Senior Director, Enterprise Accreditations – Continual Improvement

Leidos

Senior Director overseeing ISO, AS9100, and CMMI compliance at Leidos. Leading audits, strategy, and continuous improvement in a complex organizational environment.

Posted 4/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $154,050 - $278,475 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead strategy and governance for ISO, AS9100, and CMMI certifications, including readiness, sustainment, and certification integrity
Own external audits and appraisals, including planning, evidence readiness, execution, issue resolution, and corrective actions
Ensure alignment of the corporate common process with key standards, including ISO 9001, ISO 20000-1, ISO 27001, AS9100, AS6500, and applicable CMMI models
Oversee enterprise metrics that provide visibility into audit readiness, traceability, and performance
Govern mission assurance tools (Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint) and supporting workflows for document control, workflow approvals, process navigation, and reporting
Lead mission assurance training and adoption of processes, tools, metrics, and standards-aligned ways of working
Manage external partners supporting multi-site certifications and enterprise appraisals
Partner across quality, engineering, mission assurance, operations, IT, and business leadership, and advise senior leadership on compliance and readiness.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, business, information systems, or a related field with 12+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
Progressive leadership experience in quality, mission assurance, compliance, process governance, accreditation, or continual improvement within a large, complex organization
Experience leading ISO, AS9100, and/or CMMI governance, readiness, certification, surveillance, or appraisal activities
Deep understanding of audits, corrective actions, process governance, configuration control, and standards implementation
Experience building or governing enterprise operating frameworks that connect compliance requirements to execution discipline and business performance
Proven ability to influence across functions and work with senior executives, including in multi-site environments
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience with enterprise metrics, workflow tools, training programs, and vendor-supported compliance capabilities
ISO 9001 Certified Lead Auditor
US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive compensation
Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

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Hard Skills & Tools

ISO certificationAS9100 certificationCMMI governanceaudit readinesscorrective actionsprocess governanceconfiguration controlenterprise operating frameworkscompliance requirementsbusiness performance

Soft Skills

leadershipinfluencecommunicationstakeholder managementtrainingcollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingadvisory skillscross-functional teamwork

Certifications

ISO 9001 Certified Lead Auditor