Centers Lease Manager - Malmö/Stockholm

"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

  Kungens Kurva, Malmö

• Employment type

  Full Time Permanent

• Department

  Real Estate & Leasing

• Deadline

  2026-09-15

Candidate profile (title) Who you are

Candidate profile (text) - Default language Are you passionate about the retail property leasing industry and driven by the opportunity to shape spaces that truly excite and inspire people?

You thrive in an environment where curiosity meets commercial insight. With a finger on the pulse of retail trends and consumer behavior, you understand what tomorrow’s customers are looking for and you’re always thinking about how to deliver beyond their expectations. At every step, you keep the local community in mind, striving to create places that feel relevant, vibrant, and inclusive.

As a Leasing Manager, you’re constantly spotting new business opportunities and identifying potential where others might not see it. You’re naturally analytical and proactive, and challenging existing strategies to find smarter ways to work. You’re also energized by innovation, embracing new tools and digital solutions that improve performance and help us grow.

Furthermore, you:

• Bring a solid and relevant experience working with commercial property leasing, preferably shopping centers,
• Have been involved in commercial development projects and repositioning or redevelopment of shopping centres.
• Have a successful track record of leading negotiations and maintaining productive relationships.
• Are a true team player who loves working in close collaboration with colleagues and partners
• Have great communications skills in Swedish and English

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

Key responsibilities (text) As a Leasing Manager at Ingka Centres, you’ll play a key role in our mission to transform traditional shopping centres into vibrant, community driven Meeting Places, by securing the right mix of relevant and inspiring retail partners across our locations in Sweden.

This is more than just a leasing role. It’s a chance to be part of an ambitious journey where we’re rethinking and reinventing how people connect, shop, eat, and spend time together. You’ll help create strong commercial offers that reflect the needs of our visitors and drive synergies between categories, tenants, and local communities.

With your deep understanding of the Swedish property market, you’ll actively monitor trends, property values, and retail structures to ensure we’re always one step ahead. Your ability to build trust and long-term partnerships will be essential, bringing different stakeholders together around a shared vision for our Meeting Places.

If you’re passionate about retail, development of shopping destinations, collaboration, and shaping places that people truly love - this is your opportunity to make an impact.

Additionally, you will:

• Secure short-term and long-term asset development by working with lease premises in existing and future Meeting Place projects,
• Be responsible for negotiating the most favorable conditions for the Meeting Places by preparing a clear feasibility study and negotiations strategy,
• Be involved in projects connected to both existing and future Meeting Places,
• Contribute with input to the budgeting process and to the yearly business plan which forms the foundation for the short-term and long-term strategies of our Meeting Places,
• Analyze and identify the latest trends and deep business insight to ensure those are brought into business planning and negotiations to improve our offer and ensure the offer is consistent and coherent to customer needs,
• Lead and develop strong and long-lasting partnerships with key players, enlarging their presence in Meeting Places and supporting their commercial performance.

In this position, you will be based in Malmö or Stockholm, Sweden. Your manager will be Lisa Löwegren, our Lease Team Leader North Europe.

Team vision ( title) Together as a team

Team vision (text) We’ve embarked on an exciting journey to transform our shopping centres into destinations always anchored by IKEA, and that go way beyond shopping, offering a carefully selected series of activities, events and initiatives tailored to the needs of the communities that surround them. That’s what we call “Meeting Places”.

As a long-term partner of IKEA, we share our vision, our culture and our values, while what makes our businesses different is the way we fulfil our vision. If the idea of IKEA is to create a better life at home, we work hard to create a better everyday life outside of the home by developing virtual and physical Meeting Places where people can meet shop and connect with their communities.

We have big plans for the future that involve expanding to new locations, opening smaller-scale concepts closer to the city centers, digitalization, and most of all, living up to shared sustainability goals. We’re constantly looking for energetic, purpose-led and creative people who’d like to join us on our journey to create Meeting Places around the world.

As a Leasing Manager at Ingka Centres, you will be a part of the Operations domain. The purpose of the Operations domain is to optimize the Meeting Place experience for the many people and deliver sustainable business growth for our Partners and Meeting Places. Moreover, to achieve operational results, drive efficiency improvements and enhance commercial performance and brand value of the Meeting Places.

Sounds exciting? There’s a lot more to know about us! Check out our website, read our stories and try to imagine how you can be part of our team helping us reach our goals!

Let's connect Questions and support? Let's connect!

Let´s connect Perhaps there is something you´re wondering about? For job-specific questions please contact hiring manager [email protected]

Do you have questions about the recruitment process? Please contact recruiter Shivani Gupta, [email protected]

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 15 September 2026

Warmly welcome with your application!

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!