Head of Department for TEK Economics at the Technical Faculty, University of Southern Denmark

The central financial function at the Technical Faculty (TEK) at SDU plays an important role in supporting the faculty's activities and development. We are seeking a head of TEK Economics who can set a direction, develop professional quality and at the same time create a strong community where employees' competencies come into play.

The Technical Faculty educates engineers and works with some of the most central agendas of our time, including technology, robots, drones, digitalisation and green transition. The financial area plays an important role in securing an overview and the basis for realising the faculty's strategic ambitions.

About the position

At TEK Economics we support the faculty management, institutes and administrative units with financial management, budgeting, controlling, procurement and project economics. The department plays an important role in ensuring a solid economic decision-making basis and actively contributes to the faculty's development and strategic goals.

As department head you will have the daily management responsibility for a department with 24 employees and become part of the management team in Faculty Administration. You report to the secretary-general and will collaborate closely with the other department heads at TEK.

Management with a view to professionalism and the whole

As department head you will be responsible for both personnel and professional leadership of the department's staff. You create clarity about direction, tasks and priorities while supporting good collaboration and knowledge sharing within the department.

You will be responsible for ensuring efficient operations, high quality and coherence in the work and for continuously developing processes, workflows and services, including with a strong focus on how AI, digitalisation and automation can contribute to effective task execution of high quality. You also support the dean's office, institute directors and other leaders with financial analyses and decision basis.

You will furthermore contribute to cross-cutting development and good collaboration with colleagues and leaders across the faculty and the university. You will securely engage in cross-cutting contexts, and especially work well with the central financial function. In particular, it will be relevant that you can operate and act professionally robust in financial processes with senior leadership at both the faculty and SDU.

Who are you?

We imagine that you have a relevant higher education degree and experience with both leadership and professional insight within the financial area.

We especially emphasise that you

• Have experience leading staff, preferably in specialized professional environments
• Can create buy-in and development through inclusive leadership
• Have in-depth knowledge of financial management, budgeting and controlling in complex organisations
• Can translate financial analyses into decision-relevant management information
• Thrive in collaboration across disciplines and organisational units
• Are curious about the possibilities of AI

We offer

A central leadership position with great visibility and significance for the faculty's operations and development. You will have skilled and engaged colleagues in a strong professional environment with a focus on cross-cutting collaboration.

In the Faculty Administration you will be part of a leadership team that values and prioritises collaboration across and finds value in using each other for mutual sparring on both tasks and leadership.

With the position there are opportunities to influence the continued development of TEK's financial function, and not least good possibilities for professional and leadership development.

Contact and application deadline

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting the secretary-general Malene Rask at tel.: 20 37 90 14.

The application deadline is Friday, 6 November 2026 at 23:59:59.

We expect to conduct interviews in week 47.

Employment terms

The position is a permanent full-time appointment of 37 hours per week with expected commencement as soon as possible. There will be meetings and other activities at the university's other campuses and outside normal working hours.

Employment will be in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC.

Salary is set in accordance with the current collective agreement and based on objective and gender-neutral criteria, including the job content, responsibilities and requirements for qualifications. As an applicant you have the right to information about starting salary and the salary range for the position. This information can be obtained in connection with the recruitment process. SDU does not obtain information about applicants' previous salaries.

Applications must include a cover letter, CV and diploma. All documents related to the application should not contain CPR number – if so, the CPR number must be crossed out.

The position can only be applied for via SDU's website – https://www.sdu.dk/da/om-sdu/job-sdu.

All attached files must be in Adobe PDF format.

The cover letter and CV may be a maximum of 5 Mb.

University of Southern Denmark wishes to reflect the surrounding society and therefore encourages everyone, regardless of personal background, to apply for the position.

About SDU

The University of Southern Denmark exists to create value for and with society. Whether our contribution comes in the form of excellent research, innovative solutions, education or learning, we shall make a positive difference for society and contribute to a sustainable future. We do this by nurturing talents and creating the best environments for research and learning. It is therefore essential that SDU retains, develops and recruits talent.

At the same time, we must ensure consistently high quality in all our activities – and that can only be achieved with the right people. It is the university's researchers, teachers, students, leaders and technical-administrative staff who form the foundation for our success.