Director, EHS Strategy, Transformation, and Compliance

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What youll be doing:

Reporting to the Associate Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) this role owns the enterprise EHS strategy transformation and governance framework. You will lead a team responsible for designing and scaling EHS standards and risk-mitigation programs across the organization. The position balances compliance oversight including auditing with operational modernization.

Responsibilities will include:

• Architecting and orchestrating the long-term EHS roadmap to drive cross-business consistency operational efficiency and process automation.

• Identifying cross-functional friction points and deploying data-driven automated solutions to modernize workflows

• Delivering actionable insights to business leaders fostering a culture of active risk ownership and accountability across all business units.

• Establishing and maintaining a robust EHS governance framework. Leveraging comprehensive audit strategies to evaluate program compliance and verify performance.

• Managing and supporting the ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications while strategically evaluating the business case for expansion across Verizon.

• Modernizing EHS training programs by improving effectiveness ensuring role-specific enrollment enforcing completion accountability and streamlining tracking and reporting.

• Overseeing the management of EHS programs and training ensuring they are regularly reviewed socialized and communicated to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Supporting the global business units to ensure alignment with international EHS standards (e.g. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR)).

• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement ensuring that all EHS transformation and modernization initiatives align with core corporate leadership principles.

• Overseeing the continuous review communication and socialization of EHS programs to ensure strict regulatory compliance; equip the EHS team with tools to track and mitigate the impact of emerging regulations.

What were looking for:

An effective leader and strategic thinker who motivates and inspires a team that develops and implements programs. Must have experience implementing transformation initiatives across teams. Should have experience dealing with regulatory requirements.

Demonstrated strong collaboration and communication skills. Results-driven detail-oriented and can work in a fast-paced and challenging environment. Anticipate needs and issues and proactively identify appropriate solutionsstrong ability to work independently and multitask with the ability to maintain confidential information.

Youll need to have:

• Bachelors degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Ten or more years of relevant experience required demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience or specialized training.

• Experience leading complex enterprise-wide transformation initiatives or organizational change management projects.

• Demonstrated experience working with complex data sets identifying trends and implementing KPIs/KRIs to drive business decisions.

• Familiarity with integrating systems into ERP platforms (e.g. SAP Oracle) and using Business Intelligence (BI) tools for predictive modeling.

• Experience managing budgets and identifying opportunities for operational efficiencies and cost savings through automation.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Industry knowledge within the telecommunications or utility sectors working with distributed teams.

• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment partnering with Business Units to achieve shared goals.

• Exceptional writing skills with the ability to translate complex regulatory or technical data into strategic insights for executive leadership.

• A proactive approach to identifying friction points and developing automated sustainable solutions.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you we encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every even better qualification listed above.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical dental vision short and long term disability basic life insurance supplemental life insurance AD&D insurance identity theft protection pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year paid parental leave adoption assistance and tuition assistance plus other incentives weve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime shift differential holiday pay allowances etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year which grows with additional service. For part-timers your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.