Data Leader

WHO YOU ARE
Join Ingka Centres as a Data Leader and contribute to our mission of creating a better everyday life outside of the home!
We’ve embarked on an exciting journey to transform our shopping centers into destinations always anchored by IKEA, and that go way beyond shopping, offering a carefully selected series of activities, events and initiatives tailored to the needs of the communities that surround them. That’s what we call “Meeting Places”.
As a Data Leader at Ingka Centres you should have knowledge of processes and governance to consistently define and manage critical data, structure data and information in processes and IT tools, continuously respond to changing business conditions, and ensure compliance. You should also be motivated by responsibility, challenging tasks, problem-solving, developing new ways of working, learning new things, and sharing and living our culture and values.
As a true team player, you will collaborate with others to achieve goals and use digital data and other insights to forecast and detect errors, gaps, and potential flaws in the way we are handling data. We believe you have experience in:
· Processes and governance for maintaining critical organizational data and creating a credible base of data
· Creating, acquiring, using, and storing data to ensure compliance
· Structuring data and information within processes and information technology tools, ensuring reliability, accessibility, relevance, privacy, and security
· Familiarity with proactive responses to changing business conditions
To succeed in this role, you should have experience within Information Technology, computer science or equivalent, and have 2-5 years’ experience as Data Leader, or similar.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As a Data Leader at Ingka Centres, you will be responsible for developing the necessary tools to support the full data lifecycle, including data acquisition, organization, analysis, and delivery. By ensuring data accuracy, validity, and efficiency, you will contribute to the overall success of the function and enable data-based decision-making.
Your key tasks and responsibilities will include using root cause research to identify data process breakdowns and finding solutions with data architects and product/platform owners, developing standard operating procedures for data handling and archiving, educating, and monitoring co-workers to improve processes and tools for data quality management, and supporting data analytics and insights by coordinating data acquisition, storage, and sharing.
As a Data Leader, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that we are developing innovative commercial and customer solutions, concepts, and insights to support our Meeting Places creating an outstanding 360-degree experience for customers and communities.
What you’ll do every day:
· Educate and monitor co-workers to improve processes and tools supporting data quality management goals. Identify and address data quality issues consistently and accurately.
· Collaborate with data architects and engineers to define requirements for data cleaning and optimization, ensuring their implementation.
· Coordinate data acquisition, storage, and sharing to support data analytics and insights, ensuring timely delivery and proper organization of relevant data.
· Work across initiatives within Ingka Centres, promoting efficient and effective use of data.
· Implement policies and guidelines (e.g., GDPR compliance, BIAs) for information security management, in collaboration with internal stakeholders and approaches.
You will report to Daniel Demytrie, Data Delivery Manager, and your place of work will be Malmö, Sweden.
ABOUT THIS WORK AREA
Together with IKEA Retail and Investments, Ingka Centres is part of the Ingka Group.
As a long-term partner of IKEA, we share our vision, our culture and our values, while what makes our businesses different is the way we fulfil our vision. We work hard to create a better everyday life outside of the home by developing virtual and physical meeting places where people can meet shop and connect with their communities.
When people meet each other, incredible things can happen. Ideas sprout, new friendships begin and old friendships get a new start, collaborations produce results and even love blossoms. Ingka Centres provides spaces where this magic can happen. Our centres offer many reasons to visit – always anchored by IKEA and together with many inspiring partners, they attract many people, every day.
Commercial and Digital (C&D) Domain enables Meeting Places, acting as a commercial engine to drive visitation and brand awareness through partnership and co-creation of innovative commercial and customer solutions, concepts and insights, creating an outstanding 360 degree experience for customers and communities’ solutions.
QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT? LET’S CONNECT!
If you are enthusiastic about data and want to work in a collaborative, efficient, and future-oriented environment where you can make an impact, we encourage you to apply!
For job specific questions and questions about the recruitment process, please contact Hektor at hektor.thomke@ingka.com.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, though no later than 2023-07-20. We look forward to receiving your application!