Product Domain Manager - People

ABOUT YOU
We look for you who is passionate about the possibilities of digital to delight and inspire customers and is motivated to lead strategic thinking and turning customer trends and analytics into developing successful products. You are also motivated about leading, inspiring and influencing people, working agile and being open to change. We see that you share and live the IKEA culture and values.
You have minimum of 5-8 years’ experience in Product Management, Digital or Product Strategy leadership role as well as demonstrable relevant knowledge of technology and/or software engineering within relevant domain area and in working in an Agile working set-up. You possess demonstrable experience of building and leading high performing teams, working effectively within a matrix organisation and strong documented leadership and people development skills. Experience with Leading in change and in working in retail is what you can take with you. You feel confident in communicating in English (spoken and written).
You have knowledge in the following areas:
· deep understanding of Product Development best practice gained at several organisations
· deep understanding of how to develop, define, plan and execute a roadmap to meet business requirements together with relevant stakeholders
· demonstrable experience of developing and delivering successful digital products, strategies and roadmaps
· deep knowledge and practical understanding of assessing and optimising digital customer experience.
· deep understanding of how to build and lead high performing teams of product managers at all levels
· to be able to “live in the future” and ensure product strategy drives towards exceeding future customer needs
· knowledge of the IKEA corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people, to ensure right representation
As a person you are able to build a best in class Product Management capability as well as implement and maintain good practices and ways of working. You can demonstrate a combination of strong customer focus and ability to turn that insight into tangible product solutions. Highly commercial awareness and ability to make decisions balancing new feature development and commercial returns is what you strive for. We see you have excellent interpersonal skills and capability to manage internal stakeholders along with being strong in managing change and transformations.
ABOUT THE JOB
As a Product Domain Manager you will lead and steer the development, implementation and operation of digital products within a domain for IKEA that excite our customers and co-workers that support the overall growth of IKEA in a fast developing digital world. Drive all elements of development and deployment of innovative digital products within domain, including setting the domain vision, defining high-level features to deliver business value and defining the roadmap for achieving it. You will also lead, coach and develop members of the domain Product area to have a common approach and direction.
You also will:
· be accountable for the development of the product strategy
· lead and set the strategic direction and development of the domain to ensure alignment with business strategy both on short- and long term
· be accountable for the success of the overall domain portfolio of digital products ensuring value is being delivered by understanding and meeting customer needs to drive IKEA business results
· translate product strategy into a product roadmap for the domain, identifying and generating new ideas that grow market share, drive commercial and business value to improve customer experience
· collaborate closely with counterparts in other digital areas such as Technology, Data & Analytics, as well as across[1]functions to ensure alignment
· work closely with relevant (non-digital) business functions to maintain a good understanding of product development needs in the market and to develop new ideas and propositions
· lead, coach and develop a high performing team of Product Owners including senior POs, promoting best practice in digital product development and continually benchmarking against industry standards to ensure competitive advantage
be responsible for recruiting, attracting and securing resources and expertise to develop and execute the digital Product roadmap, including improving visibility of IKEA’s digital product development activities
ABOUT THE TEAM
At Group Digital, we set the digital agenda to enable IKEA to become the world´s leading omnichannel home furnishing!
We drive the development, provision and operation of our digital products and services using new and existing technology with agile delivery methods. At the same time, we provide a home for digital skills to both develop and extend technical, people and business skills needed to continuous development and growth.