Global Manager Product Compliance (Marine)

Location: Hybrid role based in Mettawa, Illinois, or Lowell, Michigan, with regular onsite presence at a Navico Group engineering site. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available. Travel required: 10–20% domestically and internationally. Relocation is not offered.

Salary: $103,200–$144,000 annually, plus eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a global marine company; Navico Group is its technology, systems, and solutions division serving marine, RV, and specialty-vehicle industries.

What you will do

• Lead and scale a global product compliance team across AMER and EMEA, setting priorities, standards, and development plans.
• Define the compliance operating model, including processes, tools, documentation standards, data architecture, and integration with product development stage gates.
• Monitor regulations across global markets and translate them into product- and market-specific requirements, roadmaps, verification frameworks, and reusable compliance libraries.
• Own the certification pipeline from planning and third-party laboratory coordination through testing, issue resolution, certificates, and Declarations of Conformity.
• Govern technical documentation, supplier substance and material compliance data, regulatory evidence, and traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead regulatory and internal audits, corrective and preventive actions, market-surveillance support, internal training, and engagement with certification bodies, industry associations, and standards committees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, Mechatronics, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience; an advanced degree is a plus.
• 7+ years of experience in product compliance, certification, or regulatory work, including 3+ years leading teams, ideally distributed or global teams.
• Deep working knowledge of CE frameworks, including EMC, RED, LVD, and Machinery; FCC/ISED; UL/CSA/IEC safety standards; and substance regulations including RoHS, REACH, PFAS, Prop 65, EPR, and the EU Battery Regulation.
• Familiarity with marine and/or RV regulatory environments, including ABYC, ISO marine standards, USCG, and IEC 60945.
• Demonstrated success coordinating third-party laboratories, notified bodies, and certification agencies across regions.
• Ability to identify issues, analyze impact, and drive corrective actions with suppliers, manufacturing operations, and customers on complex compliance matters.
• Excellent English communication and technical writing skills, including presenting to executives, customers, and authorities and driving cross-functional alignment in a global organization.

Nice to have

• Marine-specific certification experience, including DNV, MED, or commercial-marine type approval.
• Experience with wireless, software-driven, and networked products, including RED Article 3.3 and cybersecurity regulation readiness under UK PSTI, CRA, and UNECE.
• Experience with lithium battery compliance and dangerous-goods transport, including UN 38.3 and IEC 62619/62133.
• Understanding of supply-chain compliance impacts, including critical raw materials, EPR, and end-of-life recycling.
• Experience interacting with market-surveillance authorities.
• Additional European languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with regular onsite work in an office and engineering test-lab environment.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid vacation; 401(k) with up to 4% company match; Health Savings Account contribution; well-being program; and product purchase discounts.
• Opportunities for growth and development within hirify.global and its brands.
• Work includes periodic domestic and international travel to test laboratories, certification bodies, sites, and industry organizations.