Information Security Specialist

Are you an information security specialist with the capability to both lead and perform operational support in a global context? Are you passionate about securing and protecting information, digital products and platforms against known and emerging threats? Do you have a knack for spotting trends and finding creative solutions to complex problems and want to have fun at work? If so, then come join our team at IKEA! 

About the role 

As Information Security Specialist, you support our digital product and platform teams to manage their information security risks. This involves having regular interactions with teams that work on various digital business-enablers, including digital products that are used by IKEA customers worldwide. You support these teams to identify and mitigate their information security risks, and ultimately actively contribute to protecting trust in the IKEA brand. 

More specifically, in this role you will: 

• Lead assessments to support digital product and platform teams to identify and mitigate their information security risks, such as business impact analyses, digital risk assessments, third party assessments and AI assessments. 

• Advise digital product and platform teams to implement information security controls. You leverage our digital risk control framework, but you are also capable of thinking out-of-the-box and recommend tailored solutions and work side-by-side with the teams to find practical solutions. 

• Develop cyber security training content and facilitate trainings for product and platform teams. 

• Document our engagement with digital product and platform teams to support digital risk management and reporting. 

• Support our processes to ensure that Inter IKEA Group adheres to internal and external (regulatory) requirements and standards (e.g., NIS2, CRA, CER, AI Act, 27001, OWASP).  

• Act as an ambassador of IKEA values, promoting collaboration, innovation, and a positive work culture. 

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Information security is not a one-person job. You will work together with many specialists and leaders across IKEA, including but not limited to: 

• The team’s information security and data privacy leaders to ensure digital risks are managed on the appropriate level and are escalated if needed. 

• Our centralized information security and data privacy capability teams to ensure the digital product and platforms teams that you support leverage available capabilities, such as identity and access management, security monitoring, and disaster recovery. 

• The network of information security and data privacy teams across Inter IKEA Group to standardize and further improve our ways of working. 

• Our IKEA franchisees and other IKEA companies across the globe. 

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This role is positioned within the Franchise and Data Privacy team in Operations Management, part of Inter IKEA Group’s Enabling Functions and reports to the Franchise and Data Privacy team manager. Occasional traveling, mainly to Sweden/Netherlands, will be required to stay connected with Inter IKEA Group’s network of information security and data privacy teams and the digital product and platform teams you support. 

About you 

We do some amazing things at IKEA, therefore we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception! 

You should be able to inspire and mobilize people toward clear objectives, embrace ambiguity, and contribute to building new capabilities. You are curious and able to build relationships to establish strong trust between the information security and data privacy community and its stakeholders. It is also necessary that you carry natural credibility, and you have a proven track record of reaching stretch targets. 

We expect you to: 

• Have 5+ years of relevant knowledge, and hands-on experiences in information security and IT risk management. 

• Have hands-on experience with modern and emerging technologies, such as the major cloud platforms and artificial intelligence. 

• Have experiences navigating in complex global organizations and adaptable in a highly dynamic organization setting. 

• Experience in advising, consulting and guiding business and IT stakeholders on how to handle data securely across its lifecycle from creation and storage to use and disposal. 

• Knowledge of secure coding practices and data protection techniques. 

• Be a natural facilitator and excellent communicator who can engage and motivate stakeholders. 

• Have a pragmatic approach towards problem-solving. 

• Be comfortable with agile methodologies and have experience in a product-oriented organization. 

• Have excellent command of the English language with the ability to cater to non-native audiences. 

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The IKEA culture and values are very much a part of our business and day-to-day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more regarding our values and life at IKEA at www.IKEA.com. 

At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs. At IKEA, we’re all on the same project. 

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know. 

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Jeroen van der Meer jeroen.vandermeer@inter.IKEA.com – team manager Information Security and Data Privacy in the Technology and Platform department of the Enabling Functions at Inter IKEA Group. 

You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with our recruiter Sarah Arshad sarah.arshad@inter.IKEA.com 

Interested? Submit your CV, in English, by 1 April 2025. 

We look forward to receiving your application!