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United Kingdom · Compliance, quality and safety · Lead (8-12 years)

Lead International Standards Development Director

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  • Experience bandLead (8-12 years)
  • Direct reports3-5 reports
  • Reports toManager, International Standards
  • UK framework levelUsually a manager, or the deepest specialist in a team

Also advertised as Principal Standards Manager · Senior Standards Programme Lead · Head of Standards Portfolio · International Standards Lead

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The qualifications matched to this job

GQA PAA\VQ-SET Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities GQA Qualifications Limited · Level 3 · covers 3 of 13 standards
ETCAL Level 3 Diploma in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities ETC Awards Limited · Level 3 · covers 2 of 13 standards
NQual Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management NQual · Level 5 · covers 1 of 13 standards
GQA Level 5 Diploma in the Practice of Process Safety Management GQA Qualifications Limited · Level 5 · covers 1 of 13 standards
NQual Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management NQual · Level 5 · covers 1 of 13 standards
City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma for Leaders and Managers City & Guilds Limited · Level 5 · covers 1 of 13 standards

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Provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace team GQA PAA\VQ-SET Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities
Principles of leadership and management NQual Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management
Understand how to comply with the relevant Regulations, Industry Standards and Management Requirements for Process Safety GQA Level 5 Diploma in the Practice of Process Safety Management
Leading and Managing People NQual Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management
Leading People - Knowledge City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma for Leaders and Managers

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  1. Provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace team GQA Qualifications Limited · covers 3 of 13 standards Level 3
  2. Principles of leadership and management NQual · covers 1 of 13 standards Level 5
  3. Understand how to comply with the relevant Regulations, Industry Standards and Management Requirements for Process Safety GQA Qualifications Limited · covers 1 of 13 standards Level 5
  4. Leading and Managing People NQual · covers 1 of 13 standards Level 5
  5. Leading People - Knowledge City & Guilds Limited · covers 1 of 13 standards Level 5
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3What this role really is

This job leads international standards work, taking a portfolio of standards projects from proposal to publication.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Confluence & Jira Advanced

You'll be designing Confluence spaces and Jira workflows for new standards projects, managing complex permissions, and setting up automations to track ballot progress and comment resolution across your portfolio. You'll also train your team on best practices.

ServiceNow GRC / Archer GRC Suite Advanced

You'll be mapping new standards requirements to control objectives within the GRC platform and configuring dashboards to track standard adoption and compliance gaps across our business units. You'll use it to report on our overall compliance posture related to your standards.

MS Project / Smartsheet Expert

You'll be building complex, multi-year project plans from scratch, including detailed resource allocation and critical path analysis for your entire portfolio of standards. You'll use these tools to manage dependencies, track progress, and report on programme health to senior management.

Power BI / Tableau Advanced

You'll be connecting to various data sources (Jira, GRC, internal databases) to build new dashboards. These dashboards will track ballot performance, comment resolution rates, project velocity, and overall portfolio health, providing critical insights for strategic decision-making.

MS Teams & SharePoint Expert

You'll be setting up and governing the architecture for Teams and SharePoint for your standards portfolio and potentially contributing to department-wide best practices. This includes establishing guidelines for document management, version control, and secure collaboration with external partners.

Diligent / BoardVantage Basic

You'll be preparing and uploading materials for steering committee or Technical Management Board (TMB) meetings, ensuring all reports and presentations related to your portfolio are accurate and submitted on time through the platform.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing in Where you are nowThe step above
Standards Scope & Technical Content Proposes minor editorial changes, escalates all technical content decisions. Makes routine technical decisions within defined parameters, proposes solutions for minor technical issues. Makes significant technical decisions within a single standard, resolves complex technical comments independently, consults on major scope changes.
Project Timelines & Resource Allocation Updates project plans with actuals, flags potential delays to supervisor. Manages and adjusts timelines for individual standards, proposes resource shifts for single projects. Owns the timeline for complex standards, identifies resource needs for specific projects, negotiates minor timeline extensions with committee leadership.
External Representation & Negotiation Attends meetings as an observer, takes minutes, prepares background materials. Presents minor technical points in Working Groups, drafts responses to simple comments. Leads Working Group discussions, presents our company's position on technical issues, leads comment resolution for complex standards.
Budget & Vendor Management Tracks expenses against budget, flags discrepancies. Manages small project-specific budgets (up to £5K), obtains quotes for minor services. Manages project budgets up to £20K, selects and manages small-scale external consultants.

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Portfolio Progression Rate
The percentage of standards within your assigned portfolio that successfully advance to the next stage (e.g., CD to DIS, DIS to FDIS) within their planned timelines.
Target · Achieve 85%+ on-time progression across your portfolio annually.

If you manage 10 standards, 9 of them moved from DIS to FDIS on schedule this year, that's 90%.

Ballot Approval & Comment Resolution Efficiency
The average time taken to resolve all national body comments and achieve ballot approval for standards under your direct or team's management.
Target · Reduce average time from DIS to FDIS by 10% (e.g., from 12 months to 10.8 months) compared to the previous year.

Last year, our DIS-to-FDIS cycle averaged 12 months. This year, your portfolio is hitting 10.5 months, showing a 12.5% improvement.

Team Productivity & Mentorship Impact
The number of standards projects managed per team member, combined with qualitative feedback on the growth and independence of your direct reports.
Target · Increase average projects per team member by 15% year-on-year, while achieving 4.0+/5.0 in annual peer and manager feedback on team development.

Your team of 4 managed 12 standards last year (3 each). This year, they're managing 14 (3.5 each), and feedback highlights their improved ability to handle complex comment resolution independently.

Regulatory Alignment Score
A score reflecting how well our active standards development aligns with anticipated future regulatory requirements, based on horizon scanning and internal regulatory intelligence.
Target · Maintain an average alignment score of 8/10 across your portfolio, with no critical gaps identified for major upcoming regulations.

Our internal regulatory team flagged a new EU directive on product safety. You proactively initiated a NWIP for a relevant standard 18 months before the directive's effective date, scoring high on alignment.

Strategic Influence & Committee Engagement
How effectively you (and your team) influence the direction of key Technical Committees and Working Groups, ensuring our company's interests are represented and balanced with broader industry needs.
  • You're regularly invited to informal pre-meeting discussions by TC Chairs. Our company's proposals are frequently adopted or integrated into drafts. Your team members are increasingly taking on leadership roles (e.g., convener, editor) in WGs. You're seen as a trusted, neutral voice in contentious debates.
Risk Mitigation & Issue Resolution
Your ability to foresee potential roadblocks (e.g., national body objections, technical deadlocks) and proactively develop strategies to overcome them, or swiftly resolve issues when they arise, minimising impact on timelines.
  • You present clear risk registers for your portfolio to management, with well-thought-out mitigation plans. When a major objection arises, you've already got a 'Plan B' ready. You can de-escalate political tensions within committees effectively. You're the go-to person when a standard gets stuck.
Team Leadership & Development
The quality of your leadership, mentorship, and support for your direct reports, fostering their growth and ensuring they feel empowered and supported in their complex work.
  • Your team members consistently meet their individual development goals. They feel comfortable bringing difficult problems to you for guidance, not just solutions. You effectively delegate complex tasks, helping them build their own expertise. You create a supportive, high-performing environment.
Process Optimisation & Best Practice Adoption
Your contribution to improving our internal standards development processes and ensuring your team consistently applies best practices for efficiency and quality.
  • You've proposed and implemented a new template for comment resolution that saved 10% of our time. Your team's documentation is consistently thorough and up-to-date. You regularly share lessons learned from your portfolio with other leads and managers.

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Shaping Global Standards

You'll spend your days influencing the content of international standards that will be used by thousands of organisations worldwide. This means leading discussions, drafting proposals, and building consensus on technical requirements that could become law in some countries.

Leading a working group to define new safety requirements for a cutting-edge technology, knowing your work will directly prevent accidents globally.

Strategic Impact & Problem Solving

You'll be tackling complex, multi-stakeholder problems where there's no easy answer. This involves figuring out how to balance competing national interests, technical feasibility, and business needs to create a workable standard. You're solving problems that have a real, long-term strategic impact.

Successfully navigating a deadlock between two major national bodies on a critical clause, finding a compromise that allows the standard to progress and benefits our company's market position.

Mentoring & Team Development

You'll be directly responsible for the growth and success of your team of Standards Specialists. This means coaching them through difficult negotiations, reviewing their work, and helping them develop their own expertise in standards development. Seeing them succeed will be a big part of your daily reward.

Guiding a junior team member through their first complex ballot reconciliation, helping them develop the skills to manage such a process independently next time.

What frustrates people
  • The Glacial Pace: Explaining to business leaders why a 'simple' standard will take a minimum of 36 months to develop due to mandatory waiting periods and voting cycles is a constant battle.
  • Herding Cats: Managing the entire process relies on the goodwill of unpaid volunteers from various companies who have their own day jobs, priorities, and bosses. It's like trying to organise a football match with 22 captains.
  • Corporate Politics Disguised as Technical Debate: Realising the hour-long argument over a single clause isn't about technical merit; it's about one company trying to write the standard to favour their proprietary technology. You'll see it all the time.
  • Comment Reconciliation Hell: Receiving 500+ comments on a 100-page draft from 25 countries and having to ensure every single one is individually considered, categorised, and formally resolved. It's a grind.
  • The 'Process Police' Burden: Constantly having to be the one who says 'no' to brilliant technical experts because their idea, while good, doesn't follow the rigid ISO/IEC Directives. You're often the bad guy.
What this role does not give you
  • Rapid project cycles with immediate results.
  • A role where you have direct hierarchical authority over all contributors.
  • A purely technical role with no political or consensus-building elements.
  • A quiet, solitary work environment without constant negotiation and debate.

8Who you work with

This role directly impacts our market access and product compliance globally. You're essentially the gatekeeper for ensuring our products can be sold and used legally and safely across different jurisdictions. Get it right, and we open up new markets; get it wrong, and we face costly delays, fines, or even product recalls. You'll ensure our standards work aligns with our commercial goals and protects our reputation.

Inside the business
  • Product Development Leads
  • Regulatory Affairs Team
  • Legal Department
  • Engineering & R&D
  • Sales & Marketing Leadership
Outside the business
  • ISO/IEC Technical Committee Chairs & Conveners
  • National Standards Bodies (e.g., BSI, ANSI, DIN)
  • Industry Consortia & Trade Associations
  • Regulatory Authorities (e.g., European Commission, FDA)
  • External Certification Bodies

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven track record of managing complex, multi-year projects, ideally within a regulatory or compliance context.
  • Demonstrable experience leading and mentoring a small team of technical specialists.
  • Extensive experience in international committee work, particularly within ISO, IEC, or similar standards bodies.
  • Strong understanding of the interplay between technical standards, regulatory requirements, and commercial strategy.
  • A history of successfully resolving high-stakes conflicts or deadlocks among diverse stakeholders.
  • Ability to influence senior technical experts and national body representatives without direct authority.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Data Visualisation & Storytelling

Critical within 6 months. With more data available (from GRC systems, ballot results, regulatory scans), the ability to translate complex datasets into clear, actionable visualisations for executive decision-makers is paramount. It's not just about showing data; it's about telling a compelling story with it.

Dashboard design principles for executive audiences · Interactive data exploration · Narrative reporting with data · Tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik Sense for advanced features

  • This week: Review our existing executive dashboards. What works? What's confusing? Make a list of improvements.
  • This month: Take an online course on advanced Power BI or Tableau techniques, focusing on storytelling and executive reporting.
  • Next quarter: Redesign one of your current portfolio performance dashboards to be more visually impactful and actionable for your manager.
  • Month 4-6: Mentor a team member on best practices for data visualisation, reviewing their dashboards and providing constructive feedback.

Quick win: When preparing for your next monthly review, challenge yourself to reduce the number of slides by 20% by making your visualisations more effective and concise. Focus on the 'so what?' for each chart.

Structured Authoring & Content Management

Important within 12 months. As standards become more modular and digital, the ability to author content in a structured, reusable way (e.g., XML, DITA) will become essential for efficiency, consistency, and future AI integration. It's about moving beyond Word documents.

Principles of structured content and single-source publishing · XML/DITA basics for technical documentation · Content management systems (CMS) for standards · Automated document generation from structured data

  • This month: Research 'structured authoring' and 'single-source publishing' in the context of technical documentation or standards.
  • Next quarter: Explore open-source XML editors or DITA learning resources to get a basic understanding of the concepts.
  • Month 4-6: Propose a pilot project within your portfolio to convert a small, stable annex of a standard into a structured format, even if it's just a proof of concept.
  • Month 7-9: Engage with our IT or technical writing teams to understand any existing capabilities or tools for structured content management.

Quick win: When drafting new content, start thinking about how individual clauses or requirements could be standalone, reusable components. How would you tag them? How could they be searched?

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attend and present at international standards conferences (e.g., ISO General Assembly, IEC General Meeting, national standards body events).
  • Take on leadership roles (e.g., Convener, Editor, Task Force Lead) within key ISO/IEC Working Groups or Technical Committees.
  • Participate in external training programmes focused on advanced negotiation, cross-cultural leadership, or regulatory affairs.
  • Mentor junior colleagues or participate in internal knowledge-sharing sessions to solidify your expertise and develop your leadership presence.
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies (e.g., AI, blockchain) and their potential impact on compliance and standards development through online courses or industry forums.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

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What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI-Driven Regulatory & Standards Analysis

Critical within 12 months. The sheer volume of new regulations and technical papers is overwhelming. AI is already transforming how we can process, summarise, and cross-reference this information. Those who can harness it will be significantly more effective.

  • Natural Language Processing (NLP) for document analysis
  • Semantic search and knowledge graphs
  • Bias detection in AI outputs
  • Ethical considerations of AI in compliance

Digitalisation of Conformity Assessment

Important within 18 months. The move towards digital product passports, blockchain for supply chain traceability, and remote auditing is changing how conformity to standards is demonstrated and verified. Our standards need to reflect this reality.

  • Digital Product Passports (DPP) concepts
  • Blockchain for traceability and immutability
  • Remote auditing and inspection technologies
  • Cybersecurity for compliance data

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Standards Development Lifecycle (SDL) Management
  • Consensus-Building & Negotiation
  • Technical Committee (TC/SC/WG) Facilitation
  • Regulatory Intelligence & Horizon Scanning
  • ISO/IEC Directives & Procedures
  • Conformity Assessment Principles

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Senior Standards Specialist (Internal Promotion)

    3-5 years as a Senior Standards Specialist

    Skills to master

    • Independently managing complex standards projects, leading comment reconciliation, facilitating Working Group meetings, and demonstrating early leadership potential by mentoring junior colleagues and taking initiative on process improvements.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully led 3+ complex standards projects through the FDIS stage.
    • Consistently received positive feedback on your ability to influence without authority in committee settings.
    • Proactively identified and resolved major project roadblocks.
    • Mentored at least two junior team members effectively.
    • Demonstrated a strategic understanding of our company's standards priorities.
  2. 2

    Standards Manager (from another industry/company)

    8-12 years in a similar role elsewhere

    Skills to master

    • Proven track record of managing a portfolio of standards, leading a small team, and deep expertise in relevant ISO/IEC procedures and industry-specific compliance. You'd be expected to hit the ground running.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Experience managing 5+ direct reports in a standards or regulatory environment.
    • Documented success in influencing international standards outcomes for a previous employer.
    • Strong network within relevant ISO/IEC Technical Committees.
    • Clear understanding of the commercial implications of standards development.
  3. 3

    Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist (Internal/External)

    5-8 years in Regulatory Affairs, plus 2-4 years in standards

    Skills to master

    • Transitioning from a purely regulatory interpretation role to active standards development requires mastering consensus-building, project management within the SDL, and understanding the procedural nuances of ISO/IEC. You'd need to have actively participated in standards committees in your previous role.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Deep understanding of global regulatory frameworks impacting our industry.
    • Demonstrated ability to translate regulatory requirements into technical specifications.
    • Active participation in at least 2-3 international standards Working Groups.
    • Strong project management skills, even if not formal standards projects.

15Where this role leads

The long view: This work can lead to director-level roles shaping standards strategy, or into senior compliance leadership such as VP of Compliance, Quality, Health and Safety.

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Lead International Standards Development Director
  • Standards Development Lifecycle (SDL) Management
  • Consensus-Building & Negotiation
  • Technical Committee (TC/SC/WG) Facilitation
  • Regulatory Intelligence & Horizon Scanning
  • ISO/IEC Directives & Procedures
  • Conformity Assessment Principles
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Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Lead International Standards Development Director is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Manager, International Standards (L5)

    3-5 years in the Lead role

    This is a significant step up, moving from managing a portfolio of standards and a small team to directing the entire function. You'll be accountable for the overall departmental budget and operational efficiency.

    • Strategic portfolio optimisation Deciding which standards programmes to initiate, accelerate, or deprioritise based on broader business objectives.
    • External stakeholder management at a higher level Engaging with ISO/IEC leadership, national body directors, and senior industry figures.
    • Process innovation and transformation Leading initiatives to fundamentally improve how we develop and manage standards across the organisation.
    • Risk governance Overseeing the entire risk profile for our standards activities and reporting to senior management.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, the world of international standards can be incredibly manual and time-consuming. But what if you could cut through the noise, automate the tedious bits, and focus on the strategic work that truly matters? Our AI Productivity Hub is designed to do just that for our standards development team.

As a Lead International Standards Development Director, you're juggling multiple complex projects, managing a team, and navigating intricate political landscapes. AI isn't here to replace your expertise, but to supercharge your efficiency, allowing you to influence more, mentor better, and drive your portfolio forward faster. Think of it as having a highly intelligent assistant for all the grunt work.

Ballot Comment Auto-Clustering

Use advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically analyse and group hundreds of submitted ballot comments by theme, clause number, and sentiment (e.g., technical, editorial, major objection). This transforms a chaotic spreadsheet into a structured, prioritised work plan for your team, letting them focus on resolution, not organisation.

Regulatory Horizon Scanning

Deploy AI agents that continuously scan global regulatory databases, government publications, and news feeds. They'll identify emerging compliance trends and legislative proposals that will necessitate new or revised standards, providing you with an early warning system to proactively initiate new work items and stay ahead of the curve. No more manual trawling through endless documents.

Rapid Technical Summarisation

Feed AI a collection of competing technical papers, existing standards, and meeting transcripts. It'll generate a neutral, concise summary of the current state of the art or key points of contention. This is invaluable for briefing new Working Group members, preparing your team for complex debates, or quickly getting executives up to speed without hours of reading.

Draft Meeting Summary Generation

Use AI transcription and summarisation on meeting recordings to produce an instant, structured draft of minutes. It'll capture key decisions, action items, and even dissenting opinions. This means you and your conveners can focus entirely on leading the meeting and building consensus, rather than frantically taking notes. Review, refine, and send – simple.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Lead International Standards Development Director?

Common routes in include Senior Standards Specialist (Internal Promotion) (3-5 years as a Senior Standards Specialist), Standards Manager (from another industry/company) (8-12 years in a similar role elsewhere) and Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist (Internal/External) (5-8 years in Regulatory Affairs, plus 2-4 years in standards). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Lead International Standards Development Director progress to?

This role can lead on to Manager, International Standards (3-5 years in the Lead role), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for a Lead International Standards Development Director?

Increasingly, AI-Driven Regulatory & Standards Analysis and Digitalisation of Conformity Assessment. These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

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17Where to go from here

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The work builds strategic influence, complex project management, cross-cultural negotiation and compliance knowledge. These skills carry into regulatory affairs, product management for regulated products, corporate governance and international relations, in other organisations or government bodies. Experience in multi-stakeholder environments applies across many sectors.

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