Sr. Director Environment, Health and Safety

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Amgen's enterprise Safety & Risk strategy aligned with corporate priorities and long-term business objectives.
• Lead the transformation and modernization of global safety programs to improve organizational effectiveness and operational performance.
• Establish a multi-year roadmap to evolve enterprise safety capabilities, governance, and risk management practices.
• Benchmark leading biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and high-reliability organizations to continuously improve enterprise capabilities.
• Foster a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement across the global EHS organization.

Innovation & Digital Enablement

• Drive innovation by integrating AI, predictive analytics, automation, and digital technologies into enterprise safety programs.
• Develop advanced dashboards and leading indicators that enable proactive risk management and executive decision-making.
• Champion digital transformation initiatives that simplify processes, improve user experience, and increase organizational efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to strengthen workforce protection and operational resilience.

Global Safety & Critical Risk Programs

• Provide enterprise leadership and governance for:
• Occupational Safety
• Critical Risk Management
• Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) Prevention
• Contractor Safety Excellence
• Human & Organizational Performance (HOP)
• Control of Work
• Electrical Safety
• Machine Safety
• Confined Space
• Lockout/Tagout
• Working at Heights
• Ergonomics
• Powered Industrial Vehicles
• Line-of-Fire Prevention
• Learning Teams & Operational Learning

Enterprise Risk Management

• Advance enterprise risk management capabilities through data-driven decision-making and systems thinking.
• Establish governance for identifying, assessing, and mitigating operational risks across the enterprise.
• Integrate risk management into capital projects, engineering design, manufacturing operations, R&D, and business planning.
• Develop enterprise risk intelligence and predictive capabilities that improve organizational resilience.

Operational Excellence & Organizational Effectiveness

• Lead initiatives that simplify processes, eliminate unnecessary complexity, and improve execution across the enterprise.
• Drive integration between safety, engineering, quality, operations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure safety programs enable productivity, innovation, and operational performance rather than acting as standalone compliance activities.
• Promote systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration to improve end-to-end business performance.

Culture, Leadership & Change Management

• Lead enterprise change management efforts that strengthen safety culture and organizational performance.
• Build leadership capability in Human & Organizational Performance (HOP), learning culture, and risk-based decision-making.
• Partner with senior leaders to embed safety into business transformation initiatives.
• Foster psychological safety, frontline engagement, accountability, and continuous learning.

Governance, Assurance & Compliance

• Establish enterprise governance frameworks that ensure consistency, transparency, and accountability.
• Monitor program effectiveness through KPIs, leading indicators, and executive dashboards.
• Lead enterprise audits, assessments, and management reviews.
• Ensure compliance while advancing innovative approaches that improve business value.

Talent & Organizational Capability

• Build and develop a high-performing global organization capable of supporting future business needs.
• Coach and mentor emerging leaders.
• Develop critical technical capabilities and succession plans.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and innovation-driven culture.