Global Technical Manager – Business Assurance, Certification

🕒 August 19

🇮🇹 Italy – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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SGS

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1878

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Consulting • Healthcare • Food & Beverage

SGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) company, providing a comprehensive range of services designed to assure quality and integrity across various sectors. SGS is focused on sustainability, offering climate action services and an all-encompassing ESG portfolio under its IMPACT NOW suite. The company has ambitious targets for growth by 2027, driven by its strategy to address global megatrends. SGS operates globally, providing business assurance, connectivity and products, digital trust, health and nutrition, and solutions for industries and the environment.

📋 Description

• Set the global technical and accreditation strategy for Business Assurance Certification • Lead, develop and manage global technical and accreditation functions across multiple countries and regions • Define, approve and enforce global certification policies, technical requirements, accreditation controls and operating standards • Provide authoritative technical direction and final decision-making on disputes, interpretation issues and material compliance risks • Manage strategic relationships with global and local Accreditation Bodies • Ensure technical and accreditation requirements support compliant, consistent and commercially viable service delivery • Represent the Business Assurance Division externally and act as delegate for the Global Head of Certification • Lead investigations and corrective action governance for material technical, accreditation or integrity failures • Drive simplification, digitalisation and continuous improvement of technical processes, systems and delivery models • Advise business management on certification, accreditation, impartiality, technical governance, integrity and business risk • Interpret external accreditation requirements into internal policies, procedures, tools and controls • Oversee global accreditation activities and support affiliates with local accreditations • Support Accreditation Body relationships including UKAS, ANAB, SAS and other applicable bodies • Resolve technical, accreditation, operational and commercial conflicts across the network • Collaborate with operations, sales, IT, product groups and regional teams on core systems and global best practices • Identify improvements to procedures, systems, governance controls, competence frameworks and technical support processes • Support new certification products and services through technical feasibility, accreditation alignment and operational readiness • Maintain technical direction and leadership for assigned certification products or schemes

🎯 Requirements

• Graduate-level qualification or equivalent professional experience in a relevant technical, scientific, engineering, management system, commercial or governance discipline • Minimum 10 years of relevant certification and/or accreditation experience • Significant management system certification experience in an accredited third-party certification environment • Substantial global or multi-region certification leadership experience • Experience leading geographically dispersed and culturally diverse technical teams across multiple countries or regions • Track record of setting or enforcing technical policy, accreditation strategy, certification governance controls or network-wide requirements at regional or global level • Strong technical command of management system certification and accreditation requirements, including impartiality, competence, audit delivery, certification decision-making and Accreditation Body expectations • Credibility to engage with senior business leaders, Accreditation Bodies and technical experts • Commercial judgement supporting efficient, scalable and compliant service delivery • Fluent written and spoken English • Senior technical leadership and sound professional judgement • Strategic outlook translating technical and accreditation requirements into practical business solutions • High-impact influencing skills across a matrix organisation • Strong people leadership, coaching and performance management capability • Ability to manage conflict, competing priorities and ambiguity without compromising certification integrity or accreditation compliance • Change management capability across a global network • Innovation mindset • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and willingness to work with digital certification, workflow and reporting tools • Flexibility to travel internationally as required • Knowledge of ISO/IEC 17021-1, ISO/IEC 17065 where applicable, IAF, EA and relevant regional or product-specific requirements • Desirable: senior role within SGS, another global Certification Body or an Accreditation Body • Desirable: lead auditor, technical reviewer, certification decision-maker, trainer or scheme manager experience • Desirable: digital transformation, automation, remote audit delivery or AI-enabled process improvement experience • Additional languages relevant to the SGS network or Accreditation Body engagement are desirable

🏖️ Benefits

• Long-term employee development support • Flexible schedule • Hybrid/remote work model • SGS University and Campus continuous learning options • Multinational work environment with colleagues from multiple continents • Benefits platform • Supportive and inclusive work environment • Professional growth and personal development opportunities