Product Owner- Total Rewards

"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

Location

Bengaluru

Employment type

Full Time Permanent co-worker

Department

IT & Digital Solutions

Deadline

2026-07-15

Mobility support

Domestic

Candidate profile (title) Who you are

Candidate profile (text) - Default language Are you passionate about Total Rewards and how it creates a comprehensive offer for co-workers? Do you enjoy understanding how systems, processes, and workflows connect end-to-end? Are you someone with a genuine interest in how to improve through a smart combination of technology and processes? If yes - keep reading, this might be your next role!

We are looking for a Product Owner to join our Total Rewards team. You will play a key role in shaping and maintaining our Total Rewards area.

We believe you bring:

Strong knowledge of HR domain and HR processes and systems – SAP SuccessFactors, ADP Global View, Benefits, Variable Pay

Experience in data standardization - data models, consistency, and quality

Experience owning and communicating a product roadmap, with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

The ability to identify gaps in data pipelines and translate them into clear use cases for engineering teams

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills - you can bridge business, data, and technology

5–6 years of experience in a similar role within HR Tech and product-oriented environments

Proven experience in collaboration driven outcome

Strong communication and visualization skills

Key responsibilities (title) A day in your life with us

Key responsibilities (text) As a Product Owner in the Total Rewards team, you will play a key role in ensuring that our products across the Total Rewards landscape (Success Factor, Global View, Benefix, as well as in-house built systems) delivers value to the business and supports efficient, data-driven decision-making.

You will take ownership of the area, continuously improving it by aligning capabilities with business needs. You will work hands-on with roadmap tools and jira, ensuring solutions support how we actually operate.

You will collaborate closely with stakeholders across the bigger platform area, ensuring alignment and driving adoption.

This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, where your work directly impacts our many co-workers.

This means that you will:

Own the overall Total Rewards area end-to-end in a product perspective

Translate business needs into solutions, workflows, and improvements

Identify gaps between capabilities and business needs, and define solutions

Work with various needs, requests and non-functional requirements and consolidate into a product backlog

Collaborate with our global business organization, center of excellence as well as our config- and engineering teams

Support planning, prioritization, and backlog work

Ensure structured and reliable data/process flows

Drive adoption by ensuring solutions are practical and user-friendly

Manage stakeholders proactively and ensure alignment

Continuously improve processes, usage, and quality

Team vision ( title) Together as a team

Team vision (text) You will work in Group Function Digital Area. The Digital Area – Group Functions is a new area built to strengthen digital partnership and delivery across all Group Functions and Global Business Operations (GBO). We develop and deliver digital capabilities across key areas like Finance, People & Culture, Procurement, Legal, Business Risk & Compliance, Communications, Real Estate, Business Steering in Ingka's global organisation.

You will be part of a team that is leading the Total Rewards digital solutions - with a clear vision: to bring our Total Rewards solutions to our many co-workers.

We are a team that believes in:

Being data driven in our approach and decisions

Collaborate between people and teams in a pragmatic and open way

Continuously learn and improve – the landscape is evolving and so are we

Transparency - we communicate our roadmap clearly and hold ourselves accountable to it

IKEA has long been a global leader in home furnishing. We are proud of our vision to improve the everyday life of the many people. But our industry is quickly changing, and we need to adapt to stay competitive.

We see so many opportunities for what we can accomplish and have the ambition to be a world-class team. At the same time, we believe that our work is not just about building models, but also about learning and having fun together.

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

Living our values

Being your unique self, while respecting and including others

A passion for home furnishing

Performing & delivering while learning & developing

Having fun!