Data Product Leader

**Job ID**: R0013005-2
- **Date posted**: 14/10/2025

**Company description**
- IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by continuously reinvent ourselves as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us.
- Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.
- To realize our ambitions in the IKEA Supply Strategy, IKEA has identified the need to enhance and modernize our way of working. We are establishing a digital foundation of information and accelerate data management and analytics capabilities for real time insights leading to even better and faster decisions. Within the area of Order and Financial Management we are setting a new foundational digital core in place, for total IKEA and for many years to come.

**Job description**
- Analytics management has the assignment to create value and enable business movements by bringing data, competence and the right tools from across IKEA together. We are working closely with the business and product teams that deliver cutting edge, data driven solutions to the many IKEA customers and co-workers.
- As a Data Product Leader, you will support the organisation in leveraging information and data assets for maximum value. We use a mix of cloud and on-prem platforms in a data mesh and you will play a central role in making sure that there are high quality data products available to consume. This you will do by managing data assets as data products that can be easily consumed by the rest of the organisation. With a focus on improving the value of the data, you will increase the quality, speed or accessibility of the data by continuously adding and improving data sources. There might also be need for creating fundamental analytics solutions connected with the data product. You will as well help to set up and lead customer or consumer facing products.
- A Data Product Leader will be responsible also for overseeing the development and management of data-related products and services within a Product Area (based on IKEA Product Areas).
- To maximise the value of our data products you will work closely with the rest of the organisation, moving seamlessly between business and digital specialists. You will collaborate closely with the Analytics Management and Data Management team as well as with other stakeholders and product owners across the larger IKEA organisation.
- More specifically, in this role you will be accountable for:
- Together with your DevOps team, accountable & responsible for framing of all initiatives connected to analytics management and the digital product teams priorities.
- Co-ordinate & manage teams (Onshore/Offshore)
- Organize the E2E teams (IKEA and consultants) and processes to optimize the value creation and to stay relevant to the Business priorities and needs.
- Create and maintain a roadmap for data product development, prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer needs and market trends.
- Plan and execute product launches, coordinating with all the relevant teams to maximize product adoption and success.
- Collaborate with support, test and training teams to provide required support and materials enabling successful data products and data driven initiatives implementation.
- Gather feedback from users and stakeholders to understand pain points and areas for product enhancement.
- Lead and manage data products and establish a process to maximize the connected value over the products lifecycle.
- Support connected initiatives in the data space in order to maximize the value delivered.
- Help the organization understand how data assets can be used to maximize business value for IKEA. Explore opportunities to monetize data assets and turn data products into revenue streams for IKEA.
- Drive continuous improvement, collaboration and knowledge sharing around the data assets you lead.
- Ensure quality, integrity, compliance with data privacy regulation and consistency by supporting the use of relevant development techniques, digital frameworks, and best practices.
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