Senior Assurance Manager, SCS Standards & Assurance Systems

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SCS Global Services

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1984

💼 Consulting

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Food & Beverage • Healthcare

SCS Global Services is a global leader in third-party certification, validation, and verification services with a strong focus on sustainability. The company provides a comprehensive range of certification services for various industries, including apparel and textiles, climate change, corporate sustainability, food safety, green building, and sustainable forestry. They offer certifications for organic products, recycled content, carbon neutrality, and sustainable supply chains, among others. Through their services, SCS Global Services aims to drive positive global change by promoting sustainable practices and supporting environmentally conscious companies.

📋 Description

• Lead the design, implementation, and revision of assurance systems supporting certification, verification, and responsible sourcing programs • Serve as the internal subject matter expert on assurance systems and conformity assessment practices • Oversee and conduct performance evaluations of approved certification bodies and identify improvement opportunities • Align assurance requirements with internationally recognized conformity assessment principles and accreditation expectations • Evaluate new assurance methodologies, audit approaches, and technologies • Contribute to new certification and verification programs by ensuring auditability, verifiability, and operational feasibility • Review and evaluate certification-related claims for accuracy, substantiation, and consistency • Monitor legislation, regulations, and policy developments affecting sustainability claims, environmental marketing, responsible sourcing, chain of custody, and certification programs • Provide strategic recommendations on regulatory risks, claims governance, and assurance implications • Support policies and procedures that strengthen market confidence and program credibility • Participate in stakeholder consultations, working groups, conferences, and industry initiatives • Provide technical support to advisory service projects • Serve as a senior advisor to clients on assurance system design, certification readiness, claims governance, chain of custody implementation, and responsible sourcing programs • Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Public Policy, Business, or a related field • 8+ years of professional experience in certification, auditing, assurance systems, standards development, conformity assessment, responsible sourcing, or a related field • Demonstrated expertise with ISO/IEC 17065 and/or ISO/IEC 17021 • Significant experience working with voluntary sustainability standards and certification programs • Experience developing, implementing, managing, or auditing chain of custody systems • Strong understanding of certification body operations, audit processes, and accreditation frameworks • Outstanding technical writing, analytical, and problem-solving skills • Ability to synthesize complex technical, regulatory, and market information into practical assurance solutions • Proven project management and stakeholder management experience • Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities and deadlines • Complete fluency in English with professional and technical written and verbal communication experience • Strong strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills • Master's Degree in a relevant field preferred • Auditor, accreditation, or assurance management experience preferred • Experience with sustainability claims, environmental marketing claims, recycled content, responsible sourcing, agricultural, climate, or circular economy programs preferred • Experience working with accreditation bodies, certification bodies, standard-setting organizations, or multinational sustainability initiatives preferred • Familiarity with evolving sustainability regulations and green claims legislation in Europe and North America preferred • Demonstrated ability to apply assurance best practices across multiple industries and certification systems preferred • Experience designing assurance frameworks for emerging sustainability topics preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote, home-office based work • Flexible working • Travel opportunities, including local, domestic, and/or international trips • Equal employment opportunities • Compensation of €62,000–€70,000 annually