Senior Director, Assurance and Traceability

Senior Director Assurance and Traceability

Reports to: Chief Standards and Strategy Officer

Direct reports: 3

Remote North America UK or EU

About Us

Textile Exchange is a global non-profitdriving positive impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry. It guides a growing community of brands manufacturers and farmers towards more purposeful production from the very start of the supply chain.
By 2030 its goal is to guide the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production.

Its focus is holistic and interconnected accelerating the adoption of practices that improve the state of our water soil health and biodiversity too. For real change to happen everyone needs a clear path to positive impact. Thats why Textile Exchange believes that approachable step-by-step instruction paired with collective action can change the system to make preferred materials and fibers an accessible default mobilizing leaders through attainable strategies proven solutions and a driven community.

At Textile Exchange materials matter. To learn more visit.

Working at Textile Exchange

We work remotely with a teamlocatedin 20 countries. We are a diverse group committed to harnessing the strengths of the global textile industry to accelerate change toward climate and other key environmental goals. We work collaboratively on important environmental issues around the world by working and interacting with farming groups processors brands retailers and environmental experts in the textile and fashion industries around the world. We offer an opportunity to join a cutting-edge global environmental nonprofit and to help strengthen the impact of our organization.

Position Summary

The Assurance and Traceability Senior Director will have accountability for two pillars of the Textile Exchange standards system: our assurance system and digital tools. The Sr Director will shape the future of these pillars of the standards system through their knowledge and leadership. They will lead teams responsible for certification body oversight monitoring data collection and management and digital tool/platform development. This leadership role will offer an opportunity to continue improving one of the industrys largest sustainability standards systems during a pivotal transition to a new standard: the Materials Matter Standard. The role demands a forward-thinker with the right knowledge and experience to navigate multiple outcomes amidst changes being implemented across a range of contexts. Successful candidates have robust knowledge of certification systems especially those that include third-party certification traceability and advanced digital platforms. They will have robust knowledge of assurance models with a knack for communicating to various audiences with confidence.

Key Responsibilities

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.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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 Exchanges 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.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with an ISEAL member initiative

Experience managing remote international teams

Experience within the apparel textile or agriculture sectors

Employment Package

Full-Time Position 40 Hours a Week

Required travel: Up to 35%

Annual Salary Range: $160000 - $200000 USD

Required Experience:

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