Office Manager for Data & Analysis

• help shape the data- and research-based foundation for the green transition

Do you want to lead a central unit that develops and applies data, technology and research to support future agricultural and natural resource management? And are you motivated by achieving results through leading highly specialized professional environments in an organization with great societal importance?

As Head of Data & Analysis at the Agency for Green Land-Use Change and Water Environment (SGAV) you will play a central role in developing and implementing the green agenda. You will be responsible for five specialized teams with a total of 45 employees and five team leaders, who together deliver data, analyses, technological solutions and research-based knowledge to the agency's mandate tasks.

The portfolio spans broadly – from artificial intelligence, data science and management information to satellite-based control, GIS, digital nature monitoring, research policy and international partnerships.

We are seeking a strategically strong leader who can set the direction for a complex, interdisciplinary unit, create coherence across disciplines and translate new technological and research opportunities into concrete results.

About the position

As Head of Data & Analysis you will have overall responsibility for the unit, which is organizationally placed in the agency's IT department.

Your main task will be to set a shared strategic direction for the five teams and ensure that their diverse areas of expertise collaborate and support the agency's core tasks and strategic priorities.

You will have a broad portfolio with four central focus areas

• Data-driven agency service : From collection and handling of agricultural and environmental data to the implementation of an AI strategy and decision-support reports.
• Advanced control, nature monitoring and GIS : Ensuring precision in the satellite-based control of area-based subsidy schemes, ensuring digital nature monitoring and supporting GIS analyses.
• Research, knowledge and innovation: Leadership of agreements on the research-based agency service and deployment of funds for research and development.
• International collaborations and partnerships: Strategic coordination of international projects and partnerships, including Horizon Europe- partnership Agriculture of Data.

Your leadership duties

As Head of Data & Analysis you must create the best possible framework for your five teams so they can perform at the highest professional level. You need to span a broad range and be able to navigate between agendas from the IT technical to the regulatory control and monitoring work and further to the research area, and be able to frame it for both the directorate and the ministry.

Your primary tasks include

• Contribute significantly to the value chain collaboration around regulation, operation and development of the control of the area-based subsidy schemes under the CAP. Particular emphasis should be placed on developing an optimal control model under the upcoming CAP reform.
• Set the direction for the transition from field-based nature monitoring to digital nature monitoring.
• Ensure high quality in the task execution to support both operation-related tasks and BI deliverables for the measurement of the agency's performance targets.
• Represent the agency in international fora and collaborations on research policy and data-based solutions.
• Create momentum in the development of the technological processes, including AI integration in the agency and further digitization of case handling.
• Strategic leadership and vision for innovative development of a cross-disciplinary unit.

Your profile

We are looking for an experienced leader with strategic vision, strong collaborative skills and a solid understanding of the fields gathered in Data & Analysis.

You have experience in leading managers and delivering results through highly specialized staff. You do not need to be a specialist in all of the unit's fields, but you must have enough professional insight to ask the right questions, challenge solutions and set the direction for development.

We are seeking a person who possesses

• Solid leadership experience: You have experience in leading managers and can lead specialists, motivate cross-disciplinary teams and navigate a complex organizational structure.
• Strategic and analytical overview: You can translate complex data into a decision basis and ensure good delivery of the research-based agency service.
• Technical understanding and research overview: You have knowledge of GIS, data management, AI, use of satellite data and familiarity with the research-based agency service.
• International outlook: You thrive in an environment with international partnerships and can act politically/strategically across borders.
• Communicative strength: You can collaborate broadly within the agency and contribute with control, data and research perspectives across the agency and externally. And you communicate freely whether you speak with programmers, researchers or decision-makers.

We offer

You will have the opportunity to become part of a central agency that plays a decisive role in one of the largest societal transitions in Denmark in these years: the green transition of the Danish landscape.

You will be part of an organization with ambitions, complex mandate tasks and a high professional level. At the same time, you will have the opportunity to influence how data, technology and research should support the future development of nature and farming.

With us you get

• A key position with great influence on how data and research are used in Danish nature and agricultural policy.
• An challenging and dynamic working environment with high professionalism.
• Opportunity to shape the future digital infrastructure in the agency.
• Close cooperation with the agency's other leadership and central partners.

The Agency for Green Land-Use Change and Water Environment employs about 1,600 staff and is organizationally anchored in the Ministry of Nature and Animal Welfare. The agency has offices across the country with the largest locations in Copenhagen, Odense, Augustenborg and Tønder.

Employment terms

Employment is governed by the framework agreement on contract employment of managers in the state in salary group 1.

The position is filled on a six-year fixed-term appointment with the possibility of extension for a further three years. There is the possibility of negotiating supplements depending on qualifications.

Contact

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Deputy Director Emil Verdier Hamberg at telephone 20 11 64 47.

You can read about the Agency for Green Land-Use Change and Water Environment at www.sgav.dk .

Application

Apply for the position by sending an application including CV and diploma online in our recruitment system (click on ”Apply for position”) no later than November 22, 2026 .

Please note that tests may be part of the recruitment process