Senior Director Accreditation & Compliance

Job Description

The Senior Director Accreditation & Compliance is accountable for defining the accreditation strategy and quality system framework and governing conformance, audit readiness, and external assessments across all conformity assessment activities globally.

Why This Role Matters

• Protects UL Solutions’ license to operate, market access, and brand credibility by ensuring accreditations and related compliance requirements are maintained in good standing.
• Aligns the accreditation and credential portfolio with business needs, service scope, operational readiness, and accreditor requirements.
• Reduces enterprise risk by providing independent oversight of accreditation, audit readiness, and compliance across conformity assessment activities.
• Supports consistent and efficient operations as a true business partner by embedding quality and compliance requirements into daily execution, reducing rework, audit fatigue, and operational friction.
• Enables business growth and service innovation through clear, scalable, and reliable accreditation governance.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Owns and drives UL Solutions’ accreditation strategy for Testing, Inspection and Certification activities.
• Aligns the accreditation portfolio and accrediting body relationships with business needs, service scope, ownership, and streamlined global processes and tools.
• Defines and maintains the accreditation and quality system framework, including clear enterprise requirements and governance.
• Governs compliance, conformance, and accreditation readiness through internal and external audit planning, assessment oversight, and corrective action / CAPA governance, including oversight of the CAR project.
• Provides enterprise interpretation and operationalization of accreditation, conformity assessment body, and related regulatory requirements.
• Acts as the senior UL Solutions interface and business partner to accreditors, regulators, scheme owners, TIC, and operations.
• Does not own operational process execution, but ensures requirements are clearly defined, governed, and assessed for conformance, and identifies systemic deviations requiring correction or escalation. All while focusing on continuous improvement within the team, high quality and cost efficiency in mind (embracing AI to optimize internal processes).
• Able to provide “red flags” / early indicators and needs for improvement as well as conformity assessment business analytics for leadership.
• Enable a future ready ULS TIC scenario, where modeling, simulation and other AI measures are accepted by key regulators and accreditors.
• Protects UL Solutions’ license to operate, market access, and brand credibility by ensuring accreditations and related compliance requirements are maintained in good standing.
• Aligns the accreditation and credential portfolio with business needs, service scope, operational readiness, and accreditor requirements.
• Reduces enterprise risk by providing independent oversight of accreditation, audit readiness, and compliance across conformity assessment activities.
• Supports consistent and efficient operations as a true business partner by embedding quality and compliance requirements into daily execution, reducing rework, audit fatigue, and operational friction.
• Enables business growth and service innovation through clear, scalable, and reliable accreditation governance.
  
  

Accreditation & Compliance Strategy Setting:

• Define and lead enterprise accreditation and compliance strategy aligned with business priorities, risk appetite, and operational efficiency.
• Obtain, maintain, streamline, expand, or exit accreditations based on value, execution readiness, cost, and risk.
• Establish consistent enterprise interpretations of accreditation requirements and ensure they are operationalized through processes.
• Align accreditations and accrediting bodies with clear ownership supported by streamlined global processes and tools.
  
  

Enterprise Conformity Assessment Compliance, Oversight, and Integrity:

• Ensure conformity assessment activities meet applicable standards (e.g. ISO/IEC 17025, 17065) through process‑embedded controls.
• Maintain independence and objectivity in compliance decisions.
• Embed impartiality risk mitigation into operational workflows.
• Planning and executing internal and external audits for all credentials to manage risk and ensure compliance to all internal and external requirements
• Oversee internal and external findings and corrective actions with focus on root cause and systemic improvement.
  
  

Accreditation Operations & Readiness:

• Ensure accreditation readiness is predictable, consistent, and minimally disruptive.
• Translate requirements into standardized operational expectations embedded in processes, training, and tools.
• Drive consistent execution across regions and service lines.
  
  

External Accreditation & Oversight Engagement:

• Act as ULS senior interface with accreditation bodies, regulators, scheme owners, and oversight organizations, including contract negotiations.
• Strengthen ULS credibility through transparent, consistent, and professional engagement.
• Manage accreditation portfolio with periodic review of business need, risk, and operational readiness.
• Lead participation in standards, industry, and professional bodies influencing accreditation and conformity assessment requirements.
• Ensure enterprise training on standards, scheme rules, and impartiality risks is aligned to operational reality.
  
  

Board and Company Relations:

• Escalate significant accreditation and compliance risks and opportunities to senior leadership and ERM as appropriate
• Support with business analytics on conformity assessment data, etc.
  
  

External Stakeholder Interaction:

• ULS accreditors and regulators
• International, regional and national codes, and conformity assessment standards
• Trade, industry and professional associations e.g.g TIC Council, ILAC
  
  

Leadership and Organization

(5-7 of direct reports and reports to SVP Global Operations)

• Lead a global Accreditation & Compliance function with clear accountability and enterprise authority.
• Build enterprise capability to own quality and compliance through execution.
• Foster a culture of integrity, accountability, and right‑first‑time delivery.
  
  

Qualifications

• 10–15 years in accreditation, conformity assessment, compliance, or assurance in global organizations.
• Strong knowledge of international standards and their practical application.
• Proven leadership in matrixed, international environments.
• Strong business acumen balanced with sound conformity assessment judgement.
• Strong operational mindset
• High integrity, independence, and credibility
• Pragmatic, process‑driven, and execution‑focused
• Strong communicator and enterprise collaborator
• Financially disciplined and value‑oriented
• Unified Process‑Based Management System, License to Operate & Enterprise Accreditation Governance
• Accreditation Strategy, Alignment & Portfolio Stewardship
• Enterprise Compliance Oversight, Integrity & Impartiality Assurance (embedded in operations)
• Business Partnership & Enablement, Operational Efficiency
• External Influence, Thought Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
  
  

Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career . The estimated salary range for this position is $190,000 to $253,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 30% of the base salary and a 30% RSU grant. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (20 days), holidays including 3 floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

About Us

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.