Roadmap Leader - IKEA Marketing & Communication AB

Job ID: REF17254H

Date posted: 23/04/2024

HEJ!

What if you could inspire to make everyday life just a little bit better? The answer is simple: You can. That is what IKEA is all about - creating a better everyday life for the many people. At IKEA Marketing & Communication AB (IMC), you are a part of making it happen!

IMC is the global in-house agency for the IKEA brand. We create and produce the content that inspires people to make a better everyday life. We are responsible for planning and developing marketing communication for all IKEA markets across the world – from the global IKEA website to local ad campaigns. Headquartered in Älmhult, Sweden, IMC is a meeting point for creatives and communicators from around the world who share a passion for the IKEA product range, home furnishing and people’s lives at home. Our mission is to create impactful communication that brings the IKEA brand to life and helps turn visitors into customers.

IMC digital assignment, part of IMC business steering & operations, is divided into Digital Product and Data, and Technology and Platforms. Together, this creates the synergies and innovative mindset for IMC to operate and deliver in a compliant, profitable, and sustainable way in the IKEA ecosystem. It also creates prerequisites to excel in technology to create efficient and impactful communication, today and tomorrow.

We are now looking for a Roadmap leader within Digital Product &Data. Do you want to join us?

Job Description

As a Roadmap leader, you will lead the development and continuous management of the digital roadmap for IMC. By working closely with stakeholders across the IKEA value chain, you will secure a common foundation for how we work together and how we sequence, plan and prioritize based on business needs, financial frames, and strategic objectives.

Your responsibility and tasks will include:

• Coordinate the implementation of necessary prerequisites and collaborate in establishing OKRs that will support our strategic goals.
• Support the continuous improvement of ways of working in coordination with Inter IKEA
• Ensure collaboration and alignment across teams in order to secure engagement and quality around shared business value
• Promote benefits of agile methodology and use metrics to enhance team performance.

Qualifications

You are an energetic, collaborative, and strong businessperson with a passion for communication and marketing and for digital transformation. You are curious and know how to build relationships and trust. You are an adaptable person with strong willpower. You have experience in either business architecture, portfolio management, or product management.

You know how to reach and stretch targets. You have the capability to connect the dots across transformation initiatives and to lead a team to reach defined objectives. You are familiar with the enterprise-level context.

• Experience in equivalent or comparable position, (digital marketing a plus)
• Ability to work both on a strategic, tactical and operational level
• Leadership experience and how to create collaboration, empowering people and teams
• Excellent communication skills, knowledge of change management, work collaboratively and a problem solver
• Experience from agile & product way of working and methodologies

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

We look forward to receiving your application – CV and motivation letter, in English, latest 7th of May. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you want to work as Roadmap 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 P&C recruiter: Jonas Levin jonas.levin@inter.ikea.com If you have questions about the job, you are welcome to contact hiring manager; Anna Sandqvist, anna.sandqvist@inter.ikea.com

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