Data Management Specialist | Data & Product | Data Enablement Platform

At IKEA we believe that great data is the foundation for better decisions better experiences and a better everyday life for the many people. 

Were looking for a Data Management Specialist to strengthen our Data Enablement Platform which today is used across the whole Inter IKEA Group. Youll work closely with the Digital Product Leader as part of the product team to make the platform easier to use better connected and more valuable across IKEA. 

Youll be a hands-on specialist for capabilities such as metadata management data catalogue data quality data lineage and governance workflows helping teams find understand trust and use data consistently. This is a role for someone who treats a platform as a product: you care about users adoption feedback and clear value and you enjoy working where data management product thinking and technology meet. 

You will: 

• Act as a product specialist for the Data Enablement Platform supporting the Digital Product Leader and product team in day-to-day product work 
• Work with users data stewards subject matter experts digital product teams and data teams to understand needs pain points and opportunities 
• Support the development configuration and adoption of data management capabilities (data catalogue data quality metadata management etc.) 
• Drive operational hands-on work with data platforms and tools such as Databricks Collibra or similar for example configuring and defining catalogue standards build lineage views and engage in data contract realization. Create and maintain validation rules. Optimizing the products usability to find understand trust and use data consistently. 
• Help teams use the platform consistently through guidance examples training and practical support 
• Contribute to roadmap input backlog refinement OKRs product rituals and user feedback loops 
• Drive knowledge sharing and contribute to common methods standards and best practices across the IKEA data community 

Youre a hands-on data management specialist curious about people business and technology who enjoys making complex things simple and useful. You see metadata quality ownership and governance as enablers of better decisions and more trusted data and you bring a product mindset to platform work balancing structure and governance with simplicity. Youre collaborative take initiative and can move comfortably between practical hands-on work and conversations about future direction. 

Qualifications :

• Strong hands-on experience in data management especially metadata management data catalogue data quality data governance and data lineage 
• Experience with data management platforms and modern data technologies preferably Collibra Databricks or similar 
• Experience working closely with digital product teams preferably within a product operating model 
• Good understanding of data governance information governance and data management practices 
• Experience supporting or improving data quality practices including issue management measurement monitoring or root cause analysis 
• Relevant education or equivalent experience in data technology information management business computer science or a related field 

Nice to have: familiarity with Databricks Unity Catalog Alation Informatica Microsoft Purview data stewardship communities data products data contracts or data marketplaces. 

Additional Information :

This role is full-time (40 hours per week) andwill be based in Malmö. We look forward to receiving your application. Please apply in by submitting your CV. 

For any questions regarding the application please contact  

At IKEA we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the welcome no matter where you come from what you believe and what you look like. We dont even care how you have furnished your home. Were interested in you simply because youre  if your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply believe that peoples different perspectives backgrounds and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs. At IKEA wereall on the same project. If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process just let us know.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time