Who you are
We are seeking a Product Specialist to focus on end user devices—including laptops, desktops, and print solutions—for our many colleagues.
Join us as we develop innovative ways to help IKEA stay relevant to our customers.
Our diverse Co-worker devices team is growing, and we would love to talk with you, if you recognize yourself in some of the following:
Passionate about being at the leading edge of technology and digital innovation within End User Computing.
Have a strong background in unified endpoint management solutions
Love being creative through agile analysis techniques for creating user stories and business justifications.
Is a team player who takes ownership, builds cross-functional relationships with peers and loves sharing knowledge with others
Have experience working with large enterprise device management systems
Appreciate the mix of strategic thinking and turning engineering trends into practice
Energized by working both independently and interdependently and cross functions
Intermediate analytical capabilities, including both quantitative and qualitative analysis
Delivery focused with excellent attention to detail and drive to resolve issues
Proactively manage relevant stakeholders
Is curious, self-directed and want to keep learning!
Key previous experience and skills needed:
Proven work on owning outcomes and influencing product decisions
Demonstrable experience in working in an Agile or DevOps working set-up
Demonstrable experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis
Proven analytical skills and experience making decisions based on hard and soft data
This is our wish list! If you don’t recognize yourself in all these points, you might still be an excellent candidate for the role.
The must-haves we see for this role is though:
8+ years of proven experience in digital product development.
5+ years of proven experience in End User Computing focusing on client management and Print management
8+ years of proven work with enterprise, global stakeholders
Strong communication skills with global business and technical stakeholders
Strong collaboration skills across international product and engineering teams
About this work area
You’ll be a vital part in the transformation of IKEA into a more front-line obsessed company by ensuring that we provide device offerings that are both cost-efficient as well as fit for purpose for our co-workers globally. You immerse yourself in our products, turning complexity into insights that inspires both consumers and teams. By connecting technology with user experience, you help to ensure every feature makes sense and adds value. As a Product Specialist, you tell compelling stories that make products relatable and engaging for diverse audiences. Your passions sparks confidence drives progress and nurtures a mindset of continuous improvements.
This mean that you will:
Responsible for all product related analysis, utilizing both customer and product data
Support the product owner in tactical decision making with analysis results and insights
Supporting the Product Owner in writing user stories
To test, analyze and validate the actual impact of the product to make sure the product reaches its goals
Where needed, (and directed by the Product Manager/Owner) work with co-workers to understand and quantify their needs and requirements, ensuring they are included and integrated into the product as needed
Work cross functional to ensure that the agile team has what is needs and remove blockers that prevent the agile team to maximize the delivery of digital products
Together as a team
We’re the ones who make it possible for people to have a smarter life at home and a hassle-free and rewarding shopping experience. Together we work to find new digital solutions for every business need to help make IKEA a great and efficient place to work. We like to think of ourselves as innovative and modern, and we believe that nothing would actually work without us.