IMS Governance Manager

Description

Lead the organization's Integrated Management System (IMS) by establishing a unified governance framework across all management systems, ensuring that governance remains consistent, resilient, and continuously improving regardless of organizational changes.

The role provides strategic ownership of the IMS governance lifecycle, integrating multiple ISO management systems into a single enterprise governance model while enabling the team to execute through clearly defined lifecycle ownership rather than functional specialization.

Primary Accountability

Own theGovernance Oversightlifecycle of the Integrated Management System.

The IMS Governance Head is accountable for ensuring that management systems remain:

• Strategically aligned

• Fully integrated

• Audit-ready

• Performance-driven

• Continuously improving

Key Responsibilities

1. IMS Strategy & Governance

• Develop the enterprise IMS strategy and roadmap.

• Define governance principles, standards and operating model.

• Ensure integration across all ISO management systems.

• Drive simplification and harmonization of management processes.

• Align IMS priorities with corporate strategy and enterprise risk

2. Governance Oversight

Provide executive oversight over the entire governance lifecycle. Own:

• Governance framework

• Management system architecture

• Governance calendar

• Certification strategy

• Governance maturity roadmap

• Enterprise governance priorities

Ensure clear ownership across the team while maintaining governance consistency.

3. Executive Governance

Lead governance activities including:

• Management Review

• Executive dashboards

• Governance reporting

• KPI governance

• Risk escalation

• Executive decision support

Present governance performance to senior leadership.

4. Certification Governance

Own enterprise certification strategy. Responsibilities include:

• Certification planning

• Registrar relationship management

• Surveillance planning

• Recertification planning

• Cross-standard integration

• Audit readiness oversight

Ensure certifications remain sustainable rather than event-driven.

5. Enterprise Performance & Improvement

Establish governance mechanisms to monitor:

• IMS effectiveness

• Governance maturity

• Audit performance

• Corrective action effectiveness

• Process health

• Compliance trends

Translate governance insights into strategic improvement initiatives.

6. Leadership & Capability Development

Lead the IMS Governance team through lifecycle ownership.

Provide strategic direction for:

• Governance priorities

• Resource allocation

• Workload balancing

• Competency development

• Succession planning

• Cross-training

• Knowledge continuity

Institutionalize governance knowledge rather than concentrating expertise in individuals.

7. Stakeholder Management

Build governance partnerships across the organization.

Collaborate with:

• Business Units

• Enterprise Risk

• Information Security

• Information Systems

• Sustainability

• HR

• Operations

• Internal Audit

• External Auditors

• Regulators

Drive governance as an enterprise capability rather than a compliance function.

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