At Business Area (BA) IKEA Home smart you will join an amazing group of talented, passionate people with an entrepreneurial mind-set who are set on democratizing the smart home. We develop smart products to enable a smarter life at home for people all over the world. We are curious and passionate about creating solutions that solve real-life problems and help people realize their dreams. All on their terms. Because we believe everyone deserves a smart home. To succeed, we look for new ways of integrating technology and digital solutions into furniture and life at home. We explore opportunities throughout the home and we work closely together with other Business Areas to both drive transformation of the existing range and develop new smart products to attract new customers to IKEA. We’re still at the beginning – there is lots more to come

As a Product Owner, you be part of a team that develops will lead the work in a digital products. As a product owner and  you owns the product backlog and  and prioritise based on business needs. business needs and user experience. You will shape ideas into concrete digital product features and deliver new business potentials.   

You will participate leading the planning of digital product releases, communication, learning and set expectation for delivery of new features and functionalities, contribute to ensure the IKEA Home smart eco-system delivers value and a Better Everyday Life to the many people. 

As a Product Owner at IKEA Home Smart, you are responsible for: 

• Prioritizing the digital product roadmap and giving input to the overall digital roadmap 
• Securing that the digital product maximizes the business value, controlling the costs and giving input to the overall budget 
• Work in close collaboration with the home smart range team, cross organization with other business areas and external key partners. 
• Focusing on easy-to-use products, always keeping in mind IKEA Home Smart overall market and product strategy. 
• Define the product strategy and roadmap, contributing to the business needs into the development plan to ensure we have a balanced portfolio of initiatives to support our business objectives. 
• Facilitate and coordinate the strategic discussions with internal and external partners. 

We are looking for you who has experience from IoT technological product development, for the B2B/B2C market, as well as from business development. You know how to lead creative processes and build good relations in a trustworthy way.  

The ability to explore different perspectives, be innovative and be comfortable in the unknown is something that you find highly motivating. Furthermore, you can work with conceptual ideas based on a sense of form and design and you are able to bring these into final solutions.  

You have experience in portfolio management, and you have a good ability to spot opportunities. 

To be successful in this role, we believe you have: 

• Thorough experience in software development of customer-oriented solutions. 
• Track record of products developed that were successfully launched into the B2B/B2C market. 
• Proven ability to deliver easy-to-use solutions for technologically complex problems. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in IoT technological developments and digital transformation. 
• Several years of experience in team leadership and managing budgets. 
• You are structured, used to take lead and inspire others to grow. 
• International mind-set and culturally sensitive 
• Good English and communication skills 

The Product Owner is driven by the passion to develop the future products of smart solutions for IKEA and create a better everyday life for the many people.

Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English. Please contact [email protected] for more information about the recruitment process.

We are looking forward to meeting you soon!