Senior Director, Assurance and Traceability
Textile Exchange
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Accountable for robust assurance and traceability as part of an integrated standards system that is credible, scalable, and future-ready.
- Accountable for digital tools and systems that effectively advance the standards system by supporting transparency, regulatory alignment, market confidence, and measurable impact across complex global supply chains.
- Own the ongoing evolution of assurance and traceability within the standards system, ensuring that policies, processes, data, and governance function together in an integrated way.
- Oversee the Assurance team, responsible for certification body management, monitoring and assessment, and all other certification activities.
- Oversee the Traceability and Supply Chain Data teams, responsible for development and management of digital tools supporting Textile Exchange standards.
- Proactively evolve the relevant models and systems to strengthen the integrity of the standards system, balancing credibility, usability, cost, and innovation amid regulatory change, technological advancement, and shifting market expectations, ensuring long-term strategic success.
- Develop strategies to strengthen proactive monitoring and response to complaints or inquiries related to certification body performance or user conformity across the system
- In partnership with the standards leadership team, define and advance Textile Exchange’s strategic approach to traceability, including interoperability, scalability, and alignment with emerging regulatory and market expectations.
- Ensure appropriate risk management within certification activities, including appropriate organizational transparency, responsiveness, and confidence.
- Guide prioritization decisions where trade-offs exist between rigor, scalability, cost, and adoption.
- Represent Textile Exchange externally as a thought leader on assurance and traceability, with certification bodies, the ISEAL community, peer standards bodies, users, and strategic partners.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in sustainability related standards and certification schemes
- Deep knowledge of a range of assurance models, with experience navigating implementation across diverse contexts
- Deep knowledge of traceability and information management systems
- Experience in strategy development and ownership of system-level outcomes
- Commitment to contributing to a positive organizational culture
- Strong communication skills, including comfort navigating between technical and high-level audiences
- Experience engaging in cross-initiative alignment efforts, including across regulatory and voluntary contexts
- Experience leading complex systems through significant growth and dynamic contexts
- Experience in risk and performance management within the context of certification
- Experience with chain of custody and traceability models
- Experience with data modeling and data management systems
Benefits
- Required travel: Up to 35%
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
assurance modelstraceability systemsinformation management systemsdata modelingdata management systemsrisk managementperformance managementchain of custodycertification schemesstrategy development
Soft Skills
strong communication skillsorganizational culture contributioncross-initiative alignmentleadershipnavigating technical and high-level audiencesproactive monitoringdecision prioritizationthought leadership