Lead Partner Manager, IKEA Global Partnerships

📋 Description

• Define the short, mid, and long-term global strategy and tactics for sustainable, IKEA
• Negotiate and structure mutually beneficial, high-value IKEA program agreements with
• Define the business prioritisation of IKEA partnership initiatives including following execution to
• Partner with country IKEA partner managers and country/market leadership to localize and deliver
• Build and manage relationships with senior IKEA stakeholders, proactively identifying and
• Act as a company-wide resource and subject-matter expert on IKEA and retail insight, sharing best

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of Commercial, Business Development, or Partnership experience in a leadership capacity
• Demonstrated success operating across multiple countries/geographies
• Hands-on experience in a digital marketplace or platform business
• Ability to influence sideways, upwards across multiple internal and IKEA stakeholders
• Resilience and tactical approach to working with a large multiple national partner
• Strong analytical fluency — able to interpret cross-country performance data and translate it into

🎁 Benefits

• Hybrid company: flexibility and choice with regular in-person connection
• Surrounded by talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams
• Diverse culture: women make up half of leadership team, diversity representation above tech
• Employer-paid health insurance and 401k match with immediate vesting (for US employees)
• Generous and flexible time off with 2 company-wide closure weeks
• Taskrabbit product stipends