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Job title: Global Testing & Laboratories Director, Product Certification.

Reports to: Group Director, Product Certification

Location: UK, between laboratories in Hemel Hempstead and Loughborough

(On site attendance at each laboratory is required weekly. This is a full time on-site position.)

The Purpose of the Role:

BSI exists to have a positive impact on society, one of the ways we do that is through product certification. Our work helps businesses to deliver better products, governments to enact better regulation, and agree standards that address society’s biggest challenges.

Our clients accelerate their progress by gaining access to new or global markets through CE marking, UKCA marking, Benchmark, or ESMA, as we help them meet local regulations and ensure product compliance across borders. This gives their consumers’ confidence in the outstanding quality, safety and trustworthiness of their products with BSI Kitemark certification.

You can be part of leading that work as our Global Testing & Laboratories Director, leading the enablement of our clients to get products to market and comply with the latest requirements with comprehensive testing and certification.

The Successful Applicant will:

• have considerable experience in managing testing laboratories (labs), including maintenance and health & safety in lab environments.
• be an experienced project manager with a broad technical understanding of industry/products testing.
• have strong, motivational and pro-active people leadership skills & a proven track record of coaching & managing senior technical teams.
• be experienced in managing profit & loss ledgers.
• be a strategic thinker with a commercial perspective & improvement focussed approach.
• work with a full, clear digitisation agenda.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Lead & manage all testing, maintenance & calibration experts. Support teams to ensure compliant delivery & the meeting of regulatory & accreditation obligations.
• Provide strategic & tactical advice & support to the business unit (BU). Develop & deliver against robust resource plans.
• Drive innovation & the use of the latest technologies. Have a full, clear digitisation agenda. Oversee the development & continual improvement of the BU.
• Set, review & report on KPIs, manage P&L.
• Collaborate on new projects to build CAPEX/OPEX.

Do you believe the world deserves excellence?

As the leading global business standards company BSI helps 80,000 clients worldwide to improve their businesses. From business continuity to recycling waste, from medical devices to the exploration of space, we help businesses embed the habits of excellence so that they perform better, manage their risks more effectively and achieve sustainable growth and in doing so we touch the lives of many across the globe.

Our Excellence Behaviours: Client-centric, Agile, Collaborative. These three behaviours represent how we do things at BSI. They help us ensure that BSI is a great place to work and a highly successful business.

D&I Policy:

BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, and engage with our global organization all while having fun doing great work. BSI is a community where everyone can thrive.

If you require any reasonable accommodations to be made on account of a disability or impairment throughout our recruiting process, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner.

BSI is conducting face-to-face interviews where appropriate and possible. If you are invited to a face-to-face interview but feel more comfortable with conducting the interview virtually, please speak to a member of our recruitment team.