Digital Risk & Compliance Leader| Operations Management

We are looking for an enthusiastic Digital Risk & Compliance leader to work in our Digital Risk & Compliance team in Operations Management. This position is full time and is located in Delft, The Netherlands. 

As a Digital Risk & Compliance Leader, you will help Inter IKEA manage digital risks and drive continuous improvement of its digital eco-system. A key part of your work will be identifying relevant risks, connecting business processes, and coordinating implementation of required measures, ensuring effective preparedness and enabling both technical and organizational resilience across the value chain. 

About us 

We do things a little differently. We think differently, act differently and work differently. We like to break things; like rules – and then make things; like music-playing lamps. Even plant balls that help us look after our planet. It’s all part of our vision - to create a better everyday life. 

We want to become an even more affordable, sustainable and accessible home furnishing retailer. We bring business and data & technology together to improve how we work and meet customers and enable us to focus on creating value, so we can continuously improve and scale IKEA, together with our partners and customers. 

IKEA Operations Management builds up, delivers, serves and supports shared data and technology for the IKEA value chain. Together we build a digital foundation to enable our core business partners and franchisees to work more efficiently and create a rewarding customer experience in a digitally connected world. 

Another thing fueling our success is our values-based culture. While we are unique individuals with endless differences, something we share is our commitment to lead by example, work together, find better ways and to get things done. We believe in life-long learning, where we all play a part in helping each other (and our business) grow.  

About the role 

In this role you will focus on managing Digital risks across IKEA value chain, making sure that these are identified, assessed and treated according to agreed risk appetite. You will also lead programs to manage these risks and drive continuous improvement of our digital environment, making sure that it stays compliant with our internal information policies and external demands. 

More specifically, in this role you will: 

• Contribute to defining and rolling-out Digital risk management approach, roadmaps and ways-of-working across IKEA. 

• Drive Digital risk management processes including facilitation of the risk assessment workshops and conducting reporting activities. 

• Identify good examples to ensure commonalities and uniformities on how to manage Digital risks. 

• Drive continuous verification activities to make sure that agreed controls stay effective and efficient. 

• Enable continuous improvement of the Digital environment. 

• Support the implementation of technical and organisational measures and driving programs to manage Digital risks and to ensure compliance with internal information policies, as well as with applicable data protection laws and regulations. 

• Maintain an always available outlook on the Digital risk landscape and state of compliance of our Digital environment. 

• At any time, act as an ambassador of IKEA values and role model for fact-based business leadership. 

• Contribute to professional and long-term relationship with franchisees and other IKEA companies through IKEA way of doing business, based on co-operation, trust and transparency. 

In this role you will work closely with Information Security and Data Privacy Leaders, Service Management & Operations leaders, Digital engineers, Legal and Risk & Compliance stakeholders across Inter IKEA Group. Travels, mainly to Sweden, will be required. 

About you 

We do some amazing things at IKEA, therefore we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception! 

We are looking for a visionary, pragmatic and adaptable leader with hands-on experience in Digital risk management who is able to inspire and mobilize people towards clearly set objectives. You like to deal with ambiguity and want to contribute to build new capabilities. You are curious and able to build relationships in order to establish strong trust with 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 a very good knowledge about concepts, methodologies and frameworks to manage information security, data privacy risks and other risks in Digital. 

• Hold relevant Digital risk management certifications (CRISC or similar). 

• Have at least 5 years of experience in defining and implementing Digital risk management strategies in international matrix environment. 

• Have hands-on experience in implementing technical and organizational capabilities to manage Digital risks and strengthen organizational resilience. 

• Have a very good knowledge about business processes, information technologies with a specific focus on IT business continuity concepts, methodologies, frameworks and ways-of-working. 

• Have a practical experience in establishing and running third party risk management programs complex organizational structures. 

• Be a natural facilitator who is capable to enable risk-based decisions and nurture risk-aware culture. 

• Have practical experience dealing with (IT) auditing activities. 

• Be consistent, attentive to details, fact-based and data-driven. 

• Be comfortable with agile methodologies and have an experience in a product-oriented organisation. 

• Have capabilities to break down complex information, organise it, and present it in a clear and engaging way. 

The IKEA culture and values are very much a part of our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more regarding our values and life at IKEA at www.ikea.com  

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Roman Nesterov [email protected] – IT Risk and Compliance manager at Inter IKEA.  

You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Leader – Kimberley Vermeeren [email protected]. 

Interested? Please send your CV and don’t forget to attach a cover letter by 23 March 2026, telling us why you would be a good fit for this role. 

Should you need accommodation during recruitment, please let us know.   

We look forward to receiving your application!