Technical Manager & Accreditation Manager, Americas

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.

What is required

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- A minimum of four years experience in the industry
- Significant experience in management system certification activities.
- Lead Auditor in: ISO 9001
- ISO 14001
- ISO 45001

- Strong knowledge of: ISO/IEC 17021-1
- Global ACI-TECH-3/IAF Mandatory Documents
- Accreditation processes

- Previous experience as Technical Manager, Accreditation Manager, Certification Manager, Technical Reviewer, or equivalent.
- Previous interaction with accreditation bodies.
- Experience with ANAB accreditation.
- Knowledge of additional standards such as: ISO 50001
- ISO 56001
- ISO 37001
- SA8000
- Other sustainability-related schemes

- Strong technical judgement
- High integrity and independence
- Ability to influence without direct authority
- Structured and analytical
- Team player with a global mindset
- Customer and business oriented
- Experience conducting or supervising technical reviews.
- Experience with auditor competence evaluations and approvals.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- We conduct pre-employment drug and background screening

*Immigration-related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position*