Product Specialist

Job Summary

Are you passionate about Digital workplace, Employee Communication, collaboration Productivity and how it creates business value Do you enjoy understanding how our tools helps our coworkers with simplified experience and boost productivity Are you someone with a genuine interest in how Communication Collaboration business can be improved through smart use of technology and processes

Are you someone who takes ownership, drives solutions forward, and collaborates across functions to make things happen

If the answer is yes, then keep reading we might have the right role for you!

Our Digital Workplace Communication Collaboration plays a key role in ensuring that Digital Products Services works effectively for the business.

We are now looking for a Product Specialist to take ownership and drive development within this area. In this role, you will ensure that our sub domain supports how we operate within IKEA s technology-process-delivery ecosystem.

You will work closely with Product owners, Engineers, project managers, end-users, and cross-functional teams to understand needs, translate them into solutions, and drive adoption across the organization.

You bring strong communication skills and thrive in both technical and business discussions. You understand how to identify gaps, design solutions, and ensure that systems evolve with the business. Above all, you take ownership, show initiative, and are driven to deliver solutions that create real impact.

What you'll need to have

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Microsoft 365 Products and solutions
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• A proactive mindset with strong ownership and problem-solving ability
• Track record of working in a similar role and delivering impactful results
• Product management
• Microsoft 365 expertise (technical skills)
• Adoption Change
• Analytics Reporting
• Technical skills
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint Online
• OneDrive
• Outlook
• Planner
• Teams Rooms
• Teams Telephony
• Microsoft Project
• Visio
• Viva solutions
• Copilot
• Change management and adoption:
• Prosci/ADKAR concepts (good-to-have)
• Communication planning
• Training design
• Champion networks
• Adoption campaigns
• Resistance management
• Executive sponsorship engagement
• Analytics and reporting:
• Power BI basics
• Adoption reporting
• Usage analytics
• KPI dashboards
• M365 Admin reporting
• Copilot value measurement
• Data storytelling

Role Responsibilities

• As a Product Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring that the Communication Collaboration sub domain delivers value to the business and supports efficient, data-driven decision-making.
• You will take ownership of your area, continuously improving it by aligning capabilities with business needs. You will work hands-on with below key products ensuring solutions support how we actually operate.
• You will collaborate closely with stakeholders across business, Product owners, Partners, project managers, end-users, and cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment and driving adoption.
• This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, where your work directly impacts the delivery of high-quality solutions, technological advancements, and the organizations growth and efficiency.
• To be concrete, you will: Measure, analyze and report on the performance of the Digital Products against business goals and KPIs
• Responsible for all product related analysis, utilizing both customer and product data
• Support the product owner in tactical decision making with analysis results and insights
• Supporting the Product Owner in writing user stories
• To develop extensive knowledge of the stakeholders (Product Manager other business stakeholders) needs and interpret and share that knowledge with the product team, providing context, as needed to ensure what they develop and deliver what is expected
• To test, analyze and validate the actual impact of the product to make sure the product reaches its goals
• Where needed, (and directed by the Product Manager/Owner) work with co-workers to understand and quantify their needs and requirements, ensuring they are included and integrated into the product as needed
• Work cross functional to ensure that the agile team has what is needs and remove blockers that prevent the agile team to maximize the delivery of digital products
• Beyond delivery, we expect you to:
• Take initiative and drive solutions forward independently
• Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams
• Focus on real business value not just delivery
• Continuously improve processes and ways of working
• Ensure solutions are trusted, relevant, and actively used

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