International Standards Manager (Product Compliance)

About the role

As International Standards Manager, you are responsible for defining and governing the processes, policies, control mechanisms, and audit frameworks that ensure regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle. You develop a thoughtful and coordinated company-wide strategy for MOIA's engagement with Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) and act as a key decision-maker at the intersection of regulation, engineering, and management.

What you'll do

• Set a standardization strategy: Develop a company-wide strategy for MOIA's engagement with SDOs (including ISO, IEEE, ETSI, and SAE) with clear goals, levels of engagement, and governance processes for content accountability.
• Act as an internal/external medium: Serve as the primary liaison between MOIA's internal practices and external SDOs, consolidating internal consensus and assessing alignment with external ones.
• Run internal training: Develop and implement internal training programs that align engineering, product, and cross-functional teams with external standardization landscapes, compliance goals, and MOIA's internal policies.
• Shape the industry by strategically prioritizing MOIA's participation in working groups to contribute to shaping consensus and advancing safety.
• Cross-functional coordination: Collaborate closely with the Safety Management, Safety, legal, regulatory and engineering teams to establish platforms for critiquing perspectives and consolidating consistent positions.

What you'll need

• Several years of experience in automotive regulatory compliance or product compliance in a highly regulated industry, ideally in the autonomous vehicle industry.
• Strong knowledge of EU and US regulations for automated driving systems.
• Solid understanding of type approval processes and homologation frameworks.
• Extensive experience in business process modeling with respective tool support, e.g., Signavio.
• Ability to read, interpret, and operationalize regulatory standards and technical specifications.
• Strong communication skills and confidence in making clear and firm governance decisions.
• Business fluent English and German skills.

What they offer

• Competitive salary (including bonus).
• Hybrid work setup with flexibility on when to work from home or offices.
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option.
• Subsidized public transport ticket and MOIA ride discounts.
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, trainings, workshops, and language classes.
• Mental health support and relocation assistance.