Director, EHS Strategy, Transformation, and Compliance

About the role

This role is responsible for architecting and orchestrating the long-term EHS roadmap to drive cross-business consistency, operational efficiency, and process automation.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s 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.

Qualifications

• 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 solutions—strong ability to work independently and multitask, with the ability to maintain confidential information.

Skills

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• Other incentives.