Engineering Manager, Domain Specific - Ikea IMC

We are looking for three engineering managers that are passionate about technology and people and gets energy from coaching and developing a great engineering team, facilitating good teamwork, and building, running, and maintaining our portfolio of digital products.   

Each manager will be responsible for a specific domain based on the area of expertise and products they will be supporting and securing competencies for. The three focus areas are DevOps and Data; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure; 3D and Business Architecture. 

Your goal is to deliver a leading-edge and highly scalable M&C technology foundation for IKEA to enable IKEA to deliver an attractive omnichannel experience, enabled by an effective digital work foundation for our co-workers.  

In your role as Engineering Manager, you will lead and guide a product engineering domain area in the development of a common M&C technology foundation for IKEA customers and co-workers.  You will lead team of leaders and specialists, ensuring they are constantly developing and growing, while solving complex technical problems that deliver value to our customers and co-workers. You will:  
Develop and lead software engineering for digital platforms, products, data, services, and workflows in the assigned engineering domain area. 

Secure proper design, architecture, and technology in place for assigned platforms and products within the domain. 
Build, lead and develop teams of world-class engineers, architects, and tech. leaders. 
Secure besides cutting-edge technology development also “bullet proof” security practices and efficient running operations, including product and platform system Life Cycle Management. 
Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives within Marketing & Communication Digital and in the broader IKEA technology network. 
Qualifications 
Good understanding and global experience of digital marketing and content management lifecycle architecture and technologies. 
Preferable experience from design and development of Martech platforms such as Digital Asset Management (DAM), Product Information Management (PIM), Content Management (CMS), API creation, cloud services, 3D and marketing automation, CRM and e-commerce. 
Understanding of modern architecture, infrastructure data extract mechanisms. 
Knowledge about Agile, DevOps ways of working and tools and understanding how to deliver CI / CD and cloud-based solutions 

Fluent in English, both written and spoken 
You believe in people and their ability to do a great job, their potential to perform and learn and grow. You have a positive attitude, are solution-oriented and have a strong drive with a good ability to collaborate and enable co-creation.  

You enjoy work in a fast-changing and complex environment, with simplicity in focus. You can lead across functions and organizations. You lead with authenticity and make values-based decisions to contribute to an environment where the IKEA culture is a strong and living reality that embrace diversity. 

Company Description 

What if you could inspire to make everyday life just a little bit better?  

The answer is simple: You can. This is what motivates us at IKEA. We are constantly searching to find new ways to be better. We use insights from real life at home all over the world, learning about the needs and dreams of people. We use our home furnishing knowledge to help inspire people with ideas and solutions that will help them live the life they want.  

At IKEA Marketing & Communications AB, we are people-centric, have a passion for making great stuff, and we aim to be the best communication partner for the whole of IKEA. We work closely and together with our colleagues across IKEA, creating state-of-the-art communication at the lowest price. Located in Älmhult, Sweden, we are melting pot of many different nationalities and cultures. Because to make things better for the many, we want to involve people from all parts of the world. Nonetheless, we never forget our Swedish heritage that forms the backbone of who we are today.  

We are on the lookout for passionate doers, idea makers, creative thinkers - people who want to find answers to everyday problems in people’s lives, for society and the planet.  

Additional Information 

Please send your application – CV and motivation letter, in English - by 3rd of July. Please note that we are continuously interviewing candidates and may close the ad earlier.    

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, reach out to People and Culture Recruiter Nichole Syjueco at nichole.syjueco@inter.ikea.com . For questions about the role, please contact hiring manager, Taco Van der Maden at taco.van.der.maden@inter.ikea.com