Vacant job

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

To foresee and analyze potential short- and long-term impacts of external developments connected to regulations and political, societal, ESG, and geopolitical shifts. Translate these into strategic insights for business decisions and relevant actions. In this role, you enable Ingka to engage early, influence, and contribute to conversations leading to, for example, new or changed legislation, safeguarding conditions for future growth.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Identify early risks and opportunities by systematically scanning and tracking regulatory, policy, trade, geopolitical, and societal developments across the EU and Breakthrough markets, as well as other markets on an as-needed basis. Build and maintain a structured overview of emerging risks and assess how they can impact our operations, expansion, growth plans, and brand positioning.
• Provide forward-looking scenarios and insights to the business. Identify early risks and opportunities by developing clear scenarios to understand potential outcomes and business impacts of suggested or planned legislative changes. Furthermore, translate complex regulatory and policy developments into simple and actionable insights for GM and leadership teams, enabling informed and timely discussions and actions.
• Strengthen and support strategic decision-making (e.g., expansion, investment, restructuring, sustainability commitments) with external risk analysis, stakeholder mapping, and policy impact assessments, ensuring that external realities are taken into consideration.
• Enable proactive Public Affairs engagement by providing timely and relevant insights, analysis, and recommendations needed to influence relevant dialogues. Thereby contribute to the development of the policy agenda in areas critical to Ingka’s growth and IKEA brand trust.

WHO YOU ARE

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 10 years of experience working with external environment analysis, public affairs, regulatory, or geopolitical monitoring in complex organizations.
• Skilled at identifying early risks and opportunities, turning complex external developments into clear, actionable insights for leadership.
• Experienced in developing scenarios, assessing business impacts, and supporting strategic decisions with external risk and stakeholder analysis.
• A structured and collaborative person who connects external realities with business needs, enabling proactive engagement, clear prioritization, and long-term planning.

Open to all
We focus on your competence, not your other prerequisites. We are open to adapting the role or workplace to your needs.