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Lead Partner Manager, IKEA Global Partnerships

London, England, United KingdomFull-time£73k–£104k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Drive strategic alignment and operational growth between Taskrabbit and IKEA across global markets, establishing governance frameworks and introducing innovative touchpoints for customers to discover and book home services.

Role type

Senior IC partnership manager (global strategy & operations)

Builds

Global IKEA partnership programs and customer discovery touchpoints for home services

Domain

Marketplace platform + Retail (IKEA)

Required skills

Global partnership strategy, cross-functional negotiation, localization of global strategy, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, analytical fluency, business development

Preferred skills

Experience in digital marketplace or platform business, retail insight expertise

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Define short, mid, and long-term global strategy and tactics for sustainable, IKEA partnership-driven growth; Negotiate and structure mutually beneficial, high-value IKEA program agreements; Define the business prioritisation of IKEA partnership initiatives including following execution to measurement; Partner with country IKEA partner managers and country/market leadership to localize and deliver global IKEA strategy; Build and manage relationships with senior IKEA stakeholders, proactively identifying and mitigating risk to consistently hit and exceed global IKEA revenue targets; Act as a company-wide resource and subject-matter expert on IKEA and retail insight, sharing best practices and mentoring partner managers across markets

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC