Assignment Job specific key tasks and responsibilities
• Responsible to set the platform vision with a clear roadmap, ensuring it aligns with digital product roadmap ambitions.
• Responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of a software or technology platform
• Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the platform. This includes monitoring performance, managing user accounts and access, and ensuring that the platform is running smoothly.
• Accountable for the platform backlog (build, edit and maintain) and also to clearly communicate the backlog to products and other stakeholders.
• Accountable for platform prioritization based on needs from various products and release needs.
• Comply with relevant frameworks and standards.
• Responsible for the composition and operational functioning of the digital platform team
• Accountable for digital platform release plan, communication and setting of expectations for delivery of new features and functionalities.
• Responsible for managing key stakeholder engagement (e.g. developers, suppliers)
• Responsible for securing that the digital platforms are efficient and simple for the products and developers, controlling the costs and giving input to the overall budget.
• Responsible to manage dependencies and blockers, improving digital platform delivery capabilities.
• Gather insights to understand and empathize with the products and developers' reality.
• Identify and create measures of success to understand how the platform achieves desired outcomes
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive and diverse experience in digital product or platform development
• Demonstrable experience in working in an Agile or DevOps working set-up
• Strong knowledge of the software engineer’s day to day challenges
• Knowledge and experience working with various technologies
• Experience working with and understanding the needs of developers
• Proven analytical skills and experience making decisions based on hard and soft data
• Strong communication skills with business and technical stakeholders
• Strong team working, leading and collaboration skills
ONE BRAND, MANY COMPANIES AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE
We’re a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.
How we realise this vision is based on our shared humanistic values. These values are the foundation of our work and our inclusive, open and honest culture where you can be yourself. Our culture is based on the spirit of togetherness, enthusiasm and fun. And we’re always looking for people who share our positive attitude and values.
IKEA unites thousands of co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners, all over the world, organised in a franchise system. It’s one brand but it reaches millions of hearts and homes.
ABOUT INTER IKEA GROUP
The purpose of Inter IKEA Group is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the IKEA Concept. It has three core businesses: Franchise, Range & Supply and Industry.
• Inter IKEA Systems B.V. is the owner of the IKEA Concept and the worldwide IKEA franchisor. The assignment is to continuously develop the IKEA Concept and to ensure its successful implementation in existing and new markets. 11 different groups of companies own and operate IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. A large group of franchisees are owned & operated by INGKA Group. Inter IKEA Systems B.V. also assigns different IKEA companies to develop range, supply and communication.
• IKEA Range & Supply is responsible for developing and supplying the global IKEA range. This means working with the whole value chain: from the needs and wants of the many people, through product development and the sourcing of raw materials, to a product’s end-of-life.
• IKEA Industry is the largest producer of wooden furniture in the world and manufactures wood-based furniture for the IKEA product range. We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.
We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.
