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ISACA

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1969

🔒 Cybersecurity

📚 Education

🤝 B2B

Cybersecurity • Education • B2B

ISACA is a global association that focuses on empowering individuals and organizations to achieve business excellence through up-to-date education, training, and certification in cybersecurity, governance, and risk management. They offer various resources, professional development programs, and advocacy efforts to support professionals in the technology domain.

📋 Description

• Identify and document risk scenarios and work with internal and external stakeholders to develop, implement, and test controls to mitigate impact. • Maintain ISACA’s Certification Impartiality Threat Analysis to address emerging threats within ISACA’s certification landscape. • Own the governance, review, and continuous improvement of the Certification Policies and Procedures Manual, ensuring certification policies, processes, and controls remain compliant with ISO/IEC 17024:2026 requirements. • Assess the impact of policy changes, identify compliance risks and gaps, and partner with Sr. Management to implement corrective actions and maintain accreditation readiness. • Manage the completion and maintenance of ANSI accreditation process documentation required for the annual surveillance application of ISACA certification programs. • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to gather, review, and validate evidence of compliance with accreditation requirements, ensuring documentation is accurate, complete, and submitted within established timelines. • Assist in the evaluation of surveillance findings, contribute to root cause analyses of identified nonconformities, and manage the development, implementation, monitoring, and validation of corrective actions to address compliance risks and maintain continued accreditation status for ISACA certifications. • Maintain and update certification-control documents (ECG, CPE Policy,) and verify ISACA external (e.g. website) information aligns to updated policy or procedures. • Conduct compliance reviews of the certification management system to ensure continuous compliance with the ISO/IEC 17024:2026 Standard. • Conduct periodic certification management system review meetings with Senior Management to identify inefficiencies and potential enhancements, document and implement resolutions. • Oversee the conduct of investigations into suspected fraudulent cases, document findings, and report to appropriate stakeholders. • Develop and analyze KRIs for each certification-related risk. • Coordinate with legal, cybersecurity, IT and product teams to address large-scale certification fraud. • Analyze data and create reports for management on potential fraud risks, trends, and the results of investigations. • Prepare and present certification compliance metrics, annual assessment results, and accreditation-related reporting for governance bodies, including the Audit and Risk Committee (ARC), ensuring transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making. • Manage the Certification Audit Program and serve as liaison to annual policy audits. • Manage reports related to credentialing status, compliance metrics, and operational performance. • Manage the Preventive and Corrective Actions Tracking process and worksheet to ensure identified controls have been implemented according to the timeline.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, Law, Certification, Risk, or related field • 5+ years of experience in accreditation credentialing standards (e.g.ANAB ISO/IEC 17024), compliance, quality assurance, risk mitigation, exam security and fraud prevention including minimum of 2 years or supervisory or project management. • 3+ years of direct experience managing certification program governance, risk, compliance, or accreditation activities. • Experience supporting accredited certification programs and maintaining compliance with accreditation standards (e.g., ANAB ISO/IEC 17024), including applying regulatory, legal, and ethical requirements in credentialing environments. • Proven track record in enterprise risk management, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, risk register management, and development of compliance monitoring frameworks and internal controls. • Experience managing compliance operations, including corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes, audit readiness activities, and execution of compliance reviews or accreditation assessments. • Advanced experience overseeing credentialing integrity functions, including investigation of exam irregularities, misconduct, and certification violations, as well as implementation of exam security, fraud prevention, and test integrity controls. • Proficiency in developing governance documentation, including policies, SOPs, procedures, and control frameworks. • Advanced skills in analyzing compliance and operational data, building dashboards and risk reporting tools, and preparing and presenting findings to leadership. • Experience working with certification management systems or credentialing platforms, as well as workflow or case management tools (e.g., Jira or similar systems). • Proven track record managing cross-functional initiatives and stakeholder groups across compliance, operations, and program functions.

🏖️ Benefits

• ISACA Career Opportunities and Benefits Options