Information Security Specialist | Inter IKEA Data & Technology Range

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?

With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our information security specialist, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

Your new job

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 and 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!

More specifically, in this role you will

• Lead assessments to support digital product and platform teams to identify and mitigate their information security and data privacy 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.
• 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.

You will work together with 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.
• Other IKEA companies across the globe.

What we’d like you to bring to the table

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 3+ years of relevant knowledge, and hands-on experience in information security, data privacy and IT risk management.
• Have hands-on experience with modern and emerging technologies, such as the major cloud platforms and artificial intelligence.
• Have experience 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.

Be yourself, an Information security specialist and more!

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.

Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.

We welcome your application

As an Information Security Specialist at IKEA you will have the title Security Specialist.

This role is positioned in Älmhult within the Information Security and Data Privacy team in Core Business Range. 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.

Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application.

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Morgan Larsson at morgan.larsson1@inter.ikea.com or Divya Chandrashekar at divya.chandrashekar1@inter.ikea.com. 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 Monaka Perumal at Monaka.perumal@inter.ikea.com

Interested? Submit your CV, in English, by 13th June 2025. We look forward to receiving your application!

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.

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