. We use our home furnishing knowledge to create products and solutions that will enable more people to live the life they want. Through creativity, IKEA Marketing & Communication AB connects the heart of IKEA to the hearts and minds of the many people.

We plan and produce inspiring content that enables our retail markets to grow and position IKEA as a purpose-led business and an expert in life at home. We are based in Älmhult, Sweden – the heart of IKEA. Our strength is our 400+ talented co-workers: strategists, channel experts, developers, photographers, motion media producers, 3D artists, graphic designers, copywriters, interior designers, and many more competences. We are proud of our craftsmanship and ability to unleash creativity at scale. 

The core of our offer is the common content made available to IKEA retailers around the globe. In addition, we offer market-specific content and on-request support to meet the needs of our markets. IKEA Marketing & Communication also develops the common marketing agenda for IKEA, leading in marketing and communication topics and contributing to our business strategies. 

Our culture and values guide us in everything we do. We become better as a team by building on our strengths and differences. Together, we strive for an inclusive work environment where we all feel safe, welcomed, respected, supported, and appreciated for who we are and what we contribute with. 

This is the place where you can inspire billions of people around the world. Are you ready to make a better everyday life for the many people? We want to hear from you! 

We are now looking for Digital product leaders to our Product & Data team, at IMC IKEA Marketing & Communication Team in Älmhult. Do you want to join us?

Job Description

As a Digital Product leader, you will have the chance to lead the development of our digital products, from ideation to launch. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, to ensure that our digital products are successfully developed, launched, and meet user needs. This role requires a combination of business understanding as well as a technical understanding, you are eager to learn and have a solution-minded attitude. There will be positions as digital product leaders available in the areas of AI, 3D, data and analytics. 

Your will: 

• Create and share a product roadmap & backlog (build, edit and maintain) and prioritize product requirements based on user feedback and business needs. 
• Strong ability to communicate and creating trustful relationships in collaborative processes developing ideas into concrete product features and new business potential. 
• Lead and empower cross-functional teams to successful launch and adoption of the product. 
•  Analyze and share product performance and use data to make informed decisions for future product development 
• Passionate about technology and trends that create better solutions and bring business and user value 
• Ability to handle complexity and solve problems through simplicity 
• High entrepreneurial drive: Stretching boundaries, challenging what already exists, always striving to develop a better digital landscape.

Qualifications

We believe you are passionate about technology and business, with a mix of strategic mindset to turn trends and requirements into practical solutions. As a digital product leader, you will be responsible for representing and advocating for the needs and voices of both stakeholders and users.

We also believe you have: 

• Knowledge and experience leading digital products and connected ways of working. 
• Experience and interest in new technologies for digital marketing and content production technologies such as 3D and GenAI.
• Master's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent work experience in comparable position (digital marketing a plus) 
• Experience with Agile methodologies and product way of working 
• Ability to balance technical requirements with user needs and business priorities 
• Knowledge of product analytics and data-driven decision-making 
• Excellent communication skills, knowledge of change management, work collaboratively and a creative problem solver 
• Strong business insight and with a strategic and commercial mind-set
• Knowledge and experience working with various technology platforms

You enjoy working in a rapidly changing yet nourishing a creative environment and you are passionate about creating great user value and innovations in the digital landscape. You get inspiration from how technology and trends that create better solutions and business/user value.

Additional Information

This is a permanent role based in Älmhult. We look forward to receiving your application – CV and motivation letter, in English, by 17th of November. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you want to work as Digital product leader at IMC and why you would be a good fit for this role. 

Please note that we are continuously interviewing candidates and may close the ad earlier.

If you have questions about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact the Recruiter: Monaka Perumal, [email protected]
If you have questions about the job, you are welcome to contact hiring manager; Anna Sandqvist, [email protected] 

We do not accept applications sent directly via email. Looking forward to hearing from you!