About the job
About the Role
As the Platform Manager for Public Cloud, you will steer our cloud platform domains to ensure they operate efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively, all while adhering to IKEA standards. With a strong focus on performance and compliance, you will guarantee that our public cloud platforms provide reliable foundations for a multitude of digital solutions across IKEA.
Your Responsibilities Include:
Platform-as-a-Product: You will manage our cloud capabilities as a product, measuring success by the speed and autonomy of the engineering teams utilizing them.
Automated Guardrails: You will champion the transition towards Policy-as-Code, replacing manual compliance checks with automated, seamless guardrails that ensure security by default.
Collaborating across our technology and platform networks, you will unify the needs of various stakeholders into a cohesive vision. You will effectively communicate roadmaps and activity plans in an engaging manner, raise awareness of platform capabilities, and foster the adoption of standardized tools and processes. Additionally, you will cultivate strong relationships with our suppliers, ensuring that contracts, governance, and collaboration align with IKEA's operational ethos.
Leading teams is a significant aspect of your role. You will nurture high-performing, inquisitive teams with the skills necessary for today and tomorrow. By focusing on competence development, succession planning, and fostering an innovative mindset, you will create an environment where teams can excel. You will also oversee budget planning, monitor costs, and optimize expenditures. By promoting DevOps practices, automation, and enhancing the developer experience, you will help reduce delivery cycles and simplify workflows for engineering teams across IKEA.
About You
You bring together technical expertise with a product leadership mindset. You recognize that an exceptional cloud platform should facilitate developers while ensuring total resilience. You embody IKEA values, cultivating a high-performing team that takes full ownership of the platform’s success.
Your Expertise Includes:
Landing Zone Automation: You treat infrastructure as software to establish a consistent, global foundation.
Policy-as-Code (OPA): You leverage technology to empower safe, decentralized decision-making.
Developer Experience (DevEx): You are passionate about reducing delivery cycles alongside the DevEx platform team, making life simpler for engineering teams.
You possess a strong understanding of IKEA's franchise system and its operational dynamics.

