Platform Manager - Cloud Strategy & Team Leadership

Ikea; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

IKEA is seeking a Platform Manager based in Malmö to own and drive platform strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management. You will lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with technology and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, cost-efficient platforms.

The role focuses on modernization, cloud-native migrations, and governance to enable IKEA's data integrations and services across the business. You will influence decisions that impact our products and customers globally.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of platforms, architecture and service management.
• Experience with cloud platforms, automation, DevOps and modern engineering.
• End-to-end digital product development and operations insight.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing technical teams.
• Platform lifecycle management including performance, security and cost.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence across functions.
• Comfortable in complex environments with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the assigned platform, ensuring performance, availability, security, compliance and cost efficiency.
• Lead and develop cross-functional technical teams through coaching, goal setting and competence development.
• Develop, define and maintain platform vision, strategy and roadmap aligned with enterprise and business strategies.
• Manage platform budgets, costs, forecasts and optimization initiatives.
• Oversee supplier relationships, contracts, service reviews and governance activities.
• Ensure lifecycle management of platforms, including technology decisions, financial governance and continuous improvement.
• Lead modernization initiatives, such as migration to cloud-native and integrated platform solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across technology and platform networks to align capabilities with business needs.
• Communicate platform roadmap progress, priorities and business value to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

Platform management

Cloud platforms

DevOps

Stakeholder management

Budget governance

Supplier management

Cross-functional leadership

Architecture awareness

Cost optimization

Platform lifecycle

Job description

IKEA is seeking a Platform Manager based in Malmö to own and drive platform strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management. You will lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with technology and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, cost-efficient platforms.

The role focuses on modernization, cloud-native migrations, and governance to enable IKEA's data integrations and services across the business. You will influence decisions that impact our products and customers globally.