Strategic Security Coordinator for Digital Health Denmark

Do you want to help secure the Danish health sector by steering and leading cyber initiatives across the sector and Digital Health Denmark?

Then here is a unique opportunity to make a difference for citizens and the health sector.

An organization on the path to something new

The Health Data Agency will from 2027 become part of Digital Health Denmark together with sundhed.dk, MedCom and a number of shared national IT tasks from the regions. Digital Health Denmark will become a nationwide organization that will strengthen the digital development and ensure better coherence in the health system.

The organization must ensure a common direction, better use of health data and development of digital solutions that support citizens and healthcare professionals across the country. The establishment means new colleagues, collaborations and opportunities in a strong professional community

About us

Our Department of Cyber and Information Security has three main areas of responsibility and sections. The section you will be employed in is Cyber and Resilience in the Health Sector, where our core areas are working with the cyber- and information security strategy as well as resilience and emergency preparedness. The Operational Cybersecurity Section houses the health sector’s operational cybersecurity unit and the Security Operations Center for Digital Health Denmark.

Last but not least, the Information Security Section is responsible for driving and implementing cyber-, information security and resilience in Digital Health Denmark.

Your tasks

If you are passionate about structuring initiatives and coming up with solutions, breaking down strategy into work packages, translating plans into deliverables and handling various stakeholders and their differences, you now have the opportunity to test and develop your skills. You will work in a broad stakeholder landscape across the health sector and the Health Data Agency.

Your primary tasks

• Take responsibility for your own initiatives and operations as well as contribute to solving other tasks that strengthen cyber- and information security.
• Join as a lead in a group that handles concrete initiatives and operations across the health sector and internally in the organization.
• Ensure, together with other leaders, that tasks are broken down, coordinated and followed up, including on deliverables and deadlines.
• You will be part of a strong professional environment, with exciting tasks, where you can put your mark on the development of cyber- and information security work. This applies both within the organization and in the health sector. You will be part of a department of about 40 employees and managers, and you will be part of an informal, dynamic and social work environment with engaged and skilled colleagues.

Your personal qualifications

You thrive in a busy and multidisciplinary daily life, where urgent and unplanned tasks often must be prioritized over other tasks, and you are able to work independently. We expect that you are passionate about your field and want to help develop and strengthen the sector and Digital Health Denmark.

In addition, we expect that you

• Have 2-5 years of experience coordinating or managing IT-related initiatives or tasks, preferably in collaboration with both technical and non-technical staff.
• Have worked in an organizational framework with several simultaneous initiatives, e.g., in a program or portfolio environment.
• Have experience with ongoing task management, e.g., via Kanban or similar working methods.
• Have extensive knowledge of the health care system or experience from a public authority, including an understanding of cross-organizational collaboration.
• Work in a structured way and have good communication skills – both oral and written – which you use to create overview and momentum in tasks.
• Have any certifications or education in cyber- and information security. Project management is a plus, but not a requirement.

We offer

We are located in historic surroundings together with the Statens Serum Institut, 6 minutes by bicycle from Rådhuspladsen. We have ample free parking spaces.

Social interaction is highly valued in the agency, and we have an active staff association with clubs such as a running club and a wine club. There is also a fitness center, gymnasium and a tennis court available to the organization’s employees.

We are not the highest payers, but we protect our working time and generally do not expect you to work more than agreed in your contract. There is an option to arrange telework, but we also place high value on presence with your colleagues because it provides better conditions for professional sparring, knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Salary and terms of employment

Employment and remuneration are in accordance with the prevailing collective agreement for the education you hold.

As an academic, you are covered by the Academic Terms and Conditions Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and academics in the State.

As a HK employee, you are covered by the collective agreement for Office Clerks, Laboratory Technicians and IT Employees (HK) and the prevailing joint agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organizations – The State Area (OAO-State Joint Agreement). The position is placed in salary grade 2 or 3, depending on your qualifications.

There is a possibility to negotiate qualification supplements, depending on your competencies and qualifications.

Due to the department’s access to sensitive information, you should expect to undergo a security clearance process and maintain it throughout the employment. It is expected that you shortly after hiring provide the necessary papers, including a criminal record, which may be used for dispensation until final security clearance is granted.

We have smoke-free working hours.

Want to know more?

You can learn more about the job by contacting section head Pernille May Steen Jensen [email protected], tel. 2487 3749.

You can read more about what we do at www.sundhedsdatastyrelsen.dk

Interested?

Click on "apply for the position" and send us your application with CV and grade transcript no later than 15 November 2026.

Selection interviews will be held on an ongoing basis but are expected to be completed in weeks 48-49.

Expected start: February 1, 2027.

We encourage all interested to apply for the position – regardless of age, gender, religion, disability, ethnic background.

We value a personal and authentic application and CV. Therefore AI-assisted applications without personalization will not be evaluated positively.