• Job ID: R0012469
• Date posted: 06/08/2025Company description
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  We are seeking an experienced and visionary Digital Product Leader with a strong background in communication, extensive knowledge of Intranet and digital communication channels, and hands-on expertise in digital product development. This role requires a unique blend of strategic leadership and operational execution to drive the evolution, scalability, implementation and daily management of our internal hub for news, collaboration and productivity across Inter IKEA.
  In this position, you will ensure the technology supports the needs of a large multinational organisation with a complex organisational structure and a vast user base to be successful on the journey of building a connected and integrated channel landscape where channels are fit for purpose and have a clear position and scope, which creates seamless digital coworker experience and enhanced productivity. You will champion Agile practices and foster a culture of continuous delivery and improvement.
  Job description
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• Be responsible for the design, development and delivery of a unified, branded, and personalised Intranet experience that connects co-workers with relevant news, conversations, and resources across the organisation.

• Ensure the Intranet supports the business capabilities of communication, co-worker experience, culture, and learning in an engaging, targeted and user-friendly way
• Work closely with communication channel developer, communication specialists, and digital product teams to align the Intranet and other digital communication products with broader internal communication goals. Work eloquently within a product team, weighing and prioritising all development requests and opportunities against your holistic view of user experience, roadmap, capacity, architecture, and simplicity.
• Be the voice of the end user within the product development team and be responsible for maximising the value delivered by the product team. Ensure decisions are grounded in real user needs, not assumptions.
• Be responsible for shaping and evolving Viva Engage as a key internal communication and engagement channel. This includes enabling leadership visibility, fostering community dialogue, and ensuring governance and compliance across the Viva Engage ecosystem
• Use insights to inform content strategies and improve communication effectiveness, as well as to drive continuous product improvement and ensure the Intranet remains relevant and engaging.
• Oversee content governance, including policies for publishing, updating, and archiving content for all of your products
• Be responsible for the design, development management and development of the digital communication channels in your scope, tactical plans and operational excellence including incidents, changes, new requirements, business support . Work with a cross-functional team to deliver outcome based products.
• Know your products like the back of your hand and actively participate in the change management and adoption strategies to drive engagement and adoption across the different user segments
• Align the product vision and prioritisation for Digital Workplace objectives with your products and their roadmaps and secure
• As digital product leader, you will be end-to-end accountable for all aspects of your products, including usage, budget and financial frames, security, compliance, service management and architectural excellence

ABOUT YOU

• To thrive in this role, you should bring proven experience either as a product owner in product management. You’ll also need demonstrated leadership in best-practice digital product development, along with hands-on technical expertise in Microsoft 365. You have knowledge of corporate communication, Intranet and social media and deep understanding how they can be integrated together to maximise efficiency and productivity.
• You have deep knowledge of digital technology, SaaS models and licensing, service management, identity and access management, ability to interpret usage metrics and user behaviour data. You have demonstrable experience in setting a clear vision for your area, working in an Agile working set-up, proven analytical skills and experience making decisions based on hard and soft data. You are skilled in backlog management, user story writing, and prioritisation techniques.
• We believe you have strong communication skills with business and technical stakeholders and a true team player with strong collaboration skills. Furthermore, you should have strong business acumen and strategic mind-set, and we also see that you have knowledge and experience working with various technology platforms such as Sitecore, Sharepoint, Viva Engage, Viva Connections, Sharepoint analytics products, Microsoft Search. As a person you enjoy working at a high pace with many international stakeholders, taking key decisions as a true leader that will protect our users and result in an outstanding impact for IKEA.
  More Information

This role is full-time (40 hours per week) and based in Malmo/Delft . This role sits in the Digital Workplace Data & Product Enabling functions and reports to the Digital Product Manager.

• If you have questions about the recruitment process, please connect with Jamila via Jamila.harmal2@inter.ikea.com

• Interested? Submit your CV and let us know why you would be a good fit for this role, in English, by August 20th 2025.

• At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs. At IKEA, we’re all on the same project.
  If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.

• If you have questions about the recruitment process, please connect with Jamila via Jamila.harmal2@inter.ikea.com
• Interested? Submit your CV and let us know why you would be a good fit for this role, in English, by August 20th 2025