Technical Manager & Accreditation Manager, Americas

DNV Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DNV Group, based in Houston, TX, seeks an experienced Technical Manager & Accreditation Manager for the Americas region to lead governance and accreditation activities for the Americas MSC and associated certification programs.

The role partners with the Global Technical Hub and accreditation bodies to ensure integrity, compliance, and continuous improvement of certification processes, while guiding auditors and teams across the globe.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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.