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About us

Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Franchise, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. 

Our aim is to provide our partners in the franchise system with the best conditions to implement and operate the IKEA Concept, and to create a strong foundation for future expansion and growth. Read more about us at https://about.ikea.com/.

Together, 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.

We have an opening in our Data & Analytics (D&A) Delivery team for a product owner for our tools for metadata and data lineage. Inter IKEA is currently in the process of purchasing and installing/integrating these tools, and it has been decided that they should be owned, developed, and maintained by the D&A Delivery team. The current and future Inter IKEA data landscape will be constituted of a multitude of data assets – on-prem and in the Cloud. This hybrid infrastructure will require substantial work in terms of streamlining metadata, so that business users can access the same type of information on the data, irrespective of the data type and origin. The vision is particularly important in our ambition to obtain “data democratization” – to make data available, accessible, and usable for the many people. To support us in this information management undertaking, Inter IKEA will use cross-system and cross core business metadata and data lineage tools.

This role will be key in achieving the envisioned goal. In the product owner position, you will work in a highly collaborative team to devise solutions to business challenges, bringing your skills and ideas into every discussion. You will lead the agenda for the metadata and data lineage tools, making sure that their development and maintenance are on par with industry-standard and at the same time aligned with requirements from the Inter IKEA core businesses.

Taking on this Product Owner role you will, for your associated tools:

• Be responsible for tool development and maintenance.
• Be responsible for prioritized backlog(s), including content, refinement and prioritization.
• Be responsible for all related external and internal communication.
• Work closely with the Inter IKEA Information Management team(s).
• Manage stakeholders from all core businesses.
• Drive long-term and short-term development/portfolio.
• Based on input from key stakeholders, balance and prioritize the development agenda.
• Be the appointed primary D&A contact for any questions from users.
• Be the appointed primary D&A contact for the vendor(s) – operationally and tactically. Support in strategic discussions with the vendor(s).
• Arrange recurring meetings with vendor(s) and key stakeholders.
• Work closely with technical experts to set best practices and ways-of-working.
• Support business users in best practices and ways-working etc.

Additionally, you are expected to:

• Provide subject matter expertise and operational know-how to support projects and solutions with conversion of data related business requirements into data architectures and technical solutions.
• Be responsible for solution compliance with rules and standards (e.g., information security), legal and regulatory requirements as well as adherence to relevant delivery process standards.
• Document and make the operational know-how of the data infrastructure and engineering solutions available for the IKEA ecosystem and ensure awareness around available data.
• Ensure cost conscious and maintainable development.
• From and information management point of view, take lead on data privacy and security questions relevant for the D&A platforms/data.
• Based on the need and your availability, take on additional Product Owner and Project Manager assignments on various topics in and around the D&A domain.

We believe that our new colleague has experience in working with data governance. Ideally, you have experience with metadata and data lineage tools, such as e.g., Alation and Manta. Knowledge in ETL development, data engineering and/or IT architecture is beneficial. You should have a good understanding of on-prem/cloud/hybrid infrastructure. You should also be well acquainted with typical benefits and challenges of working in an outsourced environment. Furthermore, you need to have experience in working in agile setups and be comfortable in taking prioritization decisions. Organization and planning skills are key qualifications for this role, and the exposure to stakeholders and vendors will require a confident leader personality. The ability to communicate precisely on abstract topics will be an absolute necessity in this field.

You share our values, not only by thought but also clearly mirrored in how you carry them out in your everyday life. To learn about what it means, please explore more here; https://en-global-jobs.about.ikea.com/lifeatikea.

This is a fulltime role (40 hours per week) based in Malmö, Sweden reporting to the Delivery & Operations manager, data sharing.

You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Recruiter Lisen Götze ([email protected]). If you have questions about the role, connect with recruiting manager Pål Nilsson ([email protected]). Please keep in mind that it might take a few weeks before we get back to you due to summer vacation. 

We want to understand the why! Tell us, as part of your application, why you think you would be a good fit for this role. Applications without a motivation letter will not be taken into consideration. 15th of August is the closing date to apply for this role.

Please note that internal candidates will be taken into consideration first.