Job ID: 245974
Date posted: 11/10/2024
A day in your life with us

The Content Recommendations (C-Recs) and Product Recommendations (P-Recs) products within the area of Central Decisioning are rapidly evolving, and we are seeking a dynamic, people-centric leader to join us on this exciting journey. If you are passionate about guiding and inspiring high-performing teams to create innovative and value-driven digital products that will delight our customers and co-workers, this is the perfect role for you.

As an Engineering Manager, you will play a crucial role in shaping the recommendation experience for millions of people around the world. You are passionate about empowering teams and delivering robust innovative technical products. You aim to make a meaningful impact and remain steadfast even during challenging times.

We expect you to consider the customer experience and collaborate across the entire decisioning area, with C-Recs and P-Recs as your focus. You will leverage the power of a large business, balancing stakeholders, goals, and priorities to unleash entrepreneurial potential. A collaborative mindset is essential; in your day-to-day, you will work closely across disciplines to ensure we build products our customers love and that the business needs.

Examples of your core responsibilities are:

• Technology Accountability: Ensure a well-designed and resilient implementation of technical solutions aligned with the product’s growth.
• IKEA Leadership: Lead a diverse software engineering team with IKEA values as your compass. Doing it differently, think cost conscious and approach challenges together and have fun on the way!
• General Oversight: Oversee budgets and capacity plans to meet forecasts, deadlines and promote continuous improvement.

What you'll need to have

• You have 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong leadership skills, specializing in web development, with an Agile/Dev Ops mindset, and leading through change.
• You have experience working closely with Data & Analytics teams, including ML experts, and understand the technologies and dependencies between Data & Analytics and engineering.
• You have a proven track record in real-time personalization and customer orchestration, ensuring tailored experiences and seamless interactions for users.
• You are passionate about high-quality software, leading diverse teams, embracing technology and innovation.
• IKEA’s culture and values in both independent and collaborative settings.
• You demonstrate extensive knowledge of software engineering practices, industry-standard toolsets, design and architecture concepts, and technology capabilities.
• You to promote agile practices, lead and coach teams, actively acquire new skills, and understand the integration of technology within IKEA’s business.

About this work area

We are a dynamic and visionary team, formed with the bold mission to revolutionize the personalization experience. We understand that providing a seamless, efficient, and captivating journey is crucial for delighting our customers and empowering our co-workers. Join us in shaping the future of personalized content and product recommendations, making every interaction extraordinary and impactful.

We are committed to the bold goal of creating a state-of-the-art recommendation system with IKEAs range of products that supports our vision of digital engagement. You and your team will be instrumental in achieving this goal, positioning IKEA’s recommendation systems at the forefront of the industry.

The Growth & Marketing area is a dynamic and pivotal part of our business, focused on driving engagement and expanding our customer base. By understanding customer needs and market trends, this area ensures that our products and services are not only innovative but also resonate deeply with our audience.

Together with your peers in Growth & Marketing, and other domains, you will co-create and facilitate a comprehensive, omnichannel C-Recs and P-Recs experience that will be provided to our customers and co-workers every day, across the world.

Questions and support? Let's connect!

The role is based in Malmö, Sweden, and you will report to the Product Engineering Manager - Content Management.

In this recruitment there is no relocation support provided by IKEA, hence we're looking for people already living in the mentioned location.

Internal title: Engineering Manager

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they’re 100% “qualified” from “Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified” by Tara Sophia Mohr, August 2014. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

PLEASE NOTE
Please respect that due to GDPR we cannot review any applications coming to us in other ways than through our recruitment system. Our recruitment process is fully digital until the final stages.

We’re looking forward to receiving your application!