Job Description
Digital Product Area Manager - IKEA Marketing & Communication AB (IMC) - Inter IKEA Group connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and ensures alignment of the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. 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 connects the heart of IKEA to the hearts and minds of the many people. We are based in Älmhult, Sweden – the heart of IKEA. From here, we create, produce and deliver inspiring content that helps our retail markets grow and strengthens IKEA as a purpose-led brand and expert in life at home. We are proud of our craftsmanship and believe it should always go hand in hand with technology. As marketing and communication continue to evolve, we are simplifying the way we work, speeding up development and continuously improving how we create, produce and distribute high quality content at scale. We are recruiting a Digital Product Area Manager for the Capability Area, reporting to the Capability Area Manager. Our team is based in Älmhult, Sweden. We believe that your presence with the team and working most of the time in the workplace is important. This role is a natural next step for someone ready to lead with both business and people in a digital context. As Digital Product Area Manager, you will be part of the newly formed Capability Area within IMC, enabling greater simplicity, consistency and efficiency in how IKEA content is created, produced and distributed across our markets. You will lead the development and operations of the digital products in your portfolio, manage a group of Digital Product Leaders, create the conditions for empowered teams to deliver user and business value, and contribute to a clear direction and roadmap that supports both business needs and long-term capability development. In this role, you will report to the Capability Area Manager and work closely with the Business Process Partner group, the Capability Area Planning Leader, stakeholders across IMC and beyond to turn strategy into impactful outcomes. You will be accountable for the assigned portfolio of digital products and platforms, securing running business, support and service performance, and development progress. Together with your digital product teams and partners, you will shape priorities, follow up on performance, and help build a strong product area with clear goals, aligned ways of working and a strong value focus for users and the business.
