Cybersecurity Leader

Job Description

We are on a journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing retailer in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things!     

About The Area 

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 an omnichannel world. Inter IKEA is on a journey to strengthen our ability to protect the IKEA brand from cyber risks and threats by developing, enhancing and implementing a set of cybersecurity capabilities.

About The Job  

We are seeking a passionate and skilled Cybersecurity Leader focused on Cyber Threat Intelligence to join our Global Security Operations & Incident Response team at Inter IKEA. Reporting to the Security Operations and Incident Response Manager, you will work with a team of cyber experts to enhance our ability to analyse external and internal threats, and enable a threat led SecOps area. This senior hands-on technical role will allow you to apply your passion, engage with cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve impactful results.

This is a senior technical contributor role that will enable you to deliver brilliant outcomes through your expertise, motivation to learn and collaboration with the team, while being hands-on in working with the latest and greatest cyber solutions.

In this role, you will be responsible for enhancing critical cyber defence capabilities, by setting the direction and operating a cyber threat intelligence function that ensures proactive identification of potential threats to the IKEA value chain and directly focussing adjacent teams like threat hunting and threat detection towards highest likelihood threats.

In the Inter IKEA Cybersecurity area we adopt an engineering mindset to ensure individual services are effective, leverage automation and orchestration, are optimised and interconnected. This is especially relevant with Cyber Threat Intelligence as its true value can only be realised when it is deeply embedded and integrated into cybersecurity processes.

In this role you will also engage in cross-organizational networks, contributing to critical topics like inter-organizational collaboration, Cyber Protect & Prevent, Attack Surface Management and Data Analytics.

About You  

Are you a seasoned cybersecurity expert with a passion for solving complex problems and protecting critical assets? Do you excel in spotting trends and devising innovative security solutions? If so, join our dynamic and collaborative cybersecurity team at IKEA! We're a group of bright, energetic people committed to making sustainable living more accessible for all.

We are looking for a senior Cybersecurity Expert with experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence related topics.

Requirements

Based on organizational requirements, set a strategic direction for IKEA’s Threat Intelligence Program and drive delivery across the following sub areas:

• Brand Monitoring
• Dark Web Monitoring
• Data Leak Detection
• Threat Landscape & Emerging Threat Trends
• Threat Actor Tracking
• Geopolitical Threat Assessment
• Vulnerability Intelligence
• Intelligence Investigations
• Adversary Simulation; Red/Purple Team Support
• Incident Management and Threat Detection support
  
  

Other Required Contributions

Apply an engineering mindset to develop a highly automated and integrated Threat Intelligence process with relevant connections to adjacent cybersecurity services

Foster a close relationship with the SOC and connected cybersecurity service areas, to ensure organizational requirements are understood and that value is delivered to key stakeholders

Drive collaboration with cross functional and cross organizational stakeholders

Enable threat led cybersecurity services

Role

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Demonstrable experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence and connected cybersecurity areas
• Expertise with scripting and query languages commonly used in SecOps environments
• Hands-on experience with Intelligence tools and data management platforms
• Ability to respond to changes and manage uncertainty in a fast-changing organizational environment
• Knowledge of cyber security frameworks and best practices like NIST CSF, MITRE ATTACK, OWASP Top 10
  
  

We believe that you are used to managing highly confidential information and to act with a strict level of integrity and professional discretion. You are comfortable with communicating and explaining security concerns and topics, to persons with and without solid understanding of information technology. With your excellent communication skills, you have the capability to build strong relations with both internal as external stakeholders. 

Additional Information

This role is full-time (40 hours per week) and will be based in Malmö, Sweden or Delft, the Netherlands. Interested? Submit your CV and motivation, in English, by 22-Oct-2025. Please don't hesitate to apply or connect if you have any questions. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Sarah Arshad ([email protected]).

At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers' dreams and needs. At IKEA, we’re all on the same project.

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.