Do you want to help build and develop the Defence's capabilities to protect against drones?

Drones are changing the modern battlefield at a pace rarely seen before. In the Business Area for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Counter UAS (CUAS) we are responsible for ensuring that the Defence always has the right and most relevant drone and counter-drone systems.

We are seeking a new section head who will help drive the development of the Defence's counter-drone capabilities forward. You will become part of a strong professional environment where technology, operational understanding and international cooperation go hand in hand.

About us

The business area purchases, implements, updates and operates drone and counter-drone systems for the entire Defence. We work closely with the Defence, the users, the industry and international partners in NATO, NORDEFCO and EDA. Development is rapid, and you will have the opportunity to shape one of the most significant technological transformations in Danish defence.

You will become part of the business area’s management group, and will report directly to the head of the business area. In the management group we work with a high degree of delegation and trust-based leadership. We expect you to actively participate in our shared leadership task, and to help drive development in our work processes and professional communities.

Travel activity must be expected – to suppliers, industry fairs, international collaborations and visits to Defence units.

About the position

You will be chief of the CUAS Capacity Center and will fill the role of Capacity Center Manager. It is a central management role in the Danish Defence Acquisition and Procurement Agency (FMI), where you lead and coordinate the task solving for the portfolio of counter-drone systems that the capacity center is responsible for.

You will be responsible for both the section’s staff, material budgets and operation of existing capacities, where the daily execution is performed in cooperation with the deputy Capacity Center Manager.

The daily tasks consist of

• Lead the section’s tasks with acquisitions, updates and operation of existing and upcoming systems
• Lead the dialogue and close collaboration with users from all services, suppliers and technical specialists
• Be responsible for ensuring that acquisitions of new and ongoing updates to existing systems keep the portfolio relevant for our operational users
• Support international cooperation and knowledge sharing

You will also need to collaborate across FMI with other capacity centers where there are mutual dependencies, to best support the Defence with CUAS capabilities. For example:

Capacity Center for drones, which supports obtaining target materiel, interceptorsystems and “red-cell” drones that must challenge CUAS systems.

Capacity Center for air defense, which among other things provides the Defence’s mobile CUAS capabilities.

Capacity Center for electronic warfare in terms of coordination and optimization at the interfaces between CUAS and electronic warfare, which involves great complexity.

About you

We imagine that you

• are ready to lead skilled professional specialists through tasks of varying complexity in a time when CUAS is included in more and more solutions.
• prioritize leadership, but at the same time are able to dive curious into modern technology together with your competent staff.
• have good communication skills and can express yourself briefly and unambiguously in Danish as well as English in writing and speaking.
• have technical insight in the area and reasonable IT skills as well as knowledge of the logistical concepts for larger materiel operation and procurement projects.
• work in a structured way.
• are good at building positive relationships.
• are positively inclined to change and can drive development tasks.
• For civilian applicants we place high value on experience from FMI as well as from leadership positions, project management or positions from other government agencies or public authorities.

Employment terms

Employment is in accordance with the currently applicable agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics in the state (Academic Agreement).

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is the possibility for negotiation of allowances. There is an employer-financed pension scheme attached to the position.

Workplace is in Ballerup.

As an employee under the Defence Ministry’s area, you are subject to certain special terms. You must, among other things, be able to obtain security clearance and maintain the clearance throughout the employment.

You have as an employee a duty to perform service outside the country, including at units in international operations with a view to participation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacemaking, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact head of the UAS and Counter UAS business area Anders at mobile 4080 2102.

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment, you are welcome to contact the Personnel Command, HR consultant Rasmus Kunzendorf at mobile 2926 3785 or at [email protected].

The application deadline is 21 October 2026. The start date is 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible. Interviews will be held in weeks 43 and 44.

You apply for the position via the link in the advertisement. Please attach your application, CV and proof of education. Note that attachments can only be submitted in PDF format.

In the Danish Defence Ministry’s organization we believe that diversity optimizes task solving. Therefore we encourage all interested regardless of background to apply for the position.

About the Danish Defence Ministry’s Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse

The Danish Defence Ministry’s Material and Procurement Agency (FMI) is Denmark’s central authority for the armed forces’ and emergency services’ matériel, IT and cybersecurity in peace, crisis and war. We work to ensure that the entire defence is equipped, updated and operational — at a time when the demands for speed and combat power have never been greater. It is us who procure, operate and dispose of matériel and IT for the Army, Navy, Air Force and the rest of the Defence Ministry’s group.

It is our IT staff who daily help prevent the cyberattacks the group is subjected to. We are a diverse organization with about 2,500 employees — civilians and military — spread across the Kingdom.

Application deadline: 21 October 2026

Department: Lautrupbjerg 1-5 2750 Ballerup

Location: Copenhagen area