Platform Manager (End-user Computing) | Technology & Platform

About the role 

Were looking for a Platform Manager who wants to solve meaningful realworld challenges that help make life at home better for the many. Join us on our journey as we strengthen and evolve our technology platforms and digital services to enable safe reliable and sustainable experiences across IKEA. 

As Platform Manager for End-user computing you lead a dedicated team responsible for the foundational hardware and client platforms that our co-workers rely on every day. You dont just manage inventory; you lead the evolution of our global client fleet and print services into a high-scale enablement model. You take full end-to-end accountability for the performance security and lifecycle of our diverse hardware landscapeincluding Windows Macs phones tablets and rugged devicesand the mission-critical print infrastructure throughout our offices distribution centres and stores. 

You treat End-user computing services as products where success is measured by the stability security and ease of use for the co-worker regardless of their device or location. Driving the shift toward cloud-managed environments and ensuring that our mobility solutions and rugged devices are secure and ready for the demands of the value chain.  You take ownership of technology choices hardware standards and financial governance to ensure our foundation is cost-efficient sustainable and future-ready. 

Collaboration is central to your way of working. You partner with co-workers across technology and business networks to align capabilities with real needs clearly communicating roadmaps and priorities. You also coordinate crossunit dependencies and help strengthen shared processes tools and ways of working across IKEA. 

As a leader you build and develop highperforming teams with the right competence for today and tomorrow. You own the budget for your area ensuring responsible planning and cost optimisation. You also manage suppliers and contracts in a way that supports our ways of working and delivers value for IKEA. Through your leadership our enduser computing platforms remain simple secure and ready for the many coworkers who rely on them. 

About you 

You bring a strong understanding of how foundational client technologies support the everyday needs of a global organization. You combine technical depth in client engineering with a strong product leadership mindset. You understand that the best platform is one that is stable secure and requires minimal manual intervention whether its a laptop in an office a phone in the store or a rugged device in a warehouse. You understand modern management for a mixed fleet of Windows Mac and portable hardware like smartphones tablets PoS rugged mobile devices and various other endpoints. You understand the importance of managing the complexity of print infrastructure across offices and distribution centres as a modern automated platform. 

You have handson experience across IT service operations release management and endtoend digital product development. Frameworks like TOGAF ITIL Lean Agile and DevOps are familiar to you and you stay curious about emerging technologies and market trends. Youre mindful of security privacy compliance and risk integrating them naturally into your decisions to create resilient and reliable platforms. 

As a peoplecentred leader you develop highperforming teams grow competence and guide others through change with clarity. You collaborate easily with stakeholders across the IKEA network supported by strong communication organisational skills and the ability to bring structure in complexity. Budget management and cost optimisation are part of how you deliver balancing longterm direction with simple and effective execution. 

You thrive in a fastchanging environment and bring a growth mindset exploring learning and sharing better ways forward. You take initiative drive results and feel energised by improving platforms that make work easier for the many coworkers. Above all you lead with IKEA values at the heart using technology to enable a better everyday life for the many. 

To be successful in this role the following knowledge skills and experiences would be valuable: 

• Strong understanding of platforms architecture and technology ecosystems across cloud onprem and hybrid environments including DevOps automation software engineering principles and Modern Endpoint Management (Intune/Jamf). 

• Experience with Virtual Desktop solutions (VDI/DaaS) and broader Digital Workplace technologies with the ability to integrate them into scalable and secure platform strategies. 

• Expertise in Modern Endpoint Management across Windows Mac and various portable hardware and for example point of sales devices. 

• Experience with global print infrastructure in complex environments (Offices DCs and more) integrating it into a scalable as-a-service model. 

• Proven experience in owning a platform domain including strategy budget (FinOps) and operational excellence. 

• Experience applying platform-as-product principles to drive high reliability and a frictionless user experience. 

• Experience managing global vendors and diverse hardware pools to ensure long-term value and sustainability for IKEA. 

• An automated-first approach to risk prevention patching and compliance within a mixed client and mobility landscape. 

Above all to thrive at IKEA you should lead with our values and enjoy working in a culture built on togetherness simplicity cost-consciousness and a drive to always find better ways.

About us 

At IKEA we think and work differently. We challenge old patterns and create new solutions whether thats a music-playing lamp or plant-based food thats better for the planet. Our vision is simple: to create a better everyday life for the many people.  

In Technology and Platform we support the whole organisation by providing reliable technology and digital platforms that are easy to use and built for the future. By working closely with others across IKEA we turn technology into real value and support ongoing transformation.  

Additional Information :

This is a full-time positionlocatedin either Malmö or role reports into the Platform Area Manager Core Infra and Compute Platforms and belongs to the Technology and Platform area within Operations Management. It is an enabling function with the core assignment to lead develop andmaintainthe common foundation for how Inter IKEA works across the value chain.  

Interested Submit your CV by 18th March 2026. 

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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. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time