Global Head of Environmental Health, Safety & Sustainability, Orthopedics

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Ireland- Requisition Number: R-068257

United States - Requisition Number: R-066426

Remember whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers your applications will be considered as a single submission.

About DePuy Synthes

DePuy Synthes is a global leader in Orthopaedics advancing patient care through innovative solutions across joint reconstruction trauma spine sports medicine and related surgical technologies. As DePuy Synthes separates from Johnson & Johnson to become the worlds largest most comprehensive Orthopaedics-focused company the organization is entering a defining chapterestablishing its own corporate identity voice culture and reputation while continuing to serve patients customers and healthcare systems around the world.

The Global Head of Environmental Health Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) is accountable for the enterprise-wide strategy governance and performance of EHS&S across global operations. This role provides executive leadership to ensure the protection of people stewardship of the environment effective risk management and advancement of sustainability priorities across the end-to-end value chain including R&D Supply Chain Facilities and Commercial activities.

Reporting to the VP Global RE FM& Corporate Operations this role establishes direction sets governance and ensures consistent execution of EHS&S management systems worldwide. The Global Head of EHS&S leads a diverse global organization comprising functional regional and systems leadership and serves as the senior authority for EHS&S risk compliance and performance.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• 25% Defines and leads the global EHS&S strategy ensuring alignment with enterprise risk management facilities strategy and business priorities across R&D Supply Chain Facilities and Commercial functions.

• 20% Establishes enterprise-level governance standards and management systems for environmental protection occupational health and safety and sustainability ensuring consistent implementation and accountability worldwide.

• 15% Serves as the senior executive owner of EHS&S risk providing oversight of significant risks incidents regulatory matters and emerging issues and ensuring appropriate escalation and mitigation.

• 15% Leads and develops a global EHS&S leadership organization including functional regional and systems leadership building capability succession and leadership depth.

• 10% Oversees enterprise EHS&S performance monitoring and assurance including management reviews audits metrics and corrective actions driving continuous improvement and sustained performance.

• 10% Acts as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on EHS&S implications of business strategy capital investments acquisitions and transformation initiatives.

• 5% Represents the organization externally with regulators industry bodies and other stakeholders on EHS&S and sustainability matters.
  

Other Duties

Provides executive leadership during crisis management situations involving significant safety environmental or sustainability risk.

Sponsors enterprise-wide EHS&S transformation capability-building and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

Required Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in Environmental Science Engineering Occupational Health & Safety Industrial Hygiene or a related technical discipline.

Required Years of Related Experience: Typically 10 years of progressive experience in environmental health safety sustainability facilities risk operations or related disciplines including senior leadership roles with global scope in complex multi-site and regulated operating environments.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated global leadership experience including accountability for strategy governance and performance across multiple regions and geographies.

• Proven ability to lead large globally distributed organizations with both functional and regional leadership structures.

• Deep expertise in environmental health safety and sustainability management systems regulatory compliance and enterprise risk management.

• Experience advising executive leadership on EHS&S risks opportunities and implications of business strategy and capital investment.

• Exceptional leadership presence judgment and communication skills with the ability to influence at executive and board-adjacent levels.
  

Travel on the Job

Travel Required: Yes

Percentage Traveled: Approximately 2535%

Type of Travel Required: Domestic and International

People Management Experience

People Management Experience Required: Yes

Required Years of People Management Experience: Extensive global leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Minimum Education: Advanced degree in a relevant technical scientific or business discipline.

Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities: Experience leading EHS&S at an enterprise or sector level; familiarity with global sustainability frameworks and external reporting; experience integrating EHS&S with facilities risk management and enterprise governance.

Key Working Relationships

Internal: Executive leadership; Corporate Real Estate; Facilities; Risk Management; R&D; Supply Chain; Commercial; Quality; Regulatory; Finance; Legal; and HR.

External: Regulatory agencies industry associations insurers sustainability organizations and external advisors.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports: Global Leader Occupational Health & Safety (D1); Global Leader Environmental Compliance & Sustainability (D1); Regional EHS&S Leaders (D1); Global Leader EHS&S Standards & Management Systems.

Indirect Reports: Site-level EHS&S teams across all regions.

Decision Making Authority

Makes hiring and promotional recommendations; conducts performance reviews; approves EHS&S strategy and resource allocation; recommends and approves budget decisions; resolves escalated risk compliance and personnel matters.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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