(Senior) Manager, Defense Maritime, Søborg

Terma A/S; Søborg; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Work from home up to two days per week

Pension (10% paid)

Health care and insurance package

On-site massage availability

Social and professional events

DEIB and inclusive culture

Job summary

Terma A/S is seeking a Senior Manager to lead one of our defense-focused engineering teams (Defense, Maritime) in Denmark. You will build a healthy, high-performing team delivering value to customers and steward capabilities within the Engineering Platform, balancing delivery with organizational improvement.

You will coach engineers, collaborate with PM and Systems Engineering, and drive ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization, while shaping how

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in software engineering, computer science, or systems engineering.
• Experience leading software engineering teams.
• Proven ability to build high-performing teams through coaching and accountability.
• Strong ownership mindset and problem solving.
• Ability to influence peers without formal authority.
• Experience improving engineering workflows and Developer Experience is a plus.
• Fluent in English; Danish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead one engineering team to deliver core product.
• Develop platform capabilities and improve engineering efficiency.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Systems Engineering.
• Support hiring, onboarding and career development.
• Drive continuous improvement across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Team development

Hiring & onboarding

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership & accountability

Education

Degree in software engineering or computer science

Job description

Requisition ID 1363 - Posted - Soeborg - Denmark - Full Time - Mid-Senior Level

Build products. Build teams. Improve engineering. At Terma, we believe engineering leadership is about more than delivering software. Our managers lead product teams responsible for mission-critical software used in complex defense systems. At the same time, they help shape how engineering works across the entire organization. If you’re someone who naturally improves the systems around you – not because you’re asked to, but because you can’t help yourself – then we need YOU!

We are entering a period of large growth and exciting transformation as we develop advanced technologies for the defense and aerospace industry. Our software enables situational awareness and decision-making across land, sea, and air. To support this journey, we are seeking a (Senior) Manager to lead one of our engineering teams in Defense, Maritime – and help fulfill our purpose: securing people through advanced technology.

Your role in our team

You will lead one of our engineering teams responsible for a core product within our Defense, Maritime organization. Your primary responsibility is to build a healthy, high-performing team that consistently delivers value to our customers.

Beyond your own team, you will become a steward of one or more capabilities within our Engineering Platform – the operating system through which our engineering organization continuously improves itself.

Unlike traditional enablement organizations, our Engineering Platform is not a separate team. It is a shared responsibility across our engineering leadership. Every manager owns both a delivery organization and an organizational capability, helping improve engineering for everyone while remaining deeply connected to day-to-day product development.

How you will make a meaningful contribution

As a manager, your key responsibilities include:

• Lead, coach and develop a software engineering team working on one of our core products.
• Create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
• Work closely with Product Management, Systems Engineering and technical leaders to deliver customer value.
• Build a culture of ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Support hiring, onboarding and career development of engineers.

In addition, you will contribute to the Engineering Platform by owning and evolving one or more organizational capabilities. One example could be Developer Experience and Engineering Effectiveness, where you would work to understand and remove friction from the daily work of engineers across the organization. This is not about owning a central DX team – it is about improving engineering while remaining an active engineering leader yourself.

Bring your world‑class expertise into play

You are fluent in English both in writing and verbal at a professional level. Danish is an advantage but not a requirement. Moreover, we are also looking for a new colleague with the following qualifications:

• Degree in software engineering, computer science, systems engineering, or equivalent defense experience
• Has experience leading software engineering teams.
• Has built high-performing teams through coaching, trust and accountability.
• Naturally identifies opportunities for improvement and acts on them.
• Has a strong sense of ownership and follows through.
• Understands what makes engineers productive and engaged.
• Can influence peers without relying on formal authority.
• Enjoys collaborating across teams to improve how engineering works.
• Balances pragmatism with a desire for continuous improvement.

We would be especially excited if you have:

• Improved developer workflows, CI/CD, engineering tooling or onboarding.
• Introduced engineering metrics that drove meaningful improvements.
• Reduced friction across multiple engineering teams.
• Built reusable engineering practices that others adopted voluntarily.
• Led organizational improvements beyond your own team’s boundaries.
• Helped scale an engineering organization through better ways of working.

How we define success

Success in this role is not measured only by what your own team delivers. You will also be successful if engineers across the organization find it easier to build, test, deploy and collaborate because of the improvements you have helped create. Our goal is simple: every quarter, engineering should become a little easier, a little faster and a little better than the quarter before. If that mission excites you, we would love to hear from you.

We arean international company representing world-class expertise, delivering complex and high-tech products. We value our colleagues and our meaningful contributions to securing people through advanced technology. You will also experience that we have a strong focus on your development, teaching you useful new competences and further strengthening current ones, both professionally and personally. Our company culture is autonomous and engaging, and we acknowledge the importance of flexibility in a great working environment.

When joining Terma, we promise that you will experience: Great people, challenging tasks, world-class expertise, and meaningful contribution in your daily work.

Benefits at Terma

At Terma, we prioritize the well‑being of our employees, ensuring they are well taken care of. Joining our team comes with a multitude of perks designed to enhance your social life, cultural experiences, and health.

International Environment:

Explore great teamwork and professional sparring with colleagues around the world

Flexible Working Hours:

Enjoy the opportunity to work flexibly and the option to work from home up to two days per week. Internet connection at home is paid for by Terma.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Receive a 10% paid pension along with a beneficial health care and insurance package. Enjoy discounts from various business partners.

Well‑being Perks:

Opportunity to enroll in our on-site massage‑offer at our locations in Denmark

Social and Professional Events:

We have an active staff association that arranges a variety of social activities and events to bring all our colleagues together.

Competence networking across professional experts in Terma:

Professional presentations and knowledge sharing across the organization

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. Our commitment to DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) means we actively value and celebrate unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to create an environment where all employees have equal opportunities to succeed, feel respected and valued, and experience a true sense of belonging.

Bear in mind, that we need you to confirm that you can obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, and that all adults in your household are not posing any risk to the related risk‑evaluation. This entails among other issues:

• That you have as a minimum stayed within NATO/EU/MISWG countries for the last 7 years only interrupted by short stays abroad, and
• That you have not committed serious criminal offences

Terma group has headquarters in Denmark and is a high-tech company developing products and systems for defense and non-defense security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, self-protection systems for aircraft, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry. TERMA | Allies in innovation