Technical Manager & Accreditation Manager, Americas

DNV GL, USA; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DNV Business Assurance is seeking a seasoned Technical Manager & Accreditation Manager for the Americas region. The role focuses on governance of accreditation, ensuring compliance across North and South America, and leading technical leadership for auditors, reviewers, and operational teams.

Based in Houston, TX, the position collaborates with Global Technical Hub, accreditation bodies, and scheme owners to maintain integrity and effectiveness of management systems certification activities.

Responsibilities

• Accreditation Management responsibilities including maintaining accreditation compliance for Americas MSC activities and coordinating with accreditation bodies.
• Technical Governance duties ensuring consistent implementation of ISO/IEC 17021-1 and related accreditation requirements and monitoring certification process effectiveness.
• Competence Management tasks evaluating and approving auditor, reviewer, and competence approver qualifications and maintaining competence records.
• Technical Review & Certification Support overseeing technical reviews and certification authorizations for complex cases and assisting with escalation when needed.
• Stakeholder Support providing technical guidance to operations teams globally and cooperating with scheme managers and GTH colleagues worldwide.

Job description

About the Role

DNV Business Assurance is seeking an experienced and highly motivated professional to join the Global Technical Hub (GTH MSC) as Technical Manager & Accreditation Manager for the Americas region.

This role is critical in ensuring the integrity, effectiveness, and accreditation compliance of DNV's Management Systems Certification activities across North and South America.

The successful candidate will lead technical governance activities, support accreditation management, oversee competence approvals, contribute to certification decision processes, and provide technical leadership to auditors, technical reviewers, certification managers, and operational teams.

The role operates in close cooperation with the Global Technical Hub, regional management, accreditation bodies, and scheme owners.

This position will be based at DNV's Houston, Texas office.

What you'll do

• Accreditation Management
  • Manage and maintain accreditation compliance for Americas MSC activities.
  • Act as primary technical interface towards accreditation bodies, including ANAB and other relevant accreditation entities.
  • Coordinate preparation, execution, and follow-up of accreditation assessments.
  • Lead responses to accreditation findings and observations.
• Technical Governance
  • Ensure consistent implementation of ISO/IEC 17021-1 and related accreditation requirements.
  • Monitor certification process effectiveness and technical review quality.
  • Support continuous improvement of certification processes and technical controls.
  • Participate in development and deployment of new services and schemes.
• Competence Management
  • Evaluate and approve auditor, reviewer, and competence approver qualifications.
  • Support calibration and harmonization activities worldwide.
  • Contribute to training and mentoring of certification personnel.
  • Maintain appropriate technical competence records.
• Technical Review & Certification Support
  • Perform or oversee technical reviews and certification authorizations for complex cases.
  • Support certification decisions where escalation or specialist review is required.
  • Ensure consistent application of technical review requirements.
• Stakeholder Support
  • Provide technical guidance to operations teams globally.
  • Support resolution of technical complaints, appeals, and certification issues.
  • Cooperate with scheme managers, technical managers and GTH colleagues worldwide.