Agile Delivery Lead (Scrum Master/Agile Coach), SCD
We are now looking for a senior Agile Delivery Lead in Procurement Development (IKEA Supply) that will support our digital development teams to be the best they can be!
In the role as Agile Delivery Lead (outside Inter IKEA known as Scrum Master/ A), you will lead, coach, motivate and influence teams and individual team members in a complex and sometimes challenging environment where we strive to find simple and efficient solutions to complex challenges for IKEA. When navigating the complex challenges, you will have the chance to make complex things simpler and more understandable for the many. You will be responsible for the adoption of lean and agile principles, so teams are effective in achieving its purpose, creating, and delivering customer and business value to IKEA, by facilitating and coaching agile ways of working in an environment of transformation.
What about the team? You will work on digital product area level connected to several product and platform teams where you will be sharing your knowledge of agile (scrum) methodology, including key events and artefacts. You will be facilitating collaboration and alignment between teams to secure engagement around shared business objectives. You will coach and mentor more junior Agile Delivery Leads and contribute to improving our agile maturity and practices as a capability area in totality. With strong problem-solving skills and with your ability to navigate through blockers and obstacles you continuously improve and shape the agile approach to suit the team and context, step-by-step and day by day.
This role will also include, but not be limited to:
- Coach and empower several digital product teams to work smarter, collaborate better, and deliver value with clarity and flow.
- Guide teams and leaders in agile principles, ways of working and continuous improvement.
- Remove obstacles, improve team dynamics, and connect the dots across products and platforms.
- Support more junior Agile Delivery Leads and help mature our agile capability area.
- Make work visible, build trust, and create momentum — always with the IKEA values at heart.
Qualifications
We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply Chain therefore, we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception. You will be a key player in our agile journey.You get to shape how we work, influence multiple teams, and contribute to a world‑class supply chain — in a culture where trying, learning and ‘good mistakes’ are part of everyday life.
We are looking for somebody with a passion for how to work and create value in agile teams, with energy to simplify ways of working! We see that you are highly driven by people and business development and constantly being on the way. You dare to think differently, and you have an agile approach and adapt as we go.
You have a high interest and experience in agile practices, and you can use them wisely to develop group dynamics in teams. You can meet teams where they are and support and challenge them by guiding, coaching, and empowering them to be the best they can be - together! To do this you use your experience and high engagement in team development in a digital context. This way you lead and support our business through people as well as collaborate and interact with different stakeholders both within and outside our department. You are strong in managing changes and have interpersonal skills with the ability to build trustful relationships with colleagues of different seniority levels across the organization and across countries.
We also see that you are:
- An experienced agile leader (10+ years) who knows how to navigate complexity with calm, curiosity and confidence.
- Skilled in coaching teams, leaders, and product people in a digital product environment.
- Great at building relationships across cultures, levels and competencies.
- Energized by simplifying ways of working and turning challenges into opportunities to learn.
- Knowledgeable of IT/Software development practices and execution
- Experienced in digital product-oriented approach in a large international company.
- Excellent in stakeholder management and communication
Last but not least, you are not afraid of making mistakes when you and we try our way forward in this exciting world of opportunities! At IKEA you will be surrounded by talents, who are eager to learn and develop and where a mistake is seen as an opportunity to learn and grow. Come do some “good” mistakes together with us!
Additional Information
We look forward to receiving your application in English and we only handle application sent in via our recruitment system. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. This position is a permanent role and is based in Älmhult, Sweden.
We look forward to receiving your application no later than 3 Mar. 2026.
For more information about the position, please contact the Competence Hub Development Manager, Sanna Norlander at sanna.norlander1@inter.ikea.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at katie.pettersson2@inter.ikea.com.