Senior Director, Enterprise Accreditations – Continual Improvement
Leidos
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $154,050 - $278,475 per year
Job Level
About the role
- 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
- 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
- competitive compensation
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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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