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. It involves delivering actionable insights to business leaders, establishing a robust EHS governance framework, and modernizing EHS training programs.

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

Must have experience implementing transformation initiatives across teams. 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

• 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.

Skills

• Effective leadership and strategic thinking.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Results-driven, detail-oriented, and capable of working in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
• Proactive problem-solving and solution identification.

Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits 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.
• Military and family support programs.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement plans including 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.
• Tuition assistance.
• Group term life insurance.
• Voluntary benefits including critical illness, accident, and cancer insurance.
• Discounts on various products and services.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Work/life balance programs.
• Professional development and training opportunities.

Pay

The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $144,000.00 - $276,000.00.

Schedule

This role is a hybrid role, with a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies. Scheduled Weekly Hours 40.