Project Manager (Range & Product Communication)

Job Description

Your next role 

In your next role, you will be part of IMC, a key creative partner within the IKEA ecosystem. IMC creates communication for all IKEA retailers—always at the lowest cost—combining deep home furnishing knowledge with a strong passion for the IKEA range to develop content that strengthens the brand and inspires growth. 

As a creative partner, IMC delivers content aligned with business priorities and consumer insights, using scalable ways of working to meet both todays and tomorrow’s needs. 

In this role, you will manage and lead a team of Project Leaders within Range & Product Communication. You will be responsible for driving and leading the operational business agenda for range and product communication, people and business development, ways of working, team performance, and overall business results. 

You will set direction and ensure strong project execution across the team, enabling Project Leaders to run projects end-to-end—from brief to delivery—in a structured, insight‑based way. Your focus will be on delivering impactful communication on time, within scope, and within budget. 

Additionally, you will develop and maintain effective and efficient project management frameworks and routines. These will support team success, strengthen collaboration across functions and companies, and improve flow, efficiency, and scalability across ideation, creation, production, and delivery.  

On a typical working day, you will: 

• Lead, coach and develop Project Leaders to deliver projects end-to-end with clear scope, priorities, timelines, and strong execution. 

• Collaborate with stakeholders across functions and companies to align expectations, ensure delivery, and capture learnings for continuous improvement. 

• Drive and continuously improve project management and Range & Product Communication ways of working to increase efficiency, quality and scalability. 

• Connect ideation, creation and production through clear workflows, roles and use of new technology to enable effective collaboration and impactful outcomes. 

• Build team capability and performance through recruitment, coaching and a supportive, inclusive environment, while ensuring cost-efficient, high‑quality delivery aligned with business priorities. 

Qualifications

What we’d like you to bring to the table 

In the role as a Project Manager Range & Product Communication we requires you to have: 

• Strong project leadership experience – confidently leading complex, fast-moving projects and creating clarity, structure, and delivery across multiple streams.
• Proven ability to work in creative, retail, or production environments, managing cross-functional teams from brief to final delivery.
• A continuous improvement mindset – using insights, technology, and learnings to enhance ways of working, efficiency, and collaboration.
• Solid expertise in project management methods, tools, and workflows, especially within content creation and production.
• A natural coordinator – skilled at managing dependencies, timelines, and stakeholder expectations in high-volume environments.
• Understanding of content production and planning, and how strong project leadership drives successful delivery.
• A collaborative and inclusive leadership style, building strong teams through coaching, feedback, and trust.
• Connection to the IKEA brand, values, and ways of working, with an interest in digital tools and innovation within communication and production.

Additional Information

We welcome your application 

We look forward to receiving your application by July 2nd at the latest. Apply by submitting your CV and motivational letter in English.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we might start interviewing early.

If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, or if you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, feel free to contact the Recruiter Matilda Winninge, [email protected]  or Hiring Manager Felicia Asklund, [email protected]  

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organisational changes. For this specific recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in IKEA Marketing & Communication, IKEA of Sweden and Inter IKEA Technology Services AB, provided competence requirements are met for the role.