Product Owner, Co-worker Listening
IKEA
About the Role
- Drive the Listening area within the Digital Workplace Domain.
- Shape the product roadmap, drive daily business, operational excellence, and continuous improvement of the service.
- Create value and support improvements across key co-worker journeys through listening capabilities.
- Turn business needs into impactful digital solutions that create a better everyday work life for co-workers.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and drive the product roadmap, priorities, and backlog for the Listening area.
- Gather, analyse, and translate business requirements into epics, user stories, and Jira tasks.
- Manage and prioritize the product backlog and support agile ceremonies.
- Drive stakeholder engagement and align business needs with technical solutions.
- Partner closely with the engineering community to drive daily operations, service improvements, and vendor coordination.
- Enable feedback and insights that support improvements across key co-worker journeys.
- Support vendor evaluations, contract creation, contract renewals, and financial management.
- Monitor product performance, adoption, and business value realization.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Experience working as a Product Owner or in a similar product management role.
- Strong experience in requirement gathering, backlog management, and stakeholder management.
- Experience translating business requirements into Jira stories and tasks.
- Ability to analyse business needs and transform them into digital solutions.
- Experience working closely with developers and vendors.
- Knowledge of SaaS products and service management.
- Experience supporting procurement, vendor selection, and contract-related activities.
- SAP Ariba and Vendor Management Systems is preferred.
- Survey platforms or employee listening solutions is preferred.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- A passion for creating value for co-workers and improving their digital experience.
Team Context
- Part of the Digital Workplace Domain, enabling a better everyday work life through modern digital experiences and services.
- Mission: Understand co-worker needs, continuously improve their experience by turning feedback and insights into meaningful actions.
- Work alongside the System Engineer, focusing on product direction, business priorities, stakeholder needs, and roadmap direction.
- The System Engineer ensures the technical foundation, operational excellence, security, compliance, and governance.
