Project & Deployment Leader- Ingka Centres

Job title:

Project & Deployment Leader- Ingka Centres

Company:

IKEA

Job description

Project & Deployment Leader- Ingka Centres“You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It’s the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself.”LocationSan Sebastián de los ReyesEmployment typeFull Time PermanentDepartmentIT & Digital SolutionsDeadline2025-04-17You already applied for this job.Candidate profile (title) Why we will love youCandidate profile (text) – Default language Are you a dynamic and motivated individual with a passion for driving digital transformation and innovation?. Do you thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment and are excited by the opportunity to work on diverse projects that enhance customer experiences?. We’ve embarked on an exciting journey to transform our shopping centres 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”. We have big plans for the future that involve expanding to new locations, opening smaller-scale concepts closer to the city centres, digitalization, and most of all, living up to shared sustainability goals.About you:

• You have a strong background in project management, particularly in deploying digital products and IT infrastructure.
• Your excellent communication skills and ability to build trustful relationships make you a natural leader, capable of guiding teams through change and ensuring successful project outcomes.
• You are committed to continuous learning and leveraging new methods and technologies to improve performance.
• Your proactive approach and collaborative spirit enable you to work effectively with various stakeholders, ensuring seamless integration and support for digital solutions. Sounds like you?.

Additionally, you bring:

• Knowledge of the Ingka digital landscape and a good understanding of how products and services are connected together
• Experience from managing digital solutions’ life-cycle; adapting and integrating standard solutions through external suppliers, based on prioritized requirements, in an agile way.
• Understanding of dependencies between different business areas, their processes and the tools used
• Knowledge of the customers’ whole interaction with Ingka Centres from first encounter to purchase – using digital and physical tools and platforms.
• An in interest in how to create a place to meet, serve and entertain customers using digital and online tools and platforms
• Project management and IT infrastructure deployment experience, and leadership experience.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and a background in software development or architecture preferred.
• An agile mindset, open to change, and driven by creating simple, pragmatic solutions.

Key responsibilities (title) What you’ll be doing day to dayKey responsibilities (text) As a Project & Deployment Leader at Ingka Centres you will ensure effective and efficient deployment of digital products and IT infrastructure in a specific cluster, which is a set of markets/countries. You will also be ensuring a qualitative and efficient local IT support set up through SLAs (Service Level Agreements).You will be playing a crucial role liaising the product and infrastructure teams with the local Meeting Places and support teams. You will balance being part of a global team and still drive a local dialog.A typical day might involve:

• Initiating and executing local projects if approved and prioritized in the global governance structure, manage dependencies, and ensure timely delivery.
• Leading or coordinating deployment of global products with product teams, Country Digital and Meeting Places.
• Lead project members, foster a collaborative environment, and drive consistency in ways of working.
• Interface with internal and external stakeholders, including procurement, and maintain vendor relations.
• Lead the setup of local IT support, ensure service level agreements are met, and handle incident escalations.
• Contribute to the performance in relation to set objectives & indicators and contribute to driving consistency in ways of working and toolset and proactively contribute to evolving the digital organization.
• Identify cross-team dependencies and work closely with other teams and stakeholders to understand and remove blockers.

In this role you will report to our future Roadmap & Deployment Manager and be based in Malmö in Sweden.In this role you will report to our future Roadmap & Deployment Manager and be based in Madrid in Spain.In this role you will report to our future Roadmap & Deployment Manager and be based in Warsaw in Poland.In this role you will report to our future Roadmap & Deployment Manager and be based in New Dehli in India.Team vision ( title) Our team within IKEATeam vision (text) Together with IKEA Retail and Ingka Investments, Ingka Centres is part of 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. If the idea of IKEA is to create a better life at home, 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.
We have big plans for the future that involve expanding to new locations, opening smaller-scale concepts closer to the city centres, digitalization, and most of all, living up to shared sustainability goals. We’re constantly looking for energetic, purpose-led and creative people who’d like to join us on our journey to create meeting places around the world.
Sounds exciting? There’s a lot more to know about us! Take a look at our website, read our stories and try to imagine how you can be part of our team helping us reach our goals!
www.ingkacentres.com
This role belongs to the Commercial and Digital (C&D) Domain at Ingka Centres. This domain acts as an engine towards the meeting place transformation. The domain works across the Strategy & Insights, Concept & Customer Experience, New Business & Innovation and Digital subdomains.Let’s connect About this work areaLet´s connect Perhaps there is something you´re wondering about? For job specific questions please contact hiring manager Jonas Karlsson at jonas.karlsson1@ingka.com.Do you have questions about the recruitment process? Please contact Hektor Thomke at hektor.thomke@ingka.com.We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, though no later than April 17th.We look forward to receiving your application!.Why you will love usFrom the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.What we all have in common

• Living our values
• Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
• A passion for home furnishing
• Performing & delivering while learning & developing
• Having fun!

Expected salary

Location

San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid

Job date

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 06:06:07 GMT

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