Managing Director DIANA
North Atlantic Treaty Organization · London, United Kingdom · G-2 · Apply by October 16, 2026
About this role
Description : 1. SUMMARY Operating out of offices in Europe and in North America, DIANA’s mission is to accelerate the development and adoption of dual-use technological solutions to critical transatlantic challenges in defence and security, bringing together innovators and operational end users from across the Alliance to foster a transatlantic ecosystem. DIANA is a subsidiary body created within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. It is comprised of an Allied Board of Directors, providing strategic governance and oversight, and a management team, the DIANA Executive (DX), comprising approximately 90 staffs (civilian and military). The Managing Director leads the DX, with the support of a Senior Leadership Team. The DX establishes challenge programmes for dual-use innovators, in line with Allied-approved, biennial Strategic Guidance and Direction, to accomplish this mission with the support of its affiliated network of accelerator sites and test centres. It also leverages its constituent elements such as the Rapid Adoption Service and the Trusted Capital Database to further enable innovator solution development and adoption. DIANA is critical to NATO's…