Section Chief for the Defence's Section for Data Projects and Delivery

Do you want to help ensure professional execution of the Defence's central data- and AI-projects and play a key role in the digital and operational transformation ?

The Defence and NATO are in the midst of a time-critical digital and operational transformation. Therefore, the Danish Defence Acquisition and Procurement Agency (FMI) is driving a group-wide digital transformation that shall provide the digital foundation for future defence.

An important element here is the establishment of common data capabilities that will make the Defence more data-centric and create the basis for better use of data and AI. This places high demands on the delivery of complex projects, where technical, organizational, economic and security considerations must go hand in hand.

We are therefore seeking a head of section for the Data Projects and Delivery section in the Division of Data, IT and Governance.

About us

The Division of Data, IT and Governance plays a central role in the data-centric transformation of the Defence and works closely with authorities across the Defence Ministry’s group, including the Defence Command and a number of professional domains.

We work with data strategy, data governance, data platforms and large data and AI projects. A central initiative is the establishment of the Defence group-wide data platform, which shall support secure and efficient sharing and use of data across the organisation.

With us you will meet high professionalism, short decision paths and an environment where quality, security and responsible technology use are fundamental principles.

The position

As head of section for Data Projects and Delivery you will play a central role in ensuring professional and consistent execution of the office’s major projects and deliveries—from decision and planning to implementation and handover.

The section is responsible for project and delivery closure in the data area and must ensure progress, coherence and transparency in a portfolio of technically and organizationally complex initiatives.

The position is primarily a professional and cross-functional leadership role, where you must set the direction for project delivery, create an overview and ensure progress through collaboration with project managers, technical professional environments, suppliers and management across the organisation.

A substantial part of the responsibility is to ensure that larger IT projects are carried out in accordance with state requirements for project management, decision basis and grant processes. This includes, among other things, cooperation with the State IT Council as well as preparation of material for ministerial decision processes and submission of case materials to the Folketing Committee on Finance.

It requires organizational impact and the ability to achieve results in a complex and politically steered organisation where projects are often dependent on decisions, resources and deliveries outside one’s own organizational area of responsibility.

Your key tasks will be to

• Ensure professional and successful delivery of the office’s major data and AI projects with a focus on progress, economy, quality and realization of benefits.
• Ensure governance of the project portfolio, including plans, resources, risks, dependencies and deliveries.
• Ensure compliance with the state’s project model and relevant requirements for the governance of larger public IT projects, including cooperation with the State IT Council.
• Understand and coordinate the preparation of decision material, including material for the State IT Council and preparation of case materials for the Folketing Finance Committee.
• Ensure professional project governance, steering committee support, supplier and contract management, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate cross-cutting deliveries and ensure coherence between project execution, benefits realization and transition to operations and management.
• Further develop common project methods and governance principles with a focus on a pragmatic, efficient and results-oriented approach to project delivery.

About you

You have solid experience with project and program management from larger public IT or digitalisation projects and are used to working in the intersection of technology, organisation, economy and leadership.

We place particular emphasis on your ability to document concrete results from successful delivery of larger public IT projects, and that you have practical experience with the special governance, funding and decision processes characteristic of larger state IT projects.

You know that successful project delivery requires more than plans and reporting. It is about creating common direction, ensuring clear decisions, handling dependencies and getting different professional areas and stakeholders to work toward the same goal.

You thrive on taking responsibility for complex tasks and creating progress, even when the framework is developing and when results depend on cross-organisational collaboration.

Specifically we emphasise that you have

• A relevant advanced education.
• Solid and verifiable experience with successful delivery of larger public IT projects, including responsibility for project governance, economy, risks and deliveries.
• Practical experience with the State IT Council, including risk assessments, project basis and follow-up on larger state IT projects.
• Experience with preparing and presenting case materials and the associated decision and approval processes.
• Experience with project and program management in complex, politically steered organisations.
• Experience with project governance, steering committee support, supplier and contract management and preparation of decision proposals for management.
• An analytical and structured way of working and the ability to create overview, prioritise and ensure progress across many concurrent activities.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to create collaboration and results across disciplines and organisational units.
• Experience with professional leadership and creating results through collaboration and organisational impact.

It is an advantage if you also have

• Experience with data, AI or platform projects and an understanding of the particular challenges of technically complex deliveries.
• Familiarity with the Defence Ministry’s group, Defence operational tasks or NATO cooperation.
• Experience with larger public procurements and complex supplier collaborations.

We offer

• A central professional leadership role with responsibility for delivering some of the Defence’s significant data and AI initiatives.
• Opportunity to shape project and delivery management in an area of great importance to the Defence's digital and operational transformation.
• Close collaboration with management, project managers, technical specialists and external suppliers.
• A professionally strong environment in a division with high strategic importance and close collaboration between civilian and military staff.
• Great influence on your own tasks and the opportunity to contribute to a professional, pragmatic and results-oriented project culture.

Employment terms

If you are an academic, you are employed in accordance with the current agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organisations for academics in the state (Academic Agreement).

If you have an office-related education or another relevant education, you are employed in accordance with the current Common Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organisation – The State Sector (OAO-S common agreement) and the collective agreement for office staff, laboratory technicians and IT staff.

Depending on your qualifications and competences, there is an opportunity for negotiated supplements. The position includes an employer-funded pension scheme.

The workplace is in Ballerup.

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

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

Contact and application

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Head of Data and Information Architecture Tom Taul Bjerre at +45 6134 1924.

If you have questions about salary and employment terms, you can contact HR consultant Mia Nordbeck Carlsson at +45 3266 5716.

The application deadline is 19 November 2026 and interviews will be held on an ongoing basis. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

You apply for the position via the link and we ask you to attach your application, CV and copies of your diploma. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

The Defence Ministry’s organisation believes that diversity optimises 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 Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse (FMI) is an agency under the Danish Defence Ministry.

FMI is responsible for the Defence and Civil Contingencies’ material, IT and cyber security as a whole. It is us who procure, operate and dispose of materiel and IT for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Arctic Command, Special Operations Command, Home Guard, the Danish Emergency Management Agency and the rest of the Defence Ministry’s group. In addition, our IT staff assist daily in resisting the cyberattacks faced by the Defence Ministry’s group. We are about 2,500 employees (3/4 civilians – 1/4 military) spread across the kingdom, with main offices in Ballerup, Brabrand and Hvidovre.