• 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.