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Industry X- Product / Solution Safety Director

Level- Associate Director

Location: Europe (any)

The role:

We are Industry X: We embed innovation, intelligence and sustainability in the way the world makes things and the things it makes. Industry X enables leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot to the future. We define Industry X as digital reinvention of manufacturing / engineering. We believe that smart, sustainable, connected digital products and assets are about to create hyper-personalized industrial experiences, complete new levels of operational efficiency, transparency and traceability as well as tangible impact on sustainability and brand-new sources of revenue growth. Known for our ability to execute at speed, we help clients determine clear, actionable paths to competitive agility by bringing them new thinking on business and technology!

You will develop and own high-level guidance for safety risk control across Industry X that will be used globally to help identify, assess, and mitigate safety issues in IX products / solutions / opportunities. This role will involve working at the cutting edge of digital technology, applying your experience in solution/product safety compliance to shape solutions for our clients!

What this will involve:

• Develop and own high-level guidance for safety risk control across Industry X including frameworks and training, where appropriate, that can be used globally to help identify, assess, and mitigate safety issues in IX products / solutions / opportunities

• Lead an internal & external team of SMEs that provides expertise in opportunities when it is identified there is risk of harm related to product / solution regulatory compliance, serious bodily injury or death, or significant property damage with either project delivery &/or deliverables

• Guide deal teams in the solutioning, including assessment of solution / opportunity novelty and level of safety risk, reliability testing, mitigation strategy and approval process for high-risk deals

• Approve Design Validation, Solution Qualification, and Safety Risk Control Plans, including relevant APQPs (Advanced Product Quality Planning) as applicable

• Act as a global safety risk ambassador and promote the implementation of a strong safety risk culture within our organization

• Support the design and development of IX’s business strategy and its solutions in alignment with its safety culture & frameworks

• Establish and manage tracking of ‘longer duration’ safety exposures and quality issues relating to solutions / opportunities (feeding back into future risk assessment models) - e.g. Where has IX provided hardware, where is IX taking any responsibility related to running client processes etc.

• Assess and assist in implementation of technical / safety regulatory compliance frameworks

• Connection point across relevant SME’s – IX Solution Leads, Industry Leads, Risk, Legal and Compliance, Insurance.

• Develop and support issue resolution processes & procedures in relation to safety incidents (client, third-party, Accenture personnel, including contractors) involving Accenture solutions / opportunities

• Lead internal investigations (when not personally involved in solution review) into safety matters and make remedial recommendations (in consultation with Legal and technical personnel